If you've been around for awhile, you know that we have had along running saga with haircuts and Dominic. We've been really happy the last few years with our barber, whose grandson is also on the spectrum. She has not yet opened back up and he has been complaining about how hot his hair is the last few weeks.
His favorite person, Dr Kelley, once supported herself as a dog groomer. So she knows how to quickly clip a wriggling body. Last week, she gave Dominic's friend Tyler a haircut after school and Dominic finally asked for one from her yesterday. So today, Dominic hung out over there while I did a grocery run (my preference because of the touching thing is to just not take him into stores right now) and then Dr K, Ms Rachel (who was there prepping for next week) and I attempted the haircut.
The first attempt did NOT go well. He actually ripped the drape thingie right off and was just irate. We couldn't figure out what the issue was/. So we were going to leave with a very slight trim and he came back into the area we were cleaning .... got the stool back out and asked again. This time he did it himself until it got to the back and then he allowed Dr Kelley to help him.
And we figured out the issue is two fold - he doesn't like the drape and he didn't like the hair to touch him.
Then we came home and he brought me the tweezers to de-unibrow him. I guess this was grooming day.
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