![]() ![]() Prior to placing the cap on, the hair must be moisturized and secured into a style that can withstand even the most restless of sleepers. “In my family, when the sun goes down, our hair goes up!” starts the story, which transforms a routine practice for multigenerations of Black families into a piece of art, and a comforting story. I’ve been wrapping my hair since I was a wee little girl, but explaining to my 5-year-old the importance of keeping her hair protected at night has been quite the arduous task, until the arrival of Bedtime Bonnet, a children’s book by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Redd. Like clockwork, after changing into comfy jammies, we brush teeth, wash faces, moisturize hair, and tuck our precious follicles beneath a satin cap (a “durag” for the spouse who insists this is the secret to a head full of waves). ![]() But before drifting into dreamland, there’s a nightly routine that we must never forget. At the end of each long day, my family look forward to our heads hitting the pillow. ![]()
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