Does your 13mo DD let you do her hair?

[Bulkswife]

My DD is 13mo and will not let me get close to do her hair. It falls in her eyes, and she won't let me tie it up in a ponytail, or even clip it to the side. Does your DD let you tie up her hair?

[Fly Girl]

Nope. And if I manage to get a clip in it, she immediately pulls it out.

[elmh23]

No. I was lucky if I could even comb it at that age!

She finally started letting me actually do her hair around 2.5 or 3. Of course, within an hour or two, all my work would be undone, so we just let her wear her hair down.

[buckeye_bebe]

Nope. I had to find a bribe that worked just to get the sleep and jogging stroller knots out. Once the knots are out, mission complete. Although, since my daughter likes to do most any thing I do (or at least try), I had success with a spray bottle with dilute conditioner in it. That helped with the knots.

[peachespoe]

I just started putting 13 month old DD's hair in two little pig tails or one on top. My strategy is to put her in her high chair with a few snacks and move it in front of a mirror so she can watch me without trying to look up at what I am doing. So far it's going okay most of the time. She looks SO cute with her hair up!!!

If I try to do it while she is playing, she keeps moving her head around so I can't do it.

[Bulkswife]

Thanks for the replies.

I'll try putting her in her high chair with a few snacks, and see how she does with that.

[PlayaMama]

no she ended up with a mullet/ "pixie cut" because i had to cut the knots out. she's now 20 months and getting ready for mullet number two.

ca baby detangler works really well but it's too far gone at this stage to work them out.

good luck!

[heatherdeg]

Originally Posted by elmh23

No. I was lucky if I could even comb it at that age!

We're having this problem now... she has fine, but curly hair.

Originally Posted by PlayaMama

no she ended up with a mullet/ "pixie cut" because i had to cut the knots out. she's now 20 months and getting ready for mullet number two.

ca baby detangler works really well but it's too far gone at this stage to work them out.

good luck!

I fear this is where we're headed. And we were going through so much CA Baby detangler that I switched over to a Jayson spray-in, leave-in conditioner just to try to comb it in the morning. It's a fight every step of the way. I hold it such that I'm not tugging her head (ya know how you hold the hair about an inch from the head and then tug from that point on? Seriously--she doesn't feel a thing). Sometimes that gets me enough bits and pieces of her hair combed that we're okay...

But mine is like this for ANY. PART. OF HER HEAD. Turning her earrings (doesn't care that they're there--just don't touch them)... wiping her face, even just touching her head. Just don't do it.

And she's a fiesty little thing!

[mbm]

Nope. I just push her bangs to the side best I can.

She's OK with my brushing her hair; I just can't put barrettes in it, or put a hat on her head.

[AnnieNimIty]

My dd is 19 months old... and I think it is 90% her personality and 10% how I act about things.
She has had and left in barrettes... dang, probably since she was 10 months old.
I make a big deal about how beautiful she looks and how pretty she is with them in. She pretends to comb her own hair and likes brushing mine and will bring me pony tail holders and barrettes to put in her hair. When she combs her hair she signs beautiful.
I never make a big deal about her tangles to her, and really, I don't apologize when I am pulling tangles out and she doesn't cry. I am careful, but I don't sit and cringe and say sorry when I am combing her hair.
She has fine, curly blond hair (too).
I wash her hair with J&J and if her hair has been really dry/frizzy I will put Dove conditioner in.

[DoopaMama]

OYI! my DD has beautiful, fine sun-blonde hair and it matts up fairly quickly! I've gone to using shampoo and my condiioner in her hair-before i gets matted. i usually works the knots righ out.

her hair is just long enough o ge stuck in her nose and get plasttered at the end with snot. don' you jus love toddler snot season?

I started just putting it in a ponyttail during breakfas or even pinning her down to do it. it keeps it cleaner even though she'll have lost her hairtie a daycare. sometimes she'll leave ies or clips in, sometimes when i put it in is he las time i see it!

I just keep trying and someimes have to pin her down and once in a while she'll sit peacefully while i do something fancy, especially with food or a movie involved.

[lifeguard]

Wow - this makes me glad I don't have to worry about this with ds!

[wobit]

The mirror part is important for us. I also try to give my girl "jobs" like letting her hold the hair ties while I put up the ponytails, and make sure there are books and other attractive toys within reach. I started the ritual of sitting her down to get her hair combed out every day pretty young, and I think that helps. It's like teethbrushing, requires persistence.

From about 13-20 months, one or two pigtails was all I could really accomplish. Any barrettes or clips were immediately pulled out. This month she will sit still long enough for one attempt at braids, but if I am too slow we revert to the pigtail plan.

We always walk over to the mirror and let her see what we've done together. I think a factor in our favor is that she does seem to be bothered when her hair falls in her face, as she is always brushing it out of the way and if we are nursing will even unlatch several times in a row until she gets it all out of the way.

[octobermom]

My DD was pulling those dumb bows they stick on little girls heads in the hospital at like 3 hours old and shes not stopped since. Even 7 years latter I can barely take 12 seconds to run a comb through her hair much less actually put a band or clip in it. She jsut pulls them out so her hair stays shrt and "managable" without the extra steps.

Deanna

[kgianforti]

Nope! My 13 month old dd doesn't have any hair yet!!

[Artichokie]

yes, but it was a miserable experience. I pushed and insisted and she learned to sit and let me do it but there were many tears. I consider good grooming to be a matter of hygiene so we insisted just like we pushed through tears with baths and teeth brushing and changing dirty diapers and washing hands after potty.

Now she is 24 mo and I am so glad I insisted b/c now it is a part of her routine that she does not question, just like those other necessary things listed above.

[Honey693]

If i let her have a sucker while I'm doing it

[StrawberryFields]

Not at 13 months. At that age I had to distract her somehow and slide a clip in when she didn't notice. I used alligator clips with non slip grip so that they didn't have to be snapped shut and she didn't notice me slipping them in.

As she got older I would really make a big deal about how I was brushing my hair and involve her in that. Then I would try to get us to do our hair together and I called it "special time with mommy." Now she lets me brush her hair and will sometimes even come to me and request that I "do her piggies (pigtails)."

[redvlagrl]

We have been doing it in either a single sprout on top or two pigtails since she was aroudn that age. I do it right after breakfast while she is in her highchair/booster. I rarely comb it because her hair doesn't tangle much luckily. I just try to be v quick and floow her writhing around if she doesn't want it. She doesn't complain often, though. Once they are in, she doesn't fiddle with them. I use those clear bands by goody which are very secure.

[_betsy_]

Sigh... to have this problem! Baldy #2 is 12.5 months and still bald, bald, bald.