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Originally Posted by Mamato3wild ponnie  honeybun....have you showed him how to pull it up in a pony tail...some dads have no clue and just leave it rather than trying to figure it out. Maybe you could sit him down one day while your doing it and walk him through the basics of a pony tail? Or even a scarf over her hair and tying it in the back? Once i showed my DP it was much easier and at least he tried. When your daughter gets around 7-8 years old she will start to try doing her own hair and it will be much easier then. Hugs mama.
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I have. To me, it's as simple as wrapping a rubber band around a handful of pencils. Around a newspaper if he had a paper route as a boy. I just don't get the difficulty. We're not asking for french braids or cornrows. Really, though, since her hair is curly, I think he's afraid of hurting her when he combs it. And we've been through that. Spray it with detangler or combo of water and conditioner (I keep both handy in spray bottles). Use the wide tooth comb. Then the finer tooth comb. Slap on hair band, and voila! He was watching intently the other night (I try to put it in a style that will last through the night in the event I leave before she rises in the morning) as I took each pony tail and twisted it around itself and secured with bobby pins. DD and I call this her "mouse ears" hairdo!
I'm just frustrated with what I see as a lack of willingness to try and a greater willingness to let her go out looking unkept. If this father - who had no involvement in creating his child's crown - can get it and take on the responsibility and bonding ritual of doing it, surely he can too.
The scarf is a good idea - thank you! Maybe I'll knit her some kerchiefs.
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