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Dreading daughter's hair, is it fair?

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Her hair is normally not like that. And yes i know how to brush her hair. She is my fourth child, so this is not foreign to me. I do not ever hurt her, period. im sorry you assumed so. We did try to let it dread, but my husband and his side of the faimly could not handle the look of it. So i brushed it out.And no, she didnt cry and scream. ratcakie said:

ummm,if she hates getting her hair brushed,its probly coz it hurts...you could try holding the top of her hair when you brush it so as it dosent pull... and if she dosent like it getting pulled when its brushed,then she sure as hell aint gunna be up for ripping/seperating dreads...

updated by @tenaya-nacke: 07/02/15 01:43:40PM

Dreading daughter's hair, is it fair?

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haha im sure! My oldest two are 9 and 10, and they let me know what they want LOL

Dreading daughter's hair, is it fair?

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Aww thank you. Shes my littlest love for sure!!She twirls in the back at night making things worse. Knowing i will have them in the future, and kids are fascinated with what their parents do, maybe it wont upset her later. If so, off they will go when shes ready. she has a good portion of the b ack of her head knotting up on its own. Probably 10-15 dreads worth. Yoshi said:

The question you should ask is "will it make her happy". Given the information you provided I'd suggest it would. She is absolutely adorable btw.

Dreading daughter's hair, is it fair?

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Oh certainly. Shes only 2 now, so i figure its easier than straddling her just to brush her hair when i get home from work. I never make my kids do stuff with their hair they dont want. My oldest son has lovely locks, not dreaded, but not short like a boy either. I can only imagine what my inlaws will say. They think im pretty weird anyways. soaringeagle said:

its fair as long as u alow her to get rid of em if she chooses to

Dreading daughter's hair, is it fair?

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My daughter is two, has prretty long hair. She twirls the back at night, and hubby refuses to brush. And now its so knotted up after a while that im thinking to let her have dreads She HATES the brush, runs and screams from it. Is it fair of me to do this to her? I mean i could just brush it out. DH hates the thought of ME in dreads, but wont brush her hair, so i havent brought it up. What do you think?I wont post pics of her herre, you can find on my blog melodynacke.blogspot.com
updated by @tenaya-nacke: 11/12/21 10:21:32PM

Short hair and dreads?

Dreading Methods

I do have another question. When you have buildup of soap in clothing, ive been taught to use dishsoap to strip it all away and rinse like crazy. I had to do this alot with cloth diapers as well, but it worked just fine to remove the residue from soap.Would it work the same for hair? A dab of dish soap to remove whatever i may have from the other shampoos?

Short hair and dreads?

Dreading Methods

Im in texas, so its hot and humid. Doesnt help we live by a lake.

Short hair and dreads?

Dreading Methods

Sure, that Sounds like fun!Well, most of the knots i made yesterday fell out in my sleep. I only have a few. Does salt water help any? I dont want to tug at my hair again CBD Makarov said:

I forgot to mention, BUY A TAM! It helps sooo much plus they look kool, lol. I'd like to compare progress as we go along since we have the same length hair. Let me know if you're interested. =)

Tenaya Nacke said:

Yeah, im going to have to keep my fingers out of my hair LOL! Ive got some baby knots, only because my toddler was being good and kids still in school. I dont exactly have time for my hair in the first place, so this should be easy
CBD Makarov said:

My hair is shorter than yours and I'm going all natural.
I've noticed that my hair has already begun to section a little and it's getting wilder than it was ever before, I love it. The natural process is fun and enlightening. Plus you'll have healthy strong locks by going this route. Just gotta learn to commit.

Short hair and dreads?

Dreading Methods

Not late at all Yea im going natural. Its pretty easy to knot up just by fiddling with it. Ill be excited when it locs up! I want to lace pieces of my children's hair through mine, it would just be special. My daughter could probably get locs in no time though! Her hair is long!Love your av btw! Lovely colors! Cassie Sattler said:

im pretty sure i came in to late to this convo but i have a friend that backcombed her way into a dread hawk and she has stubby dreads.. she had around 4 inches of dried hair. im afraid that when they start to lock and really tighten they will be to nubby and look funny. i had sholder length hair before i back combed and i have a dread right in the back that is 2 inches. i would go with what se has to say

Short hair and dreads?

Dreading Methods

Yeah, im going to have to keep my fingers out of my hair LOL! Ive got some baby knots, only because my toddler was being good and kids still in school. I dont exactly have time for my hair in the first place, so this should be easy CBD Makarov said:

My hair is shorter than yours and I'm going all natural.
I've noticed that my hair has already begun to section a little and it's getting wilder than it was ever before, I love it. The natural process is fun and enlightening. Plus you'll have healthy strong locks by going this route. Just gotta learn to commit.