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any tips on washing DD's hair?
Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her
screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! Jean |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
In article , Jean wrote:
Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! We've had similar problems for years with washing my son's hair. The best we came up with was to pour water over his head while he was in the bath, after letting him check the temperature with his hand and by having some poured on his back. Having him look up at the ceiling while we rinsed avoided most of the problems with water or shampoo running into his eyes. We use a "baby bath" detergent rather than a normal shampoo to minimize the eye irritation if any does get in his eyes. Don't give up on washing the hair. We tried just rinsing for a few weeks, and he got some scaly skin that required dandruff shampoo to remove---worse than just washing on a regular basis with a milder shampoo. Sometimes you just have to put up with the screams, but try asking her for suggestions on things you could do differently that would still let you wash the hair. -- Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics Affiliations for identification only. |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
Jean wrote:
Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! This was also a problem with DS, until he learned to swim. Now he just dunks his head under water in the bath to wet and to rinse. Or, he grew out of the screaming and it was unrelated to swimming. I did find it helped to put a washcloth over their eyes and have them lean back. Scott DD 9.98 and DS 7.4 |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
Jean wrote:
Hi, are there any tips to wash DD_s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! My daughter, at that age, did better if she could hold a washcloth across her eyes and face rather than just cover them with her hands. Good luck. beeswing |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
Jean wrote:
Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! Jean My girls always took baths at that age, so they would be sitting, looking up at the ceiling. We keep one of those huge fast food plastic drink cups in the tub for rinsing. They hated water and shampoo running in their faces; could that be what's bothering your dd? Lesley |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
I have my dd (3.5yo) lie on the kitchen counter on her back with her
head at the edge of the sink (you'll need a fairly good size counter though). I can get her hair wet with my hands from the faucet (which involves much less screaming than if I pour a cup of water on her hair), soap her up without much protesting and can usually rinse her hair with water from my hands too. It's quicker to use a cup of water, but sometimes she won't go for that and screams. Usually she'll tolerate me using my hands to rinse. This way she never (almost never) gets water in her ears or eyes which she hates. On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 00:38:26 EDT, (Jean) wrote: Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! Jean |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
We use the foaming baby wash (baby magic comes with a pump on the top).
The foam already has some water mixed in, so it makes lathering the hair much easier. Then we have them look up to rinse. Recently I started having them lay down in the bathtub and bringing water up around the front of their face with my hands. Either way, washing little kids hair is a pain. Karen |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
Both of my DS's hold a pair of swimming goggles over their eyes and also lie
back in the bath while I do it. DS#1 is beginning to prefer showers now anyway so he does it himself in the shower sometimes. Jane "Jean" wrote in message m... Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! Jean |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
"Jean" wrote in message
m... Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! I have my little boy look up at the ceiling and shield his eyes as if blocking the sun; and I always have a towel handy. I dry his face after about every third rinsing. He is a little older (almost 4), and it's easier to get his cooperation now than it was six months ago. Best, Ann |
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any tips on washing DD's hair?
"KD" wrote:
I have my dd (3.5yo) lie on the kitchen counter on her back with her head at the edge of the sink (you'll need a fairly good size counter though). I This was the system I used when my children were small. One other thing I did was to put a large pan upside-down in the sink (covered by a washcloth to make it softer) so that there would be something to rest their head on. My sink has a sprayer, which was okay to use if the pressure wasn't too high. Also, a washcloth to hold over the eyes was a Good Thing. Peggy |
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