To ask how can I get my daughter to allow me to do her hair

[BlissfulMistletoe]

Not so much to put bobbles and clips ect...... Just brush it without the drama and more important to check for nits as she goes to playgroup every afternoon and I would hate to think I am responsible for other children catching them.

Dd is 2.5 years old

Be warned- tangle teaser doesn't work for everyone- dd and I have fine but thick- as in dense- hair and it only does the surface layers.

I don't think it's fair to jeep a child's hair long if it's a pain for them. Get it cut. They aren't dolls.

Thanks for the warning seeker. Last sentence a little harsh, but perhaps I didn't explain myself properly. She wants it cut because she thinks it will be easier. It won't. If it wasn't tied back at night it would be horrendous. Trying to turn a bird's nest of a bob back into something smooth doesn't really bear thinking about (I still remember what it was like before it grew - she doesn't). She rocks herself to sleep and in the process rubs her hair backwards and forwards across her pillow (hard to explain but imagine the motion of a baby swing but in a bed). My fault I guess for using such a swing for too long when she was a baby.

So until she's old enough to take herself to the hairdressers it will be staying long enough to be tied back.

DD has bum length hair (she's 9.6 so old enough to decided what she wants)

Unfortunately missy doesn't keep her plait in at school (she changes to a ponytail) and has an annoying hair twizzling habit which knots it.

I asked her if she wants it cut, she says 'no'.

YY to tangle teasers. I've also got one of those round shower brushes.

(I watched my aunt brush my cousins very thick long hair years ago. When my cousin yelped she belted her round the head with the hairbrush then got the scissors out. . Disclaimer: I wouldn't do this to DD.)

I know it's already been said but leave-in conditioner is a godsend (Aussie is great, but Elvive is good too, and Boots do a really cheap coconut one that is worth a try). My DDs (5 and nearly 2) both have long curly hair, and I have always conditioned it after shampooing and combed the conditioner through. Then after rinsing and towel drying (I never use a haridryer, even for me), I put hair serum thorugh it. It make brushing much easier as it is much less tangled.

I find treating their hair as I would do my own makes it much easier to do, both for them and for me.

Oh yes, and a decent hairbrush. We all use Mason and Pearson - expensive but worth it.

oh yes, i second that BBB about treating their hair the same as yours.
I use grown up shampoo & conditioner, taking care of shampoo when rinsing.
Lots of conditioner! Comb it through gently.
Also, brush hair before bed, it makes a massive difference in the morning, they sleep the knots in deeper.

taking care of eyes obv!