tangles

I just glanced over the other responses so this may have been said already.

I saw a wide tooth comb mentioned. That's a good idea.

Some people have satin pillow cases that they sleep on.
Some also wear their hair in braids or other secured styles when they sleep. This makes for less tangles from sleeping.

As far as brushing or combing goes, always start near the ends and work your way up the hair like a ladder.
Meaning insert the comb about an inch up from the ends and comb down. Then insert the comb 2 inches up and comb down. Continue up the hair. Otherwise if you start at the top and just comb it all down you will push tangles together and make them worse.

Be careful with combing wet or damp hair. If you must do that try not to strecth the hair as you comb because when hair is wet it stretches farther than dry hair but when it dries afterward it stays stretched out. Or sometimes you stretch it too far and it breaks.

I too recommend Aussie Knot Forgotten. On the bottle it says to use in the shower but you can put a few drops of it into a spray bottle with water and use it as a spray. It also smells nice.

Before you use a comb or a brush try finger combing first.

I also suggest that you section her hair into at least 4 sections and work on them individually. Trying to do the whole hair at once doesn't work well.

Last I say Please be patient. Take your time with it. I personally don't have kids but I've read where many ladies have found a way to bond with their daughters through having that time together. It's time when you know she isn't going anywhere for a few minutes so you can catch up on things. She may only be 8 now and not want to talk much but if you keep the routine going it may keep a lot of those problems later in her life from becoming big ones because she'll have learned to talk to you.

Don't be surprised if in a few years she starts doing things like cutting her hair or dying it. I've read quite a few introductions and such where ladies had long hair as little girls and then they "played" with it in their teens and now they are growing out again.

Remember long hair is not an enemy and tangles don't have to be the end of the world.

You can't let tangles beat you. If you let hair tangles beat you then other tangles will too.
Good luck to you and any other person dealing with this. :)



My motto is "No Tangles"