A Small Treat for a Busy Mama

I’ve not written a blog post for a while. Having two kids (and my MIL visiting) has got a bit manic! We’ve barely had time to sit down. It was also Stevie’s 3rd birthday this week (where has that time gone?), and Elia is 3 months old today!

My beautiful 3-year-old!

My beautiful 3-month-old!

But last week, joy of joys, I finally HAD MY HAIR DONE! To the layman, and to pre-baby Sophie, this may seem like the smallest thing in the world – a chore, even (minus the complimentary head massage, of course). But to mum-of-two Sophie, this was a lovely treat.

I took Elia with me, of course. Anyone who’s read my previous posts knows how much I despise expressing milk, so I left myself no choice. But she was good as gold! Everyone fussed over her nicely, and she slept (on my boob, of course) while I was having my hair washed and my head so nicely massaged.

It’s so nice for me to feel like myself again. I’m not the ‘girliest’ of girls, but my hair is something I’m very proud of. And now it’s back to its glory!

There’s something to be said for remembering who you were before you had children. Even for a tiny amount of time, before my hair got all messy and thrown back into a ponytail, I was model Sophie. And this is not something that should provoke guilt – this is very important, for me at least, to keep my sanity. Being a mum is the best job in the world – being a mum as myself is even better.

I have my hair done by Kirsten Carr Thomas at VNH Hairdressers in Bedfordview. Kirsten is making a habit of winning awards for her colour, these days, as well as for her amazing body in fitness competitions!