hair washing nightmare

[annb]

My DS is 19mths old and is a really good happy boy, UNTIL we have to wash his hair...the last 2 times we have done it he has made himself vomit..he just screams and screams....Ive tried using a face washer to wet his hair from the back so it doesnt even go in his eyes but as soon as the water hits his head he loses it so then we just have to do it really really quickly to get it over with...I cant understand what the problem is, he is used to going underwater all the time at swimming
Any advice?

[MissBrightside]

My 20mo does the same thing although he hasnt gotten so worked up to vomit. I tend to just do what you do and do it as quick as possible, I have just started to lay him back (kinda like when i bathed him as a baby) to rinse the shampoo out so it dosent go in his face.
I also have one of those bath hats that has a brim, but he dosent like that either, so maybe try one of those out. Im not sure where you get them from as the one Ive got was from when my brothers and I were kids.

[skyejax]

i know how u feel. my daughter hates her hair being washed. i just lay her back and do it real quick. not easy to do with a 2 1/2yr old. but u gotta do what u gotta do i suppose. she reminds me of a croc doing death rolls as she tries to escape...lol, its even trickier for me cause she has grommits anfd cant get water in there so as soon as u put ear plugs in she knows what she is in for.

[reAllytee]

Boof is going through this stage.
Sometimes kids develop a fear about bath time its pretty normal even as distressing as it is to them & us !
The only thing i can advise is to either try popping him into the shower with you & trying it that way as a different experience may diffuse the situation or otherwise just try & remain calm & make it as fun as possible but get it over & done with quick.
It will hopefully be over quicker than you realise !
Good luck :)

[sam's mum]

what about if he got to wear goggles while you do it. Not for just in general in the bath, but special for the hair washing bit???

or maybe leave it go for a while and build up to it again over a couple of days, wash the bit at the back just above the neck, then work up to having all of the back and then if he is still happy continue to including the front bit again.

Sorry, that's all I can think of other than the hat thing that someone else already mentioned.

Good luck. :fingerscrossed:

[EskimoMumma]

My DS was like that. Sometimes hed screach and scream other times hes fine. Still does it now but hes heaps better at it. and hes 4 :laughing:

[~Emmylou~]

Our DD has never batted an eye since birth about getting her hair washed.

About a month ago she started cracking it big time on a few occasions when I bathed her and didn't want a bar of it. Couldn't work out why until I saw DH bath her one night and he had gotten lazy and started tipping the water straight over her head from a jug without lying her down :rolleyes: So of course she got water in her eyes, nose, ears the works.

I was so p****ed at him! So I'm wondering if something has happened (maybe even at swimming lessons?) that's given him a fright? If we give DD lots of reassurance and make it quick she is generally ok with it, though she still doesn't like it.

[pookiesossige]

Ronan gets to have a shower with DH on hair-wash nights! He like a bath anyway, but for washing hair every 2nd or 3rd night (depending on whether it was a playgroup/sand pit day or not :rolleyes: ) the shower is easier and more fun for him- he loves being a 'big boy' and there are some toys suction-cupped to the shower wall for him to play with while DH washes him. While they're in there I get Ronan's pj's and clean nappy out and DH gets out a little early to get dressed himself just outside the shower door before taking Ronan out. :thumbsup:

[annb]

have been and bought one of those hat thingos...i am not sure that he wil like it on his head tho as he is not a hat lover in general! he doesnt really like showers so might have to try that hat first!! glad to see im not alone in the hair washing escapades!!

[natasha]

My DD has just started doing this aswel. To be honest, I'd rather her hair be a bit dirty one day than go through all the screaming and crying that goes with washing it. I wash the very back every other day, and wash the top every 3rd or 4th day. When i do I put a couple of lollies on the window sill directly above the bath. When she reaches up to get one, BAM water here we come! No im kidding, I get the wash cloth and wipe it over the top of her head. That way the drips will drip down the back because she is looking up to get lollies.
Doesn't always work.
Sometimes I just use a damp wash cloth so no drips come of it at all. I know it isn't properly rinsing it but hey if she is just about to go to bed I'd rather her hair not be rinsed properly than upset her just before bed.

Bottom line is do what you need to do, but it's not the end of the world if their hair is dirty or not rinsed properly. They grow out of this stage pretty quickly so Im told so just do what you have to to get through it lol.

I also think just chucking a jug of water over their head(as someone husband did haha), this is such a bad idea!! It will just make the situation ten times worse doing this kind of thing. LOL makes me laugh even thinking about it!