RE-twist

We've done a re-twist recently and this is what it looks like. ((Isn't he SO cute?!)) We wash CJ's hair, and use Locking gel on each twist and secure it with duck bill clips and then dry. As for right now, I use my hand held dryer, but I am seriously considering purchasing a hood dryer and just him under there for 20 mins. This process takes me about 45-60 mins. CJ has already lost his patience it seems to sit and get this done but we are working through it. I'm already out of our 1st tub of LG and really don't know what I was thinking only getting one jar from a supplier that's in PHX on 16th St.!?!? So far so good. I have to do his hair like this on a fairly regular basis and I enjoy spending this one on one time with him.


I hope that he does too...



Until

RE-twist

We've done a re-twist recently and this is what it looks like. ((Isn't he SO cute?!)) We wash CJ's hair, and use Locking gel on each twist and secure it with duck bill clips and then dry. As for right now, I use my hand held dryer, but I am seriously considering purchasing a hood dryer and just him under there for 20 mins. This process takes me about 45-60 mins. CJ has already lost his patience it seems to sit and get this done but we are working through it. I'm already out of our 1st tub of LG and really don't know what I was thinking only getting one jar from a supplier that's in PHX on 16th St.!?!? So far so good. I have to do his hair like this on a fairly regular basis and I enjoy spending this one on one time with him.


I hope that he does too...



Until

Update

He managed to get 5 loose yesterday so during AI we went ahead and put locking gel on all of them to tame the fuzzies and re-twist the ones that came out. He said that kids said it looks like he has worms on his head and another on said bugs.....Why do kids have to be so mean? Christian is such a sweet kid and he doesn't say so, but I know it hurts his feelings. That makes me sad. I hope that through this experience he learns to value what's important to him regardless of what his peers say or think. This value system will come in place as he lives out his faith as well so we will try and teach him to press on despite the ridicule.

Until....

Update

He managed to get 5 loose yesterday so during AI we went ahead and put locking gel on all of them to tame the fuzzies and re-twist the ones that came out. He said that kids said it looks like he has worms on his head and another on said bugs.....Why do kids have to be so mean? Christian is such a sweet kid and he doesn't say so, but I know it hurts his feelings. That makes me sad. I hope that through this experience he learns to value what's important to him regardless of what his peers say or think. This value system will come in place as he lives out his faith as well so we will try and teach him to press on despite the ridicule.

Until....

Day 2

Christian is a really hard sleeper and his "do-rag" ( a rag tied on top of your head... for your do) came off. This morning was spent, oiling his scalp with Island Oil, re-twisting the ones that had come out in the front and putting Locking Gel through the rest of his head to tame the flyaways. I quick dried them with a hair dryer. Christian was excited, I normally let them air dry and he has not had them blow dried in months! We decided to count them.....142! Last set was around 66 if memory serves correctly. I'm very optimistic we should not run into the same problem we did last time :) He asked me to take down pictures with him and his longer locks, because he wants his hair that long again, NOW and he can't stand to see his long hair! CJ said that he wants his hair down to the ground!! So his hair is refreshed and dried, and tied. They will not come out until we get out of the car tomorrow for drive in movie night!

Ciao!

Day 2

Christian is a really hard sleeper and his "do-rag" ( a rag tied on top of your head... for your do) came off. This morning was spent, oiling his scalp with Island Oil, re-twisting the ones that had come out in the front and putting Locking Gel through the rest of his head to tame the flyaways. I quick dried them with a hair dryer. Christian was excited, I normally let them air dry and he has not had them blow dried in months! We decided to count them.....142! Last set was around 66 if memory serves correctly. I'm very optimistic we should not run into the same problem we did last time :) He asked me to take down pictures with him and his longer locks, because he wants his hair that long again, NOW and he can't stand to see his long hair! CJ said that he wants his hair down to the ground!! So his hair is refreshed and dried, and tied. They will not come out until we get out of the car tomorrow for drive in movie night!

Ciao!

Day 1...again!

Thank you so much for coming by!

My name is Kamella and my husband's name is Brandon. This blog is going to be about our son Christian Jeremiah.

Again? Why do I say that?

Well this is CJ's 2nd trip down Lock Lane!

We started his first set when he was 3 and cut them off Jan 08 at the age of 5.

Starting Age 3:
Christmas 07 before we cut them:

We cut them because each lock was so big, thick and heavy it was thinning his hair and the scalp and some had even broken off! Not the way to go! AT ALL!

We were sad to part with our first set, but determined to continue on. Christian asked almost daily when his locks were going to come back and we answered his request this morning!!!

They look amazing! What a very good start!

We are using the product line Jamacian Mango Lime.

He is so happy to embark on this journey again, and we are so pleased to go on it with him again. We decided on a blog this time around because it is so exciting to watch them progress and it will be fun for CJ to look back on the (second) beginning. We like looking at others lock stories and he wanted to create one of his own. Feel free to leave him some comments. I bet he'd like that. I really wish we would have done this the first time around....

So here we go, the journey begins...again!

Day 1...again!

Thank you so much for coming by!

My name is Kamella and my husband's name is Brandon. This blog is going to be about our son Christian Jeremiah.

Again? Why do I say that?

Well this is CJ's 2nd trip down Lock Lane!

We started his first set when he was 3 and cut them off Jan 08 at the age of 5.

Starting Age 3:
Christmas 07 before we cut them:

We cut them because each lock was so big, thick and heavy it was thinning his hair and the scalp and some had even broken off! Not the way to go! AT ALL!

We were sad to part with our first set, but determined to continue on. Christian asked almost daily when his locks were going to come back and we answered his request this morning!!!

They look amazing! What a very good start!

We are using the product line Jamacian Mango Lime.

He is so happy to embark on this journey again, and we are so pleased to go on it with him again. We decided on a blog this time around because it is so exciting to watch them progress and it will be fun for CJ to look back on the (second) beginning. We like looking at others lock stories and he wanted to create one of his own. Feel free to leave him some comments. I bet he'd like that. I really wish we would have done this the first time around....

So here we go, the journey begins...again!