In Naomi's case, she thinks she has not enough. I think it all started with Disney princesses. They always have such long beautiful flowing locks of luscious hair. Naomi started calling it "Down Hair" because it hangs down. She tried many different methods of making her own down hair. A shirt, a dress, blankets, curly ribbon.
So we brought this up at our weekly counseling at Bethany. We talked a lot about image and how she views herself. They suggested we buy her a wig.
So the other day we went to Sally Beauty Supply and looked at what they had. Naomi was overjoyed when she saw all the down hair. We decided on a clip on pony tail. The boys decided it was so gross to buy someone else's hair and put it on your own head. I explained to them that we were buying fake hair and not the real stuff, which was very expensive, and that eased their minds.
As soon as we got home, Naomi put on her hair.
She LOVED it! She kept looking in the mirror and spent time brushing it. We have a rule though: she cannot wear it out of the house because it doesn't exactly blend in with her hair. It just kind of sits there but it totally fulfills its purpose.
We all got a good laugh the other day when the boys took Naomi's hair and put it on Oliver. He came running into the room with it on and we all cracked up. Oh boys...
When we adopted Naomi, we could see that she had had her ears pierced. We were told that when she arrived at the orphanage her ears were all infected so they took the earrings out. They are were not placed well either, one is really high and one is really low. We recently got her ears pierced. They did not use the same holes because scar tissue had formed so they made new ones that were better centered. She is very proud of them.
Back to hair-Now in the case of Micah-he has way too much! It hangs in his eyes and people mistake him for a girl, so we got it cut. We love it and were so happy when he loved it too.
