Its time....

My daughter turned 4 in January. She has been bald since she was 20 months old. She knows nothing else and she doesn't grasp that she is different. It is time now for her to enter the world...without me by her side. Time to enroll in preschool, Summer Bible camps, and Summer Rec Sports. All of which she has been asking to do for Ever... but my fear of her pain has had me giving her one excuse or the other. Am I protecting her or myself??? I am terrified.

My daughter is a smart, funny, personable,gorgeous little girl. I get so uptight when I see other children stare, point, or ignore her "Hello's!" I don't want to see her wonderful spirit broken and as much as I have tried to protect her, I have always known that the only way she can spread her wings is if I unwrapped my arms.

I read stories on here of good and bad experiences. I see stories of people with strong,happy,confident children and sad,lonley,heartbroken children. Which will mine turn out to be??

I don't really have anyone to talk to that can possibly understand, so I thank you all for letting me vent!

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Permalink Reply by Evie and mom Gail on March 18, 2011 at 9:39pm
Tami, just to add to what everyone has said- it's going to help her to let her start making new friends and explaining her bald head to curious kids if need be, and then you will see, all the kids will just move on and she will just be Taryn, whatever her lovely little personality is, and not the bald kid. Our Evie was bald at 10 months, and never had a single hair on her head since then. She went to 3 different preschools when we lived in India, one American and two Indian. Then we moved home to Canada and she went to another preschool, then started kindergarten this year. I prepared the schools and teachers in advance, and Evie has some lines to explain that she has an allergy to her hair, and that's just the way she looks, like others have black hair or curly hair or different skin colours, that's just her look. ALL of the kids were fine with it, and she has lots of friends and on the rare occasion that she wants to wear a wig (usually ripped off within an hour), the kids don't like it, because it's not her! They love her as she is, and Taryn will be too. There will be some mean kids, and it makes you mad and it makes you cry, and you help her to respond, and you help these kids to be more sensitive and tolerant to difference, but it's fine, really it is.

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