Natural Hair Transition

Ok so back in 2008 I decided to go au natural.  On top of my head LOL.  I stopped getting perms and decided to get braids to wait out the natural growth that was already started since it had been a while since my last perm.  However between when my appointment was for the braids and my initial consultation I decided to take the leap and got the "Big Chop".  Cutting off all of my damaged, permed hair and leaving me with a 1 inch Afro.

After that for the first time in my life I got braids.  Man were they heavy.  I have much respect for all my friends that wore them constantly.  I lasted until the first 3 fell out.  Even though they were at the back of my head I painstakingly took the time to pull all of them out.  And just let my hair grow from there.  I started a routine of washing it as needed, but doing a deep condition once a week, every week.

(Mid 2008) Shortly after I took out my braids and got general twists in my hair, my husband decided to take a leap into his Jamaican heritage and get dreadlocks.  With his half Indian hair grade it wasn't easy, but the end result was cool.  The first person I ever knew with dreads was my cousin Bryan.  Why Bryan did it, only God knows, but that was my first dread lock encounter. 

After I had my second daughter in 2009 my hair was down to my bra in the back and I was tired of trying to do something with it.  I was Muslim by this time, but even wearing hijab daily I still had to take care of my hair at home, for my husband. I had a friend of the family start my locs. It was a journey.  Until one day in June of 2012 I found that 2 of my locs had broken off.  I was at a loss as to what happened and wasn't happy at the placement of the loss so I made an executive decision and cut my hair short again for the second time in my life.  For a while it felt good without the weight on my head and having to retwist them every so often.

However here I am 2018 wondering what to do next.  I see friends, cousins, etc starting or maintaining a loc journey.  And I truely miss them. (SIDE NOTE: Hubs cut his first in 2011 for business)  However I'm doing something I didn't do the first time and something I did before my first big chop.  I'm doing the research.  And with the era of YOUTUBE there is not only a lot of information, but I don't have to sit and read it all LOL it gets relayed to me verbally.  So as of today I'm still in debate, but I feel I'll have an update soon.

My DH balded my baby :(

Ok I know it sounds bad, but there was a reason behind it.  Since she was born she's had at least 2 outbreaks of cradle cap and one skin infection. Plus she had the normal baby bald spot in the back of her head that was taking its time growing in.  Also we had an outbreak at the house of something new from  another child.

So between my husband and the Ped they felt it would be best to shave it and start over.  This way it would scrap her scalp and remove anything that may still be there and then her hair could also grow back a little more even.  Although I've had many other mothers who have tried this for the bald spot issue and found that the spot still does what it wants, but sometimes so does DH so...

Here is my balded baby.

She is still the cutest thing!  Alhamdulilah there are no cuts on her head.  She thought it was fun for awhile.  Insha'Allah her hair will grow back with avengence, but not to fast DD#1 has enough hair for the both of them.

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