Here we go again..

Just another day in the life with a child with FASD.

It was only 3 weeks ago that we invested $150 to have her hair put in to extensions by Wendy and Locadia while we were at Harambee camp in Naramata. And, she has pulled more than half of them out. And as usual, she blames her brother for pulling them out. It looks ridiculous, so today she is taking the rest of them out.

It's just another one of those things with a kid with FASD. We try something like this, we hope for the best, but we're not really surprised when it doesn't work out.

The same thing happened when we got her ears pierced for her 10th birthday. For a few weeks she looked after her ears, then once she could actually take out the studs and put new ones in it only lasted for maybe two weeks. Sometimes she would put earrings in, sometimes not. Then she would blame someone else (usually me) because the earrings were broken and she couldn't get them to work. So not surprisingly, the holes grew over.

Part of her challenges too are the fact that she does not do well with positive attention, so when people mention how pretty she looks with her hair done, or how cute her earrings are, she will say "thank you", but as soon as she gets a moment alone she'll do something to sabotage herself. Over the years I think it's been marginally better, but only marginally.

If only I could get inside that brain of hers and rewire it!