‘Cheeky’ two-year-old shaves huge chunk out of her hair using dog clippers as mum thought she was quietly ‘watching TV’
A MOTHER has revealed how her “cheeky” toddler got hold of a pair of dog clippers while no one was looking and shaved off a huge patch of her hair.
Sian Coombs, 35, from Hawarden, North Wales, said she felt horrified when she saw Sariah, two, wandering around with clumps of long, blonde locks falling from her head.
The mum-of-five said she was preparing to groom the family’s cavapoo while the little girl must have sneaked off with the clippers without her noticing.
Detailing the moment, Sian explained: “My daughter is absolutely doggy obsessed and she loves to help me, but the dogs didn’t enjoy her brushing them so I gave her a bowl of treats to feed to the dogs to distract them while I brushed.
“She was doing a great job, and by feeding the treats to the puppies, she kept them distracted and it kept her entertained too – so all was going well!”
The mum admitted she didn’t realise that the treats must have run out and her daughter mysteriously left the room.
She said: “I just assumed she’d gone to join her other siblings watching TV or something.
“But she returned moments later holding the dog clippers in her hand, and as soon as I spotted her holding them, I leapt to get them off her but then noticed what she had done.”
Sian, who is also mum to Thomas 15, Amara 13, Henry seven, and Percy, five, panicked as she realised Sariah managed to shave a whole patch down the middle of her head.
She said: “The hair was still sort of stuck to her head, but as I began touching it, clumps came away in my hand and I could see what had happened.”
Sariah’s first reaction was to say “mummy did it” as Sian was left standing with clumps of her daughter’s hair in her hands.
Despite her initial reaction being gobsmacked, the mum-of-five said in hindsight she is relieved her toddler didn’t take the clippers to one of the dogs as they have a litter of seven-week-old puppies in the house.
She said: “My first instinct was of course one of horror, but I saw the big smile on her face change into an anxious expression when she saw my face so I quickly realised I needed to hide my own feelings to protect her.
“She’s still breastfed so immediately upon realising there was a problem she asked for ‘bobos’ so I just fed her to calm her down, and give me time to gather my thoughts a little.
Sian continued: “I didn’t show her the result of her hair until a little while later but she just laughed when she saw herself in the mirror which I was relieved about!”
Describing her little one as “absolutely full of life”, Sian said her cheeky little girl is into everything at the moment.
She said: “She copies me with every task I do and she’s very bright. I don’t think there’s much in my house that she doesn’t know where it belongs or how it works.
“She notices everything and just loves to join in and help out.”
Just days earlier, Sian said she had spotted Sariah checking all of the puppies with a stethoscope – so she is glad she didn’t decide to give them all a haircut.
The mother said it was also heartwarming to see how none of the other children seemed to mind about their youngest sibling’s new hair-do.
“My children didn’t say much to be honest,” she said, “They don’t really care what her hair is like, they just love her for who she is regardless of anything else.
“They all immediately went out onto the trampoline and played together like nothing had happened.
There is an awful lot more going on in the world right now, a dodgy haircut isn’t a reason to be too upset!
“My eldest was probably the most shocked, my teenage daughter just thought it was funny and the younger boys have barely mentioned it.”
However, Sian admitted that her husband, Paul, did question if she was joking when she messaged him to tell him the news.
She said: “He feels the same as me. We just love her to bits and want her to be happy, nothing else matters. These things happen in life sometimes.”
Sian said she considered shaving off the rest of Sariah’s hair, but has decided to leave it after reaching out for some advice.
She said “I messaged my hairdresser and a few hairdresser friends who all told me to leave it be.
“I also asked Sariah and she got upset at the thought of having the rest shaved. My only concern now is to protect her feelings.
“She doesn’t want it cutting so I won’t. I just want her to feel happy and not worry about it so we’re not making an issue of it.”
The mum said she is going to buy a few headbands and look into the possibility of supplements, but that aside, they are just going to wait for it to grow back.
She added: “I’m extremely grateful she’s only lost her hair down to a silly accident and not something far worse. There is an awful lot more going on in the world right now, a dodgy haircut isn’t a reason to be too upset.
“I’m only too aware of people whose children lose their hair as they’re battling life threatening illnesses; my daughter is perfectly healthy so I don’t need to worry.”
“It certainly caused a lot of drama in our house yesterday as friends and family were all messaging to see what happened. They all know what Sariah is like, so I can’t imagine anyone who knows her is too surprised!”
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