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Knotted, tangled mess of a head

Following up on my colleagues post below about hair, my nearly 3-year-old daughter, Ana Isabel, wakes up most mornings with her hair looking like a rats nest.

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I mean it's bad. Really bad. So bad my wife and I have had to cut out knots in her hair.

We're perplexed on how to prevent it.

Ana has this beautiful long light-brown, almost blond, hair. It's thin and wispy. We don't shampoo it every night at bath time and we use gentle baby hair products.

My guess is that Ana is a thrasher as she sleeps. She whips her head back and forth on the pillow, which makes a mess of her hair overnight.

For the most part, the problem comes when it's time to comb her hair. She hates it. It become this long drawn out process to get her ready to go out of the house.

For me, this falls under the I-know-nothing-about-this aspect of being a dad to a little girl. I didn't anticipate it and I'm at a complete loss for what to do. Is it even something I should worry about?

Any suggestions?

POSTED IN: Luis Perez (20), Toddler (73)

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Why don't you make two loose braids and let her sleep with them? It's a breeze in the morning because the hair will be knot free! Presto!

Genius Anne Marie. We'll give it a shot.

And don't let her go to bed with damp hair. That makes it worse. Johnson's No More Tangles is a good leave-in conditioner for kids as well, helping the hair slide around more instead of knotting up.
But I have a boy with a buzzcut -- much easier!

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