I have the same problem she will let me braid it put it up in pony-tails with ribbons and do anything I want to it but, when it comes to washing she throws a fit like no other child. She screams hits and makes it sound like I am killing her gets me soaked the bathroom a mess and I do not seem to find anything that helps. I tried to bribe her with sucker to lick on while I wash it and that wont even help. Please anyone HELP!!!

Hello I have 2 girls 4 and 8 they still dont like brushing their hair. I find to just leave them its not worth the arguments. I do brush and put up for school. If they dont let me brush I put up anyway. Dora clips works wonders.............

my 2.5 yr old has very curly hair like mummy's but hers is waist length so gets very knotted and messy...... I use a baby shampoo and then condition with schwartzkopf..... her hair is beautiful  and silky afterwards.....i use a afro comb to deknot  when wet too (as told by my hair dresser)

  miss 2 and i play  the hair dresser game....I sit down and let her play hairdressers on mummy..... It hurts like hell but i learn to be gentle by letting her be rough and she has to let me be the hair dresser too(role plays always work well... get a towel and all the bits and peices to make it authentic.......

i also dont use hair ties (take too long) but rather use those aligator type clips... (Lock at end).......... and i decorate them and make awesome bows for each day.... my daughter loves feeling special and she picks out what bow she wants in her hair each day....she also has a mirror to check her hair is done just right.....

Just a thought as all girls love games .....

the strawberry spray bottle works wonders as little girls love their hair smelling pretty.. Also i have a 3 and half year old and i took her shopping to pick out some pretty hair bands and clips... so now every morning she gets to pick out which ones she wants to wear for the day..

Good comments so far, I use the strawberry scented detangling spray.  I had trouble with my daughter for about 6 months, but after months of perservering, being as gentle as I could, she got over it. We still have our moments, like one day last week I went to work with my hair in 2 pony tails like hers just so she would keep hers tied up. I felt a little dicky, but she left her hair in no worries.  Yeah, we still have our days, but mostly she is over it, she's 3 and a half.

Hi,

As a child and now still my scalp is still very touchy.....l hate brushing my hair down to the bottom of my back, my mother always had real trouble getting the brush or comb through it. Its helped when my mother brought a soft haired brush , it took alot longer but it was not so touchy, she even got me to start brushing my hair and if l needed help l would ask (as kids will say yor turn mummy). You could try and get your little girl to help you do the brushing of her hair - she will feel a lot bigger too. Good luck

You could cut it short, or you could get some no more tangle shampoo and conditioner for kids and they make spray too. It really helps. Let her pick out her own scent maybe she will feel like her hair is important.

Hi, as a kid I had a really sensitive scalp and I found it very painful.  I would try combing thru her hair while she is still in the bath and has a pile of conditioner in.  The thicker the conditioner the better - in my opinion. 

Also, before combing her hair, apply spray leave in conditioner or detangler. 

If her hair is dry and you reach a difficult spot, try wetting it and it should help the tangles slip apart easier.

Work in little sections from the tips up to the roots rather than from the roots down.  When you go from roots to tips all in one brush it just pulls the knots all together and is more painful. 

 I'd also hold the section of hair above where you are combing that way you are pulling against where you are holding rather than her scalp. 

After wards if her hair is long enough braid it or put it in a ponytail, pigtails, anything to subdue it a bit.

You could also give her a brush or comb to use herself thru the day or just before you comb it. 

i hope these ideas work for you.  That is a tough  dilema with little girls

Hi mate,

Sheeeeesh I know this problem . . hehe . . . Danesha is now 7 and still screams if and when I brush her hair. Sometimes she makes me seem so nasty but I've never been rough with her so I dont really understand it.

When she started school it became an even bigger argument so I started a star chart. Basically if she brushed the knotts out and then let me put it up I gave her a star and when she got 5 in a row we'd go off shopping fpr a pretty hair tie  or clip to use in her hair.

It hasn't been a huge success but is has helped a little. My sister has a 10 yr old who still carries on and she was gamer than I and took her to the hair dresser and had her daughters hair cut short - it didn't fix anythig. My neice still carries on if my sister even thinks about it.

I think its a girl thing . . . . . lol . . . . Cheers Kellz