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Hair Washing Nightmare

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Tweezerqueen · 02/01/2007 16:44

My 3 yr old DD hates having her hair washed, she now screams if we try to get any water on her hair.

I am starting to lose patience but know that I can't do that or it will get worse.

Does anybody have any tips to get round this or anybody experienced this and managed to resolve it??

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Tweezerqueen · 02/01/2007 16:48

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Someone please help!

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bandbsmum · 03/01/2007 15:46

My ds also used to scream when having his hair washed, until my mum did it for him once and told him to hold a flannel over his eyes, that seemed to help.

scatterbrain · 03/01/2007 15:49

I used to lie my dd down in the bath and very carefully pour water from one of her plastic cups over her hair - I was always very careful not to splash her - she hated it and still does at 6. She has got to the stage now that she will let me shower her hair but only if she is looking right up at the ceiling and I take care not to splash her eyes !

I also hate water running over my face !

Heavenis · 03/01/2007 16:17

If she lies in the bath on her front and puts her head back that may be easier for her.
I use a flannel for my two as this is what my mum did for me.
Have you tried letting her join in and help wash her own hair.
Another idea my ds2 like the hairdryer as it has a cold setting so I reward him for having his hair washed by letting him have his hair dried.

cece · 03/01/2007 16:29

DS is the same. I just do it really quickly and hand him a towel as soon as I have finihsed so he can wipe his face dry! I have shampoo/conditioner in one so only one rinse needed.

frances5 · 03/01/2007 16:34

Use a damp sponge dipped in soapy water that has been squeezed out. sponge the head and dry as soon as you finished.

kbaby · 03/01/2007 16:48

dd was the same and now we get her to 'swim' which involves laying back in the water so we can wash her hair.

McDreamy · 03/01/2007 16:50

We use the magic flannel which she holds over her eyes - sometimes works sometimes it doesn't. TBH when it doesn't I just get on with it and get it over and done with as quickly as possible.

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Tweezerqueen · 05/01/2007 10:32

Thanks for the tips, I'm going to try the goggles and sponge options and see if anything works.

I've tried the just getting on with it but can't stand the screaming!!

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saltire · 05/01/2007 10:53

We had this with DS1, who is now almost 9. It got to the point that DH and i both had to strip off to underwear, one of us hold him, so he was lying back and the other poured over the water. It still resulted in screaming of epic proportions though. We had the neighbours from both sides at the door to see what was going on.It went on until he was about 5 (sorry). We then used the facecloth over the face. He still hates it, and gets very stressed on hair washing nights. It was MIL's fault, she was babysitting him one night when he was two, he was in the bath and she turned the shower on , and scared him!

themoon66 · 05/01/2007 10:58

Can you not still buy those hat brim type things? My DD had one when she was at that stage of screaming over hair washing. I think I got it in mothercare or boots. Like a waterproof brim, but elasticated so it sits around their head and stops the water dripping or splashing onto their face. They still need to tip their head back and look at the ceiling a bit though.

Glassofwine · 05/01/2007 11:01

Get her to do it herself - that's what I do, with supervision of course, but if you make a fuss about her being so big that she can do it herself it usually works.

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