What can we do if he doesn't want to wash his hair? Doing so can become an odyssey, and spoils the moment of bathing, which should be so relaxing for them and an opportunity to enjoy their game for us. But there are children who, at some point in their childhood, refuse to wash it. They cry, they resist, and doing so against their will is not the solution.
We do not know for sure why it happens, but of course if water or soap has entered their eyes, it is sometimes understandable. Here are some tricks of mothers who have been through that and have been able to find strategies that have changed the situation.
Above all, the best trick, which is not a trick, but the simplest of the logic: put ourselves in your skin, imagine that you are little and that it scares and overwhelms you. When you feel what they feel all the nerves disappear and we feel capable of empathize Then, simply, treat them as we would like to be treated.
- Use a cup to rinse them in hair instead of the shower phone. It does not splash or make noise.
- Get a bath visor. They are like those of tennis but rubber, so you can't get water in your eyes.
- Tell him that you are going to do it, that you are going to be very careful, put his hand on his forehead without ever losing his nerves. And explain that you can continue playing for a while longer and that you will not repeat it.
- If you are little and do not have much hair, bathe them without washing their hair, and do it with a sponge with great care at another time, while you are distracted eating, or watching a story.
- Do it while they are sitting, playing hairdressing. And always stopping when it bothers them.
- Giving a mitten with an animal to cover their eyes themselves.
- Sharing the bathroom so they feel more accompanied. And at that moment, if you breastfeed, tell him to breastfeed while, that reassures them a lot.
- Space washes, although in summer, and if you go to the beach, it ends up being difficult.
- Play on the beach, the pool and the bathtub so they wash your hair. They will love it.
