How do I have my two year old keep pigtails in her hair?

Question

She keeps pulling them out and she looks so cute! she won't let me wash her hair. She screams a blue meanie fit when we do anything to her head.

Answer 1

Any chance she has red hair? My redhead is extremely sensitive to touch on her head. The cosmotologist said that is normal. As far as keeping hair in, someone once told me to use RUBBERbands. Now that never worked for me, but she swore her daughter couldn't get them out!

Answer 2

For my daughter, who will be 2 in April, I use the clear elastic bands that you find in the hair accessory isle of the store. They have 50 in a bag. My daughter cannot pull these our as they grip the hair so well that is was and is the only thing that will keep her fine hair up. (If I pull on them to get them out they hurt her) To remove, I simply take a pair of scissors and cut the band and then unravel it. They are very cheap so I do not mind buying a pack each month. I also put my daughters hair up while she eats as then she is distracted. If I am doing my hair in the morning, I make sure to let her help me and I always add just the hint of spray and tell her what a big girl she is, because only big girls get to have spray in their pony tails. (Since my spray is in a pump, i use an old one filled with water for my daughter) Good Luck with this.

Answer 3

She might not like the pigtails...so don't make her wear them. They might pull and hurt her head. Some kids are really sensitive to stimuli to a certain part of their body. As far as hair washing goes, find some cool shampoo that she can put in her hair by herself. One of the foaming ones would probably work well. She might not get upset if you let her do it herself (with a little assistance of course).

Answer 4

Your daughter is only two. She is too young for "timeouts" and other discipline related to little things like keeping in pigtails. I'm shocked anyone would recommend discipline for pulling out rubber bands!

Save the discipline for important things - like not running out into the street, or dashing away from you in the grocery store. If you start using timeouts or whatever discipline for little piddly stuff like pigtails, she'll get the message that you'll discipline her for ANYTHING and then the important stuff will lose its meaning. Stick to the BIG issues with a toddler!

As for her hairstyles - you're not going to make any headway by battling her. Toddlers are the stubbornest creatures on earth. The best thing to do is to try to convince her that it's fun and get her to like the pigtails!

Here's what I do with my daughter (26mos):

- We sing the "hairdo song" - I made it up, just sing about what you're doing to her hair and how pretty it looks.

- make sure you're not hurting her when you put them in. The silicone "no snag" bands work great, as do the little fuzzy ones.

- Right after the pigtails go in, take her to the mirror. Talk to her excitedly about how cute they are and how she looks like a BIG GIRL with her BIG GIRL pigtails.

- Teach her how to touch them without pulling them out, by lightly touching the ends. My daughter loves to tug them but now knows how to do so without pulling them out.

- reinforce her liking them by having a beloved friend/aunt/grandpa/teacher make a big deal about how cute her pigtails are.

If you try all of this, and NONE of it works, then you might have to just wait until she is older and more able to communicate & understand to style her hair.

Answer 5

Just constantly put them in and make a big deal about it. I just let my daughter scream while washing her hair. I also took a shower with her and showed her that mommy washes her hair too. But her head may be extremely sensitive. So i used clips and bobby pins to put them in. And it also she just doesn't like her hair up too. She is starting to get to an independent stage. Give her some hair ties to play with in dolls hair and maybe she will let you do it if she can.

Answer 6

My 17 month old does the same thing. So I bought some of those little rubber bands in her hair. She can't grab them and they're cheap. Every morning we wash her hair then I sit her in my bathroom sink blowdry her hair and let her play with things like cups, brushes and yes even a baby wipe container with the baby wipes while I fix her hair. She pulls them all out and them puts them back in but she happy while I do her hair so it's worth it. Now every morning she goes to the bathroom to do her morning ritual. Just like we do.

Answer 7

Sounds like my 6 yo..she just doesn't like you to mess with her hair at all. As far as washing it, do it the old fashioned way in the kitchen sink with her laying on the counter on her back...head hanging in the sink. Saves hassles. No water in eyes. The pigtails, well you might have to wait on those. I tried for years with my girls..and they didn't want anything in their hair. Finally now, they do want their hair done EVERYDAY in some way or other. Its a stage mom, she'll grow out of it. Mom to 3.

Answer 8

i agree with Mia1385 and also think it's very cruel and unfair of you to be forcing your toddler to wear the hairstyle. It's one thing to pierce a baby's ears but it's another thing to be making your toddler wear pigtails for a beauty reason.She's not a doll or a fashion accessory, she's a human being let her make up her own mind.

Answer 9

If you find a way let me know. My 3 year old is always pulling her ponytails and clips out of her hair.

Answer 10

Some little girls just don't like there hair fixed. My first daughter hated anyone fixing her hair. We fixed it and not one minute later she had pulled it down. My second daughter loves her hair being fixed. She is always asking for a bam-bam(rubber band) for her hair.