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A question for parents of girls with long hair

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PrettyCandles · 01/03/2008 21:39

At what age could your dd brush her own hair reliably, and at what age could she style it herself (I mean a style suitable for school, eg properly parted and gathered into bunches, or plaited).

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CarGirl · 01/03/2008 21:41

DD1 is 11 and it's okay for school but not perfect, she's probably been solo since the age of 8/9 but that is partly because she has several younger siblings that I'm busy with in the mornings!

MrsWeasley · 01/03/2008 21:41

Well I've always brushed my DD's hair for school (I insist on it back and plaited) but DD1 is 12 now so does it herself most mornings,if she wants neat plaits she asks me

chocolatespiders · 01/03/2008 21:45

dd 10 started to do her own pony tail... she couldnt do plaits though...

ladette · 01/03/2008 21:45

DD has been able to tie her own hair back in a ponytail since she started school. She could plait from mid-top infants but I still do the parting at the back if she wants bunches/2 plaits, otherwise the parting wouldn't be straight and she's 10.

colditz · 01/03/2008 21:48

I never mastered my own very long hair, and had it cut to shoulder length at 13 years old.

sorry!

shiny1 · 01/03/2008 21:50

dd 12 has only just started to do her own her hair in the last few months,and she does it a lot better than i ever did.

Blandmum · 01/03/2008 21:51

dd has been doing it since around 9, as long as you are flexible about the 'properly parted' thing.

Mind you, the poor child has a double crown, so that does make life harder for her

Nighbynight · 01/03/2008 21:51

Brush it reliably, age 10 3/4. She just does a ponytail for school, so not complicated.

Gingerbear · 01/03/2008 21:52

DD is only 5, so I can't answer this yet, but I would like to know if anyone else has a morning battle over brushing hair, she has so many tangles I am thinking of letting them develop into dredlocks!!

Miggsie · 01/03/2008 21:52

DD is 4, brushes her hair herself and plays hairdressers with friends at nursery, they are all expert at putting 44 clips and 12 hair bands on each other's heads at the same time!!!!
Of course they all look like they are about to become punks but hey, they enjoy it.
She can do plaits but not on herself yet.
She has no parting, she takes after her dad...scruffy!

Psychomum5 · 01/03/2008 21:52

all my 3 hang long hair (they need to as they do ballet and need long anough hair for buns!)

they started doing ther own ponytails at 9/10, but as yet, DD1 is 13 and not yet able to do a &perfect^ bun, and in no way can she do plaits.

I learnt to do my own french plaits at 16, so awaiting that age for them being able to do their own and leave me alone.

they can nowever, do each others buns, which helps immensely on the ballet nights that the bos also dance in....!

Scramble · 01/03/2008 21:53

My DD 8yrs has long hair, she can brush it through and put it up in a simple ponytail, she never brushes the back that well and it can be a bit lumpy. Normally she gives it a quick brush and buts an alice band or tiara on.

I have to do bunches and brush it through properly and she never puts in a side parting which looks so much better on her.

Gingerbear · 01/03/2008 21:53

mb, DD also has a double crown - I can never get a straight parting for bunches!!

I tell her it is a trendy zigzag one!

Scramble · 01/03/2008 21:54

Thats what I wondered at what age can they do ballet buns, or do they just do each others at class, I want to be able to leave her to get on with it herself soon, but I have to do her hair.

Psychomum5 · 01/03/2008 21:54

Blandmum · 01/03/2008 21:55

Its a bugger, isn't it? And I can't persuade her that a pony tail looks better with her hair than bunches.

and it is dead straight and very fine. Poor little bugger!

ladette · 01/03/2008 21:56

Gingerbear would recommend detangling spray...

Psychomum5 · 01/03/2008 21:57

welll.....DD1 (the 13yo), can do her own bun, but not one that will stay in thro an entire 45min class!

depends on the way you do the buns I guess....we use the 'donut' so it is harder, but to do the 'pony tail and twist' method is easy and one they have done since age 11.

HTH

ViolentFemme · 01/03/2008 21:58

I second colditz. Then I got a perm. At 14. Then I started doing my own hair.

cat64 · 01/03/2008 21:58

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Gingerbear · 01/03/2008 21:59

Oh, if only DD's hair were fine! It is thick and wavy, and even with detangling spray (nods to ladette), still is a trial to brush.

Think I might search the archive - advice on afro hair was a thread I recall. (even though not afro)

castille · 01/03/2008 22:00

It depends on the type of hair. Thin, straightish hair is a lot easier to brush and style than thick waves.

My straight-haired 10yo brushes her own hair most days but if she wants it put up she asks for help. She has been getting the hang of simple styles lately.

My 8yo has a very thick, wavy mane and is incapable of detangling it properly so I have to brush and style it neatly for school.

eidsvold · 01/03/2008 22:00

my dd1 is just 5 and I think she is a long way from doing it herself.

ANother one for leave in conditioner spray or detangling spray - my dd1 has very fine hair that gets knotty so easily. SO detangling spray or leave in conditioner is a daily must for us. ( I sometimes make my own - spray bottle, warm water and a little conditioner)

ViolentFemme · 01/03/2008 22:01

Gawd my hair was middle parted and in bunches ever day at primary school. With bobbles and blue ribbons.

My mother was off her head doing that every day

Psychomum5 · 01/03/2008 22:02

my DD3 has thickish curly hair, altho not 'afro' like (altho I am shocked as DH would have that type hair [if he weren't bald])

we use a leave in de-tangling spray.

also need decent shampoo and LOTS of normal conditioner

and then a 'split end leave on conditioner' type serum.

makes for great curls, altho a comb rather than a brush is the order of the day too

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