Crazy Haircuts and Eye Patches

Lots of kids struggle with getting their hair cut.  I get that.  My Nathan struggled with hair cuts until about a year ago.

K has been asking me to cut his hair so he can look like Steve.  I checked with his mom today and she said it was fine for him to have a haircut, but that he hated clippers.

So I decided to try and cut K's hair tonight.  He insisted that I use clippers, like I did when I cut Steve's hair.

The poor kid went into sensory overload. OVERLOAD!! He was hyperventilating, crying, hollering, wiggling.  I offered to use scissors, he did not want scissors and went into a full panic when I suggested it.  I offered to quit, but it was the weirdest thing, he wanted his hair cut even though it appeared to be torture for him.

At times the haircut took up to three people.  One to hold his ears (so I couldn't accidentally cut them...he might be on to something), one to hug him, and one to do the clipping.  Once I tried having William hold the clippers next to his head so I could sneak a few scissor snips in...it didn't work. He figured it out and wasn't pleased.

There was hair everywhere.  In his mouth, up his nose, down his back.  I was covered head to toe, Steve was covered head to toe, William was covered knee to toe.

I really only got about half a hair cut done.  Zero tidy up work, and nothing to speak of on the top of his head.  As you'll see in the photo, the top of his head wasn't really accessible.

So off he goes to school with half a hair cut, and a note to explain that we're doing his hair cut in stages.

We also had an optometrist appointment today and came home with a little deja vous :)

Eye patches.