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Originally Posted by aclee
Forever...
The Hair Thing...
Makes. Me. Insane.
My sister is a 1st grade teacher and she says that if people are touching cause they lack "exposure" and I'm helping expose them to something new, then it's OK...I told her we aren't a petting zoo. Further, since we have started keeping Ty's hair buzzed down, it happens MUCH less. It happened all the time when it was longer.
It also makes me crazy how many people try to pass off the touching as a "you're so cute head tousle" now that he's walking. Tonight at a restaurant we were cruising around and one guy at the bar hopped off his stool came over and went down on one knee and said to Ty, "Give me FIVE!" and of course Ty did (complete with the required, YEAH!") and the whole place went crazy. THAT kind of touching is fine, cause I know it wasn't related to his skin color. But honestly, who touches a kids head? I have two CC nieces who I am with all the time and I have never ever seen anyone touch their heads...
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Aclee, people touch my CC daughter's hair ALL THE TIME! She has very curly hair, and some days it's huge and wild. People just touch her hair and yep, try to work it into the "you're so cute" thing but really' wtf? And she's almost four, so she's kinda giving them a "why are you touching me?" look too. But yeah, they also touch Caleb's hair too, like "ooh I got to touch an AA baby's hair!".
How did I miss this thread before? Anyway, the things I didn't expect.
-Being so aware of the lack of diversity and having it bother me so much.
-The "you're a saint" comments. Blarg.
-Feeling like a spectacle. Between my twin DD's looking nothing alike and Caleb, people just look at me and try to figure out what our deal is, especially when I'm out by myself.
-Yes, Caleb is adorable, but sometimes it's a bit much.