Help! My Toddler Hates Having His Hair Washed

My daughter absolutely hates to have her hair washed as well. I finally bought some of those non slip bathtub decals and stuck them up high on the wall in the bathtub and have her look up at them while I'm rinsing her hair. I also found a container at Wal-Mart designed to help rinse hair. One side is molded so it fits over her forehead. We spent about 10 bucks and it has made bath time alot easier. As far as the pooping in the tub my daughter does it from time to time. In fact her pediatrician suggested giving her a warm bath when she's been constipated because the warm water relaxes the muscles and could help her poop.

The visors work great. My son is 4 and we still use it.

We too use the shampoo rinse container that has the handle on one side and the rubber mold (to kind of mold to their head) to rinse the shampoo out. I want to say it was maybe $4 at Toys R Us. I've seen it since at Walmart too. Works well. Tried the visors, but I personally like the rinse cup better...I'm sure that's just a personal preferance thing since my kids didn't like wearing the visors so much so it was hard to get them to wear them right to keep the water out of the face, but still wash their hair. We do a washcloth in front of the face too to make sure no water gets in the face. It took us longer than it should have to get this routine down that works well for us. My kids still don't like the cleaning part as they like the playing in the water, but hey, part of getting older I guess. (They are 3 and almost 2 now.)

My son hates it as well, I just give him a wash rag and let him hold it over his face, that keeps him calm and the water doesnt get it his eyes.

As far as the poop, I would start potty training him, he's not too little at all. Put him on the potty after he does that to teach him where to go.

Good luck to you. :)

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For the hair washing dilemma, try one of those bath visors. My kids LOVED them, because the water stayed off their faces, and it made a waterfall in front of their eyes. In fact, they called them their "waterfall hats". I got mine at Babies-R-Us for a few dollare for a 2-pack.

Sorry, I have no suggestions on the pooping in the tub problem...