You try hard

You try hard and you give a damn, that's it"

I am not a guru on children in the salon I'm not. but I can tell you how I got here I became a mother in 2010 to my daughter and then again to my son in 2012 Before that though I babysat and worked many summers at a girl scout resident camp teaching young girls how to live in the woods. Why does that equate to anything? I couldn't tell you. I have no formal training, no child development degree, no certificates But I try to be patient, I try to be kind. I have snacks, a basket full of toys, water. Movies to watch, games to play. I've let kids spray me with water. Demolish my sucker stash I've let them cut my hair (I'm serious) I've laid belly down on my salon floor while a child was iPad distracted to get around their ears without fuss. I've been kicked, pinched, hit, screamed at you name it. But I didn't give up on making it good for the kids. I am so lucky to have the valuable gift of trust placed on me when it comes to children and their families. My son being on the autism spectrum was a big proponent for me specialize in adapting me and my salon for people with sensory concerns. He has scratched, hit, cried, screamed, thrown up. Anything he could do to get away from the unpleasant experience I was trying my hardest to adapt him to a typical salon experience and one day I stopped and realized I had it backwards. So I learned through him. So because of him I got better. And now I know I'm a household name for sensory families. I think I had a friend say it best, when I said I didn't understand why I had garnered such attention when it came to children "You try hard and you give a damn"