Why My Hair Hurts: Reality of Staying at Home

My head. It hurts. My hair. It hurts. Why you ask? Let me explain....

My husband keeps complaining about my hair. It’s falling out like crazy. (Losing all those glorious pregnancy hormones) So, I decided to DIY a deep hair conditioner to see if it would help. Dumb.

My baby, as much as I love him, is very demanding and needy. I still thought I could accomplish this one task. I look up recipes on the computer while simultaneously bouncing baby with my foot in his bouncy.

Boom, found an easy one with stuff I have in my kitchen. Baby continues to fuss while I mix equal parts of honey and oil. Dang coconut oil is a solid though. Idea: Heat in microwave for a min.

Baby cries.

I comfort baby while my glorious mixture heats. Baby comforted. I grab my mixture and run to the bathroom to spread this in my hair. I have maybe 30 seconds before the crying commences.

Dang this mixture feels hot.

Baby cries.

Ok, hurry, hurry, pour and go. I stand over the bathtub and poor this liquid goodness over my hair. Ouch. Ouch. I think it’s burning my scalp. Who would know, who has time to feel, all I hear is screaming baby. But dang, the honey is like welding onto my scalp. Oh well, get to baby. I wrap my hair up and run back to baby in 30 seconds flat. Bam. Task succeeded. Now, just wait 30 mins and rinse.

 Baby fusses, baby eats, baby wants to play but I have to stay close so he can see me.

Oh wait, I still haven’t eaten today.

Crap. Nursing and starving yourself do not go well together. Baby is happy, time to eat some calories. Doesn’t matter much what it is, just need calories. Bam, done.

Baby cries.

Nap time. (AKA: me sitting on the couch, holding baby, looking at the war zone of the house I have, without the ability to move)

Baby sleeps.

Phone rings, husbands off work. Baby wakes and eats. My head. It’s stuck. Stuck to the pillow. Why?

Crap. It’s the honey. It’s the “deep conditioner”. Crap. It’s been almost four hours. It was only supposed to be in 30 mins. Crap. I forgot.

Husband walks in the door and goes to the bathroom to wash his hands…. He then returns asking what the heck went on in the bathroom because it is very sticky….

Ughhhhhhhh……….about that.

I hand baby to the hubs and jump in the shower to remove this brilliant idea from my hair. I scrub and scrub. Jump out of the shower.

Baby cries. Hurry, hurry, hurry.

I come out of the shower, and get a side ways look from my husband as he asks me why my hair is standing out so stiff…..

UGHHHHH. I hate my life. (Just kidding)

After baby fights sleep that night, I get back into the shower to remove the honey that is stuck onto my head. Why did I ever try and do this while taking care of Ollie…

Why.

Second shower and wash and my hair is feeling less stiff and more soft. It worked. Yay. I now go to bed.

I wake up…. Ouch. Oh, ouch. My scalp. It hurts. It feels burnt. That’s because it is. That hot honey and oil mixture that I poured ever so quickly on my scalp was so hot. I ignored it but now I feel it. I feel every hair on my head. It doesn’t feel nice at all. My hair does feel softer, but my scalp feels like it is on fire……

All you can do is laugh. Please laugh with me. Please? :) 

So, moral of the story, Don’t try and do anything while taking care of a needy baby. You will end up with a burnt head, and sticky hair.

Have a Happy New Year All!!