My 3 year old son has this obsession with playing with my hair when he is tired. He twirls it round his fingers until it is in a tight knot and I have even had to cut the knots out before because they have been impossible to untangle.
He has always done it but since I have had Ds3 I have been too tired to wake up when he sneaks into my bed in the night and, if he dosent wake me up by pulling my hair out by the roots (V.painfull) I wake up in the morning looking like Freddy Bosswell!!
I have tried to get him to stop, Ive shouted, tried to get him to cuddle a teddy instead, I even contemplated getting a doll with hair for him to have at bedtime but every shop I have looked in has BALD dolls!!
Im sure it is like a security blanket thing and I am trying to tread carefully when trying to stop him because new babe is only 10 weeks old and dont want him to feel I am pushing him away because of baby.
Has anyone else had this problem?? If so what did you do?? Im pretty eager to get this sorted before I end up bald or demented!!
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My son wont stop twisting my hair when he is tired....any ideas??
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cantseemyfeet · 15/10/2007 00:32
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