7-yr old girls & their hair

[cajungirl]

My niece is staying w/us for 3 weeks before going to WDW for a week in June. She has shoulder length hair that she insists on wearing in a high ponytail. The problem is that she wants to put it up herself w/no help. If it's a millimeter off center she pitches a fit & has to start all over. She is driving me insane with this every morning!!!! Can you tell I have no children?? Any suggestions??

 

[Pop Daddy]

I cant help you but I wanted to say my hair is sexy

 

[browneyes]

I just let my dd do it herself (she's 10). She wants it a certain way and she'd rather I not help.

Can you french braid? That's another alternative.

 

[powellrj]

how about a cute hat, or a head band is what we do for my DD.

 

[jamsmom]

Cut it off in her sleep. Then, say "Why did you do that to your hair?"


No, don't really do that.

 

[DemonLlama]

Good suggestions listed above, but if this 7yo is anything like mine, there IS no alternative. She HAS to do it HER way.

Best advice: offer to help her if she needs it and then get out of Dodge, far enough that you don't have to listen to her while she works her hair in to knots

 

[peg2001]

At least she wants her hair fixed and looking nice. My DD will be 7 in November and she wants to leave her shoulder length hair loose. She is very active and it soon looks quite messy. I have to fight with her to get her to stand still and let me put it up or back.

Peggy

 

[piratesmate]

When DD started that, I walked away. then later in the day when it was no longer a "crisis" I told her that I wouldn't put up with the melodrama/hissy-fit. She needed to learn another way to deal with it. Because she was calm at that point, she let me show her how to adjust the tail by pulling on hair on the one side. (You know what I mean?) Sometimes it works - if not, you just start over.

That helped until the hormones kicked in (she's 12 now.) Now we just steer clear of the area.

Deb

 

[Serena]

LOL, been there.

Tell her she has to be totally ready for school or where ever before she starts on her hair. Tell her exactly when you are leaving and whatever she does, she has to be finished by then.

In the meantime, she can mess with her hair all she wants, but if she has a fit, she has to do that alone where she won't bother anyone.
Also, let her know you will help her as much as you can, if she asks nicely and keeps calm.
But otherwise, leave her to her hair. We all do that at one point or another. lol

 

[Gette88]

My DD is now 12 and has always been that way too. She liked her hair to look a certain way and once she started to do it herself she drove me nuts. At 12 things are not much better she likes to wear it like everyone else and some of the styles I just don't like. Today she went to school with it scrunched and smelling like gel. Her friend went looking the same. This had been planned last night on the phone after they raced to see who could get their shower done first (don't ask me). I'm just in the livingroom wondering where the phone is