The Tangle Monster

Have I gotten your attention? :-) This is probably going to sound a little strange, but since this blog is dedicated to our "mayhem", I thought I'd share with you. :-) 

Caelynn, even from around the age of one, has had these amazing curls sprouting from her head. :-) We love her curls...except for bath time. I've used adult professional conditioner and various detanglers but it still is a struggle to get through her hair. She used to HATE getting her hair combed and so one night, in desperation, I told her, "Honey, I'm so sorry! The Tangle Monster must have been in your hair!" And THAT was the birth of..."The Tangle Monster". Now, every bath night, as I comb her hair, she regularly carries on a full conversation with her beloved Tangle Monster. I turn away from her so she doesn't see that the Tangle Monster is indeed Mommy with a deep, growling type of voice. As I start to comb her hair she will say, "Um, Tangle Monster?" and wait for "him" to growl back, "Hello? Caelynn?" Then she launches into whatever she has done that day. She tells him her Sunday School lesson, her favorite songs, what she learned that day, what games we played, if she got any treats...it always varies. She will start each new sentence, though, with, "Tangle Monster?" just to make sure he is there. I think she really believes he is present and with her during each hair combing session. At the end of combing, when I announce, "No more tangles!" she will say a goodbye to her Tangle Monster, usually saying, "I love you, Tangle Monster!" 

It sounds silly...but I'm going to be really sad the day she realizes he doesn't exist and it was just her silly mommy trying to turn a hair-combing session into something fun. Might make a great children's book, though! ;-)