https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 30 May 2026 05:13:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173856 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:06:14 +0000 SAHM0811 1173856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This has been a thing with my DD for years! She's 5 yo now and still hates it, even despite swimming lessons, visors, that flexible rinse cup... I tried everything! What @Andrea suggested is what's worked best so far... Introducing taking a shower. We use the handheld showerhead on my 2 year old also. She doesn't like it 100% either, but is getting used to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173851 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:01:54 +0000 Smurfette 1173851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the flexible cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173818 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:23:54 +0000 looch 1173818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lather my son up and then I use a washcloth to remove the soap. It's not the best, but he will absolutely not tolerate me dumping water on is head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173795 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 05:12:40 +0000 Andrea 1173795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Will she go in the shower? Once we started showers, hair washing has been a breeze! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173771 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:48:28 +0000 shopaholic 1173771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: That's cool! I might need to get one of those in the future!</p> <p>@BeachMama: I had a visor when I was little! I think my mom ordered it from Avon, so I thought it was the coolest thing ever! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173723 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:45:47 +0000 MrsScallop 1173723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BeachMama: Bummer! I was like that as a kid too and I honestly have no idea what my parents did. I screamed and screamed when it came to putting water over my head or laying me back. Hopefully you find something that works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173722 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:45:06 +0000 lemondrop 1173722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BeachMama: Yes, it works great for us when he doesn't like being rinsed, I have a lot more control with it when rinsing. He can be quite moody about being rinsed too, it just depends what phase he decides he's in ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173721 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:44:50 +0000 HLK208 1173721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also use a flexible cup. It doesn't completely shield my kids faces (they usually move a little when I try to pour) but it does help them a little. I also try to dry off their face with the wash cloth right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173720 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:42:20 +0000 BeachMama 1173720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsScallop - she freaks out when I lay her back in the tub. Makes me wish I'd done swimming lessons with her this summer!</p> <p>@Banana - you lay her across your lap when she's wet? Are you in the tub with her?</p> <p>@Lemondrop and @Sandy - I've been thinking about buying something like that. Do they work well? I've tried cupping her forehead w/ my hand but she kinda freaks out like she thinks I'm trying to tip her back.wards. I'm hoping this whole thing is a phase she'll soon get over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173686 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:57:33 +0000 sandy 1173686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use one of those flexible cups @lemondrop: posted...I got mine at Target. </p> <p>Around 18 months my LO started hating having her hair rinsed even though it never bothered her before. I just kind of press on and after a few weeks she stopped complaining. On days where she was really hating it I would use a small wash cloth and soak it in water and kind of squeeze it in her hair to rinse it...it takes a lot longer to rinse but the flow of water is so controlled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173682 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:52:06 +0000 lemondrop 1173682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL got us one of these at BRUS- it has a flexible rubber lip that fits up against the forehead to keep it out of the eyes. I'd just tilt his chin up with one hand and rinse with the other. </p> <p>Now, thanks to all of his swim lessons paying off, he thinks it's hilarious when we dump water on his head! That's only happened recently though (21 months). </p> [attach=1790/13/mv7k6v.338x600.IMG_20131024_214542_347.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173672 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:38:42 +0000 MrsScallop 1173672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do something similar to @banana:, just lie her down gently, holding her head up a little with one hand, and use my other to bring water up and over her head. My LO hated having her hair rinsed until I started doing it this way. Now she doesn't whine or fight it at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173642 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:06:50 +0000 banana 1173642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hold her across my lap and lay her down facing up. and then I use a pail to rinse her hair. Similar to how they wash your hair at the salon. Water doesn't get in her face at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-make-washing-los-hair-easier#post-1173620 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:35:48 +0000 BeachMama 1173620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 17 months and HATES having her hair washed. I try to cup my hand around her forehead to keep water from getting in her face but she just fights it. I've also tried putting a toy up high and having her look up at it while I rinse her hair, but that hasn't worked well either. I've resorted to just dumping water on her head and rinsing her hair as fast as I can.</p> <p>Any tips on making this a less painful process? Anyone use one of those bath visor thingys? </p>