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Hair washing

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MamaBear2210T · 09/09/2023 09:06

Hi,

I have a 16 month old DS who HATES having his hair washed. We've tried a little cap to stop it going in his eyes but he won't wear it/or hats!

He screams when we have to do it so after any advice if anyone's been in a similar situation.

Thanks

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tescocreditcard · 09/09/2023 09:08

My advice is to do it as quickly as possible!

Taylorswiftserastour · 09/09/2023 09:26

Do it as quickly and infrequently as possible! I find shorter hair is easier as it doesn't take as long to wash.

SweetPeaPods · 09/09/2023 09:32

Perseverance. He won't always scream and it's a bit like giving them meds they don't like, you just have to roll with it.

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TropicalTrama · 09/09/2023 09:33

Swimming googles if he’ll wear them, be as well quick as poss and do it as infrequently as you can get away with so once a week unless visibly dirty.

hdbs17 · 09/09/2023 09:41

Can you lay him back in a shallow bath so you can quickly splash his head, lather and splash again without it going near his face?

That's how I used to wash DS hair when he was a toddler and screamed any other way. He now loves standing under the shower head and getting his face wet.

24HoursFromTulseHill · 09/09/2023 13:21

My 17 month old DS hates having his hair washed so we only do it once a week unless necessary.
We try and get him to look up just at the moment we pour the water on his head -making a bird noise, clicking fingers, my husband doing something silly etc.

Laneymoo · 09/09/2023 13:26

Probably a bit controversial but the only way we could wash my niece's hair was to take her out of the bath and wrap her in a towel so that her arms were under the towel. One of us would pick her up and hold her over the bath and the other would do the hair washing. Obviously got harder to do the bigger she got and she still screamed bloody murder every time but she eventually grew out of it and doesn't seem to have any residual trauma from it!

Sunshine9218 · 28/07/2024 21:45

Stick something high up on tiles and ask them to look at it so they tilt their head back. And/or hold a flannel against their eyes whilst rinsing

Nix99 · 28/07/2024 21:54

DD used to be fine having her hair washed. Until the day she wasn't and decided she hated it. We tried all sorts of different thing but the only thing that actually worked was time and she eventually grew out of hating it. She's now 3 and will close her eyes and tip her head back to have her hair washed and is fine. DS is 8mo and is ok with having his hair washed but I'm fully expecting him to go through the stage of hating it too.

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