Ive recently discovered my dd is making knots in her hair then pulling them out when she's in bed. I found out as it looked like she'd tried to cut a fringe! When I asked her about it she asked me not to get mad and told me she'd pulled it out at night, then produced a huge clump of hair from under her pillow.
I have no idea how to approach it as I don't want her to feel guilty about it or afraid of telling me. At the moment Ive just said that I won't get mad, its her hair and it will grow back. I put her hair in a plait now when she goes to bed but she still pulls it out.
She doesn't seem unusually stressed (she is a bit intense naturally), but theres nothing that has happened recently that Im aware of that would have upset her. When we talk she seems happy, she's getting on well at school and has lots of friends. She does worry more than most children I would say, so I am concerned that it could be the start of anxiety but I don't want to question too much incase I make her worse!
It just as easily could be a habit that she's finding hard to break.
Does anyone have an experience of this? Or any tips on dealing with it? Im going to speak to my GP next week but he's a bit useless.