Don't Let Hormones Rule You After Childbirth

New moms fall into the "mom hair" thing pretty quickly I think. Within one week of having my first child, I had all my hair chopped off. I don't know if it was hormonal or just easier. I did it again with my second child. I don't look good in short hair but I really think hormones took over.

You have this soft belly left over right after your pregnancy and child's birth, and you're feeling a little dumpy. What better way than to make a change like a haircut and why not make it easier while we're at it since the kids are going to keep us so busy and go short? That was my thought-pattern each time. My mistake.

I learned my lesson after that. I made my husband promise that he'd remind me after the births of the rest of our kids not to cut my hair short and why. He did and it kept me from doing anything drastic to my hair.

I need to concentrate on finding a good salon franchise for my children's hair instead of letting hormones take over for me (because I have also been doing the "mom thing" and cutting their hair myself the last couple of years most of the time) and it's not a good thing (for them). My hormones are out of whack because of my thyroid disease so I'm still up and down hormonally even though I'm not pregnant.