I need some advice - I thought my dd would grow out of this - about 18 months ago I noticed she was pulling her hair and then eating it 😲 she was heading back fo school in a new year so thought maybe she was worried - she said she was not. We bought fiddly toys for distractions and some scratch sleeves for bedtime and it seemed to do the trick for a good while.
Since September she has started again and I thought again it was School. She doesn’t do it at home mainly because she knows I will see and the teacher is on the ball at class and tells her not to. But this morning a massive lump has gone and she said it was at drama club. She also says she has eaten some. I’ve told her calmly how dangerous that is but I just don’t think it will stop her. I will take her to the gp on Monday but I just don’t know how to help her 😔
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7 year old pulling and eating her hair
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elizabeth27 · 07/10/2017 10:09
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