If I wanted to script this vid, it could not have been funnier…or more real. Vivien HATES having her hair combed. This summer I don’t even try every day. It’s hot, she is either at home or going to a camp, so what the hell. I have cut her hair to help with this issue, bought some expensive spray, which was a marginally helpful.
How do other people do it? Is this just me?
Haha. So funny that she hid behind the chair. I’m sure she’ll realize pretty soon if other girls in her class have really pretty hair and want it too and stop resisiting as much. With that said, I don’t get why little girls don’t like their hair brushed… it feels amazing. I wish someone would brush my hair. My little girl isn’t old enough to have long hair but this is what I did with my younger sister that seemed to work…. During nightime bath I would be generous with the conditioner and then spray J&J No more tangles when she got out. I would brush the wet, tangle free hair into a loose braid, ponytail or bun so the next morning it was still tangle free but just needed to be freshened up a bit. I think mostly she liked that it delayed bedtime a bit so she tolerated it
you have to start combing or brushing at “the ends of the hair” NOT THE ROOTS…..that’s the trick…learned it in beauty school…..
Sarah’s only 2, but she’s not a big fan of having her hair combed… That being said, she’s also at the stage where she gets annoyed having it in her face. I treat her hair very much like my own, in that I’ve started conditioning it and combing the conditioner through with a wide tooth comb – which leaves it REALLY silky. In the morning, I’ll spray with water (or just dip a wide tooth comb in water) comb at the bottom and then at the top. The key thing so she doesn’t run away… I usually do all of this while she’s occupied, either at breakfast or some other morning activity.
Oh, Daphne. You’re speaking my language once again.
Maria is four and ABHORS having her hair combed. My mother brought me a Paul Mitchell leave in conditioner (it’s blue – bonus – her fav color) and that does help. The slightest tug however and she falls into hysterics. She desperately wants long hair like the other girls so I have threatened to cut it off if she doesn’t let me help her take care of it.
We usually end up doing some deep breathing and a few times I bribed her with m & ms. Horrible. But pretty.
Like Melissa my daughter is 2 and not a fan. I set her on the counter and have her brush her teeth while I comb it and put it in a pony tail or pig tails. She’s not really a fan, but will tolerate it while other wise occupied. I like Amy’s idea of the combing while wet and braiding. I was actually thinking that while watching the video.
Good Luck!
Very cute episode.
Is that barbie-looking doll wearing a bikini?
When did you allow tangles to be removed?
Was cutting them out really necessary?
I am so there. Karina has the same 4yr old adorable wave as Vivi does. When Olivia was born almost 2 years ago we just chopped it into an inverted bob. Quick and easy for mom with NO TANGLES – but it just wasn’t “princess hair.”
We’ve been growing it out and dealing with the HIGH DRAMA ever since. Just two weeks ago I went the “expensive spray” route and found this:
http://www.amazon.com/Its-10-Miracle-Product-4-Ounces/dp/B000TKH6G2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=beauty&qid=1279545468&sr=8-1
We call it “magic spray” just two pumps rubbed into my hand and finger combed into her hair and the tangles come out without a brush (I couldn’t believe it either). The stuff is just great. I found a purse size bottle for $10 at the mall.
Our other tip is using grown-up shampoo/conditioner combo. It seems to keep her hair softer than any of the baby/kid stuff.
Good luck.
Honestly, I hate to break it to you, but my daughter just turned 12, and she STILL won’t let me touch her hair. And I’m gentle! And I combed from the ends up! And I bought all the fancy products and convinced her they were “magic”! But the thing is, she has fine curly hair, and it tangles easily, and it was just hell. THANK GOD it was curly and looked, well… kinda OK being wild and messy.
Funny though, when we went to the Caribbean and she wanted corn rows, the girl even warned her in advance.. said there’d be PAIN. Said if she complained even just once… NO CORN ROWS FOR YOU! And go figure.. tugging and pulling and tugging and pulling and practically my daughters whole head of hair on the ground, and yet…. I guess ultimately, a girl does what she does for beauty, and the kid never flinched. Not once.
And that was our turning point. So it does get better.
When they’re 12.
Sorry.
What everyone said, except I offer you this trick as well, which I use with the post-shampoo leave in conditioner spray we use…. you have to use a wide toothed comb, and just ease through until you meet resistance, then take the comb out, kind of hack at the knots to break up that resistance, then go to the top and pull through again until you meet new resistence. When you get to the part of the hair you can hold in your hand, grab on and create a ponytail holder, of sorts, with your hand, then just go to town on the ends. This keeps your work on the ends from “tugging” at the roots. But that would ruin your metaphor about life tugs, which I enjoyed.
Wait, who is the parent here???Why are you always asking her permission. You are the parent, she is the child. If you don’t make combing her hair part of her daily routine then you ask her premission to comb it, she is going to say “no way!” Comon’ mom-up and take charge. lol
I just use a detangler/leave-in conditionar from time to time.
I start from the bottom. And I use a paddle brush. Then I go through with a wide tooth comb to seperate it a little so it will curl.