From: BIOSEE@UKCC.UKY.EDU (Stephanie Edelmann)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: bathtime hair worries
Date: 14 Dec 92 12:36:24 GMT
Organization: University of Kentucky

In article <1992Dec11.192023.21996@pts1.pts.mot.com>
bert_al@pts.mot.com (ALICE BERTELSON X2572 P7331) writes:
 
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>>*>My son is 14 months old.
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>>*>My next problem is bathtime.  He hates getting his hair washed.  I used to
>>*>be able to lay him back in the tub and rinse his hair that way.  Lately he
>>*>has become hysterical when I try to lay him down, he also gets hysterical
>>*>if I just dump the water on his head sitting up.  He doesn't know enough to
>>*>tilt his head back.  Any suggestions there?
>>*>
>>*>Thanks for any advice.
>>*>
>>*>Catharine
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>The best thing we ever did to help this problem with our 17 mth old daughter was
>to get a hand held shower head (v.Cheap) to attach to the bath tub faucet... THEN
>you stick a really neat toy, sticker, picture of Mummy (I'm British!) or Daddy HIGH
>up on the wall above the tub ...SOOOO that when you want to get her hair wet or
>rinse the soap out you just say - "Where's the picture of Mummy?" - "Smile at Mummy's
>picture (or whatever works - you can tell that WE havew a picture of ME!!!) and back
>will shoot the little head to look UP at the picture and PRESTO you can quickly and
>adeptly rinse it all out before she (I mean HE - I have a daughter so it's atomatic!!)
>even knows it!!!
>
>Hope this works for you too...........Happy trying...............
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Well, I've never tried the hand-held shower head, but a cup and a "look
at Daddy (even the real thing!) does not work for us.  As soon as the
water hits my daughter's (29 mo) head, she looks down and .. bingo!
I've tried holding a washcloth to her forehead while rinsing, but
I don't have enough hands for that.  One to tilt the head securely,
one to hold the cup with the water and one to hold the washcloth ????
Here is what we do now.  She usually takes her bath with me.  I'll take
a shower and when I'm done I'll call her and we take a bath together.
When it comes to rinsing her hair, I will lay her head on my lap (one
leg only) and rinse her off.  While she would NOT lay down in the tub,
she seems to be ok laying on my leg.  That way I also have both hands
free to aid in the rinsing process and I don't have to worry about her
wiggeling around too much.
 
It's made our hair washing time MUCH more pleasant.
 
Stephanie