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My suggestion is a Paul Mitchell product called The Detangler. I used to slather on tons of it in the shower, comb my dd's hair out, then rinse. Her hair was easier to brush the next day, not just in the shower.
Deirdre -- who thinks it's cool that you now have a collection of things to try

> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:33:39 -0600
> From: "The Millers" <willowsfortress@...>
> Subject: dreadlocks ?????
>
> Question....
>
> Here's the facts:
>
> -7 year old daughter
> -likes her long hair (about 3/4 down back)
> -does not want to comb hair (too hard)
> -does not want us (mom and dad) to comb hair (hurts)
> -does not want to wash hair
> -has very curly, tangle-prone hair
> -cannot wash hair on own, so mama washes once per week
> -last night it took 50 minutes to comb out
> -daughter upset at time spent to comb out and at pain (uggg, that sounds
> sooo aweful...but both dad and I tried our hardest to be sooo gentle), but
> -she does not want dread locks (we did consider this option of forgoing the
> whole wash, comb thing...showed her a picture and she says, NO WAY!)
>
> Thanks so much for any advise.
> The Millers in NM