A few weeks ago, Maya cut her own hair. You may have read about it on our family blog. Anyway, she is right on track, at least according to friends of mine who have daughters. "How old is she? Yep, five, that's about right," someone at work responded. It's funny, because when she does something that we really don't necessarily want her to do, like cut her own hair, we are torn. We kind of wish she still had her hair, but at the same time, we are glad she is doing what most little girls do at some point around this age. Now that it is growing out a little, it looks really cute. Also, it makes the hair brushing battle that takes place each morning a little more subdued.
Another thing it forced us into, was taking her to the hair dresser to have her hair cut (or the damages minimized). I have always just trimmed her hair at home, because we didn't think she was ready to handle someone cutting her hair before, but she did a wonderful job. She sat in the chair and let them put the drape around her neck, and spray, comb and cut her hair. She followed all the directions. The lady cutting her hair joked, "Well Mom, if you would have brought her in sooner, she wouldn't have had to cut her own hair."
the one thing I can add...you had Shayne first..He seems to be like my boys..kinda goes along with the 'program' ...My experience with Melissa and neices, is that they are quite a bit more independantly minded at a younger age...so it's hard to say if Maya's independence and stubborness are due to autism, or if she is 'right on track' for a 5 year old girl...I know you can't picture Melissa being independantly minded and stubborn, (She does a good job pretending to be an angel for her aunts and Grandma) but when I read about Maya's different behaviors, they definately seem 'right on track' for being a 5 year old girl..
ReplyDeleteYes, we often wonder if certain behaviors are the autism or just being a brat.
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ReplyDeleteSister Cynthia is funny, good one! Maya definitely seems right on track to me. How did you luck out with her not cutting them to the scalp though? I still remember when my sisters did that, it was not so pretty. ;)
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