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Hi,

On hairbrushing. My dd 6 does not like to brush her shoulder length hair, but she does understand that if we don't brush it once a day, the tangle fairies(her cousins name) get really tangled and then it hurts more the next day. I don't always get it brushed each day, especially when we stay home. She loves, though when her big sister brushes it and does it up all fancy, though big sis is in school all day :-(. She also will let her 9 year old brother brush it, but refuse my help at times. I think she picks up on my irritation/impatience, usually when we are transitioning into the outside world of the public eye :-). I now happily hand the brush to my son, he happily has a very affectionate moment with his sister, the hair gets brushed and we all continue on. I also let the kids brush my hair and sometimes we all are brushing everyone's hair, more of an activity than a have too. My son I nicknamed Vidal as in Sasoone, as a very young toddler because he so loved brushing my hair. He has a buzz, a 1 or a 2, he's a competetive swimmer, but he loves hair, styles, touching it, and it would not surprise me if he found passion in hair design. Last buzz cut he gave to himself. I did the final once over after to catch the stray pieces.

Mary

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Mary Anderson

Thanks so much for you super, loving ideas! I was just thinking I would set
it up as a "science experiment", let them wash my hair, scrub it around,
then try to comb it. Then have them put in conditioner, and comb it with the
conditioner in (so much easier!). Then see if I can get my DS interested in
trying the conditioner on his hair and combing. He always says he is a
scientist (like daddy), so maybe this approach will work. I'll let you know!
Thanks again,
Mary

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Hi,

On hairbrushing. My dd 6 does not like to brush her shoulder length hair,
but she does understand that if we don't brush it once a day, the tangle
fairies(her cousins name) get really tangled and then it hurts more the next
day. I don't always get it brushed each day, especially when we stay home.
She loves, though when her big sister brushes it and does it up all fancy,
though big sis is in school all day :-(. She also will let her 9 year old
brother brush it, but refuse my help at times. I think she picks up on my
irritation/impatience, usually when we are transitioning into the outside
world of the public eye :-). I now happily hand the brush to my son, he
happily has a very affectionate moment with his sister, the hair gets
brushed and we all continue on. I also let the kids brush my hair and
sometimes we all are brushing everyone's hair, more of an activity than a
have too. My son I nicknamed Vidal as in Sasoone, as a very young toddler
because he so loved brushing my h!
air. He has a buzz, a 1 or a 2, he's a competetive swimmer, but he loves
hair, styles, touching it, and it would not surprise me if he found passion
in hair design. Last buzz cut he gave to himself. I did the final once over
after to catch the stray pieces.

Mary

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Christy Mahoney

There are some other options like leave-in conditioners and spray
type detanglers as well. They might think one of those is cool.

-Christy

--- In [email protected], "Mary Anderson"
<maryb@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks so much for you super, loving ideas! I was just thinking I
would set
> it up as a "science experiment", let them wash my hair, scrub it
around,
> then try to comb it. Then have them put in conditioner, and comb
it with the
> conditioner in (so much easier!). Then see if I can get my DS
interested in
> trying the conditioner on his hair and combing. He always says he
is a
> scientist (like daddy), so maybe this approach will work. I'll let
you know!
> Thanks again,
> Mary