Looking for Haircare Help for 2 Year Old Daughter

Hello A.,

My daughter is now 6 and still really doesn't like for me to
do her hair. I make her bath in the mornings and use adult shampoo and conditioner lots of conditioner and have since she was about 2. I also use a no tangle spray. This won't work right now but it is something to think about later teach her how to put her own hair in ponytails, my daughter loves to do her own hair it never looks perfect but its good enough for staying at home and playing outside. Another option is to cut her hair in a cute bob. This is a timeless problem I can remember hating when my mom did my hair. Good luck and cherish this time because there will be a day when she won't let you do her hair.
A.

My daughter has her moments when she doesn't want me to brush her hair. If it's not a big deal for her hair to be fixed right then, I just let her go with crazy hair! Her hair is long and thin, and it will get in her face. We try to keep it up in ponytails, but I just don't fight it too much.

One of her caregivers at daycare asked for permission to fix my daughter's hair when she moved into that toddler room. For a while, my daughter just got her hair fixed almost every day by her caregiver! She would put pretty colors in to match my daughter's outfit and she would use little decorative things like butterfly clips. They have mirrors for the kids to look at themselves in and my daughter could look at her hair. The caregivers would talk about how pretty her hair is, and it would get the other kids excited and talking about it too and that made my daughter like it even more.

Eventually she started letting me fix it for her, but she still has days where she doesn't want me to.

Also, if you are having trouble with her hair being tangled, make sure you get a kids detangle spray. It helps a lot!

I don't know many toddlers who like to get their hair combed. I told my dd as long as she let me fix her hair (with bows or barretts, ponytails etc...) that she could keep it long, otherwise we would get it cut to her chin, so she puts up with it. Her hair is really fine and she has a two crowns, which gives her a crazy part on the back of her head so if we don't put anything in it it just gets stringy looking. I cut it to her chin about a year ago and it was totally cute and much easier to comb, esp after a washing. She stands on a stool in the bathroom in front of the mirror so she can see what I'm doing, she still whines sometimes but she lets fix it. She's 4 and I rarely get her parts straight or pigtails even-its part of being a kid!

My daughter is 21 months and I have a hard time getting her hair done also. What I've started doing that has helped is I sit her up on the counter in front of the mirror and I give her her toothbrush with toothpaste on it. She loves to brush her teeth right now so that usually keeps her preoccupid while I go to town on her hair. Her babysitter says she pretty much does the same thing but she'll give her some other type of toy or gadget to mess with. I also go over the top to talk about how pretty her hair is and when it's all done I'll say "pretty" hair and she's started saying it and gives me a pretty smile when it's all done. Hope some of this helps. I always love when my daugthers pigtails are uneven and not parted straight. Good luck!

first, she might not like to comb her hair if it hurts. Teach her to start at the bottom, with downward strokes, and then slowly move toward the top. That way tangles don't accumulate by going all the way down :) Straight from the head to the ends is just unnecessary pain!

L.