A British woman has shared her shock after she left her baby daughter with her mother – only for her to return with a shaved head.
Tawana, took to her TikTok to narrate her ‘disbelief’ after discovering her daughter River’s hair had been ‘shaved’ off during a weekend visit at her mother’s house.
It Was Only a Weekend Visit
River, who Tawana said had a ‘full head of hair’ before the weekend was now ‘bald’ and worst of all, her mother had appointed Tawana’s younger brother to do the amateur cut.Â
After arriving at her mother’s house, Tawana, who is of British-Zimbabwean descent, revealed how she began ‘hyperventilating’ and ‘crying’ at the sight and yelled ‘no way you cut my daughter’s hair’.
The jaw-dropping tale has shocked many, with viewers demanding the influencer ‘cut all contact’ with her mother, while others recounted that they had once been in Tawana’s shoes.
What Happened?
In a video clip, an exasperated Tawana can be seen sharing an account of what happened.
She said: ‘I’ve dropped my daughter off at my mum’s house. It was a normal routine. Everything was normal.
‘So I’ve now gone up London and we’re out and having fun and then I get a message in the group [family] chat and they’ve sent me a video of this child that looks like my child – bald. I’m like “what?”
‘I was tapping the video so I can see it but it wasn’t loading and I could only see the picture of River. Her head’s bald. Like so much is going on right now’.
She Had to Calm Herself Down
Tawana said a bout of ‘confusion’ forced her into leaving the event early, after which she went to a hotel to calm herself down.
By the next day, she’d almost forgotten the events and although she had a faint memory she was hoping it was all a dream.
But reality hit when she received yet another video in the group chat.Â
She Can’t Believe What She Saw in the Video
‘Somebody in the group chat has sent me a video of my bald daughter… of you [my mum] shaving my daughter’s head.
‘Like at this point I’m in disbelief and I’m an hour away [from my mum’s house] and I’m so angry like I don’t know what to do. I’m like “oh my gosh” I’m hyperventilating.
So I’m like crying. I’m like nah. I’m like there’s no way you cut my daughter’s hair number one. But two, you trusted my younger brother to do it.’
At this point in the video the influencer appears to almost tear up at the thought of what happened.
Motive Behind Her Mom’s Action
While she acknowledged her mum’s beliefs that babies are born with ‘dirty’ and ‘unclean’ hair, and that once cut, it would grow back ‘quicker’, she was adamant that it was not something she had ever intended to happen to her own child.
She recalled her mum also chopping off her own locks when she was a baby, adding that it ‘grew back worse’.
She continued: ‘I finally arrived at my mum’s house and I came out the car. I get there and River is just smiling at me and she’s just so in love with the fact that her head is bald.
‘What Can I Do’?
‘I was just upset but I was like “what can I do?” Like her hair’s already shaved now’
Responding to comments asking if the situation escalated, she exclaimed: ‘No I did not swing on my mum!’
