My hair pulling baby!

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Oh my goodness I'm being driven mad.

My fourth child who is 7 months old and very clingy (so he's held a lot at the moment ir in a sling), started just wanting to hold my hair but now he's mad to get at it and pull it from the roots. Particularly from my right side..not important but interesting.

Does anyone have any experience of this, how did you cope/handle it? Any suggestions to stop it...before I pull my own hair out?

I used to tie mine back and wear a scarf over it! I looked like a bloody hippy.

Mine's not that bad, but a sharp No, a glare and a bit of distraction help. Plus making sure his hands are tucked away in back carries!

Tying it back hasn't helped as he loves to get right in at the root. A scarf may well be the answer ... but not the look, I'd want .

Distraction helps, he's teething and I think feeling really unsettled with the summer holidays as well as the fact we are moving soon.

When he's in a right strop he screams blue murder until his hand is tucked right into my scalp, fist full of hair and fingers in his mouth.

It has been a bad day.

Thanks ladies, keep the suggestions coming. It all helps and reminds me of the things I may well have forgotten.

Gumigem necklace, or just put a toy in his hand every time he does it? My No doesn't really work - he laughs at my stern face - but it does distract him, and one day he might, maybe, possibly, pay attention...

Chunky necklace. Prise the chubby fingers out of your hair and quickly replace with something interesting and colourful. Gummigem are great

I've kept my hair in pigtail braids since my DD was born because it kept it out of the way. I find it hurts less when she pulls a whole pigtail rather than a chunk of hair. Probably not your choice of style, but it might do for around the house?

My hair is tied back, but he goes for the roots...

Am trying a gummigem thing, a toys helps but not always to hand and often ends up whacking me in the face.

We are moving soon, he is teething and he's just a little more clingy now. It doesn't last forever but it does feel like it.

1. Tie your hair back
2. distract him with something like food

have you got a baby play mat? you put it on the floor and lay the baby on it and let him just play make sure the baby is at least 7 months before you try the play mat

I had similar issue a while back. Every time she pulled my hair I'd say a firm 'no' and put her down on floor and turn away. She did not like this, as she too liked to be held a lot! I'd wait 10 seconds then pick her back up again. If she pulled hair again I just kept repeating. It took a while; but it did work and she stopped altogether. Think it had become a sort of habit; almost like a comfort thing; very strange!

DS, 6 months, is also a hair grabber and likes to use the back if my head as a handle. So we've taught him the word 'soft' (as in a gentle hand vs. a grabby one). We unusually have to repeat it 2-3 times but he does understand and he will let go. It started out as a solution for his interaction with our dog and our cat, but we've found it works just as well for human fur!

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