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3 year old hair pulling

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Allthatjazz234 · 19/07/2023 23:09

When my 3 year old gets very overwhelmed or stressed out she pulls her hair out in big clumps. I try not to comment on it so as not to reinforce but her hair is so fine anyway... does anyone else have experience of this and best way to manage it?

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Pammela2 · 17/09/2023 20:29

Did you get anywhere with this? Have a similar issue.

Allthatjazz234 · 17/09/2023 21:28

Hi @Pammela2 I don't have much advice as thankfully it didn't last too long. I think it was stress related due to baby sister, she had some health issues, low iron fatigue etc. She's much better now and hasn't done it in a very long time.
The only thing I will say is I tried to not draw attention to it as when I did she would pull it more.
I'm really sorry it's very stressful to see and not knowing what to do! I couldn't find much info on it at all. Hope you find something that helps.

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