Curly hair

Maddy has such goegous curly hair (well mummy thinks so) which she gets from DPs side of the family but what eva i seem to do lately it just seems to go all over the place. when she gets up in the morning i use a kids conditior spray to brush it and it looks really cute but when drys its all over the place. anyone have any tips???? please

Edited by EllenMumof2

I agree with that one. I use the johnsons strawberry detangler spary in conditioner for my girls.. better than the other johnsons one in the pink bottle.. (the strawberry one's meant for older kids but works sooo much better!!) it's found in the shampoo aisle rather than with the baby stuff.

Paris was the same at that age though, and ayja is the same as well.. her hair is just starting to get long enough to be annoying but once the majority is tied up the rest just stays in the nice tight curls.

These are paris at about 18 months i think.. she had plenty of bad hair days.. there's one after just getting outta bed (is much worse now that her hairs nearly to her bum.. looks like a werewolf!!) another when it was a humid day in hamilton at my sisters, and another with a really good hair day with the spray in stuff in her hair..   all in all i love that my girls have curls though.

I love it, I so hope my son has an curly hair. (afro's run in his daddy's side)

maybe you could jsut pin the front and let the rest be free....did I say I just love it

to add to what theresa said, we bought little dinky clips (you know those metal ones that click open and closed,,) and used them in the front of paris's hair, at each side to keep the hair from in her face until it was long enough to tie back.. or cute butterfly clips to just grab a whole heap and get it outta the way, and also used head bands but only once it was really long.

the hardest thing with littler kids is that they like to take the clips out and eat them..

My 10 year old has curly hair and my BEST advise would be for you to get her used to having it tied up now. Use clips and little piggy tails etc. Unfortunately when nits get into those beautiful curls it becomes a nightmare. Also, it gets them used to looking after there own hair.
I use a small amount of the products I put in my hair on hers.
Oh another thing, curly hair is more prone to getting dry. My DD has blonde curls also which means it gets really dry quickly. I often plat her hair before bed so we don't wreck her hair by trying to get a brush through the tangles in the morning. You need to get it trimmed fairly regularly and avoid cheap and nasty shampoos which helps with keeping the curls nice.

Sorry about the novel. Hair is one of those things you have to deal with EVERY day!

haleighs is very curly all I do is wash with johnsons the green apple one with the crocodile on the bottle, every 3rd day and wet down every other day.
I comb when wet (only comb). I dont use a brush as this causes it to frizz.
If you liek the curls dont pull back into a tight ponytail to often as that straightens it out and makes it frzzy as thats what my mum did to mine and brushed it all the time and my hair jsut frizes.
I also use that johnsons easy comb spray in the mornings before I do her hair and jsut comb it and do what Im doing to it for the day. we leave it out more now its getting longer but I do sometimes tie it back.

I've given up on Maya's afro mop. She won't let me near it. I did used to use a salon-only conditioning spray (Paul Mitchell for kids) and then scrunch mousse thru it and clip it back at the front or use a wide headband like Teresa suggested, but she's got it quite short atm. I'd love to grow it, but unfortunately it grows out instead of down

I love curls!!!!!

Brush or comb it doesn't matter. SHE is the boss apparently. And here I was thinking it was me? Poor misguided Mummy

hey there haleighs mum, i do the same thing - we have the crocodile shampoo for paris too, but am now just thinking i need something hairdressery, because like JD said it is starting to get dry, and plaiting it at night is a good idea too , i have just started doing that