How often do you wash their hair?
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Topic: How often do you wash their hair?
Posted By: KH25
Subject: How often do you wash their hair?
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 9:46am
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Just following on from Busymum's post on bathing - I was just curious how often everyone washes their childrens hair? I bath Ashleigh every night and have been washing her hair every night aswell but I don't think I need to do it that often - it just smells so nice!!!! Plus she is quite spilly so if she has spilt while lying down then is gets all in her hair... ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 9:58am
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I wash the gremlins hair every night, but I don't use shampoo, I just add the bath liquid to the water. They're pretty spilly babies and always smell like sour formula, their necks get so scummy from dribbling milk down their chins!
Maya's gets washed when it looks scummy, mainly coz it is such a performance coz she hates having her hair washed so it literally takes Willie to hold her down and me to wash it. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:01am
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i use shampoo on the kids maybe three or four times a year, otherwise it is just water washed most nights. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:08am
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I usually just rub some of the soap free bath wash liquid type stuff on Erin's head each time we shower.... ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:08am
I'm like Emma, whenever it starts looking gross or smells funny lol.. Ella doesn't really like having her hair washed either. Her hair is really healthy though, maybe it is from the lack of shampoo  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:29am
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I just rub whatever bath bubbles we have in... or just water if we don't have them in that day... in the kids' hair until they are a year old - my kids don't grow hair very fast so about 1yo is when they need their first fringe trim to give you an idea.
The older two get their hair washed (with J&J blueberry shampoo) once or twice a week. ------------- |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:30am
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I wash Zaara's Hair every night (since she has sooo much of it) but use Shampoo every second day. Mind you some days she comes home from Day care and has sand in her hair then she gets shampoo'd!
I like the way it lives her hair all silky and shiny and smells great!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:34am
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I wash Ella's hair maybe twice a week with shampoo, the rest of the time we just rinse it with the bathwater.
She hates having hers washed too. Haven't washed Benjy's yet, but that's because it is only about a cm long  ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 12:22pm
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water washed most days, as the curls get unruly, but shampoo maybe once a week? More if he has put food in his hair or has had a sweaty smelly afternoon sleep. By water washed, I mean a wet facecloth on his head, its a bit of a drama to get his head under. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 2:09pm
Annie if his "curls get unruly" I think its time for an updated ticker photo  ------------- |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 2:16pm
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We wash James's hair once a week with Shampoo and just use the bath water in between shampoo's. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 2:23pm
| I wash Han's hair when it starts looking gross too.... so maybe once a month?? That's mostly because she has eczema so I try to limit the frequency of shampooing so not to aggravate it. |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 2:29pm
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He's a mullet man, the curls are in the back... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 2:50pm
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I forgot to say that Ella has a shower every morning with either me or DP, so I guess that means her hair is washed every day - by the shower running through it ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 3:19pm
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mikey gets his hair washed with water every night and with shampoo every 2-3 days. ------------- |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 9:37pm
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Every second night I wash Olivia's hair with J&J's and the other nights I use bath water. If I have taken her swimming or put sunscreen on her hair and it isn't a HW night I wash her hair anyways. I do it because it is slowly removing her cradle cap and also it makes her hair smell nice and shine ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 2:26pm
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i wash xanthes hair every night with a baby shampoo. we had progressed onto a kids formula one but it gave her cradle cap so back to the baby shampoo. her hair always ends up with all sorts of things in it by the end of the day, so easier just to wash it. Jordis will be the same too i guess, she gets it washed every night as well. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 3:47pm
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I wash Bays hair every night because he loves the head masages that i give him while srubbing but when DH washes his hair you can hear the torture from the lounge!!lol maybe dada doesnt have the magic touch hehe
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 8:56pm
| I used to wash it every day with shampoo but now every couple of days cos its a bit of a battle getting his hair wet. |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 10:56am
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Ella's a really spilly/spewey baby and has a great deal of hair, so you'd think I'd wash it every day, but since she also gets eczema, the fewer non-moisturising products on her the better. Hubby washes it with water every day in the shower, and I shampoo it about twice a week. Meow - I rekon it could be the lack of shampoo leaving your Ella's hair so lovely... I had a right proper hippie friend at Uni who gave up shampoo entirely - her hair reeked for a couple of months, then became this glorious flowing mass of shiney dark curls. We're such suckers for using shampoo!! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 11:03am
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Andie, did it not smell anymore?
Well Hannah still doesnt have any hair so it just gets wet when she has a bath, occassionally I'll put some of her bath wash in her hair to make it smell nice. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 3:24pm
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Nope! Well, it didn't smell like flowers like most people's hair does thanks to shampoos and products, but it wasn't offensive after a couple of months. She said it'd started cleaning itself (body's own natural oils). ------------- Andie |
Posted By: LockieandLiam
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 3:32pm
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Every couple of nights with shampoo but it gets we every night. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Lucy
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 4:24pm
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I have that Johnsons no more tears stuff for baby! We water wash his hair every night in the bath with baby bath time stuff in the water and then maybe once or twice a week we wash it with the baby shampoo..Its probably not necessary but i like the smell of it. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 8:38pm
| We do it once a week because they don't like getting there hair washed.....and they only have a bath every other night |
Posted By: Myamy
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 10:45pm
| We do Myas every other nite Just as part of her routine in the shower (she muuuch prefers showers over baths) and use the head to toes baby stuff have got a bottle of just baby wash tho, when is it ok to use normal shampoo on kids? or is it best just to avoid because of the tears it could cause??? |