What should I do about my 5 year old daughter who puts her hair in her mouth?
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The best solution is to get a potent mixture of anteater faeces and an alcoholic's vomit. Put the two ingredients into a blender for approximately thirty seconds and then using a plastic spatula, smear onto the ends of little missy's hair. You can rest assured that her habit will broken in the time it takes to say "demented freak".
Chewing on their hair is a pretty common thing for kids to do, so don't be worried that she does it. Make sure to explain that it's not good for her hair and praise her when she remembers not to do it. Other than that, I would say braid her hair or put it in a bun most of the time so she can't get it to her mouth until she breaks the habit.
I would suggest as a Mom myself of a daughter one of two things. First you could cut her hair in a shirt bob. Second put her hair up in a stayle preventing her from doing that. Good luck and Happy Holidays!
I recommend you leave her hair in a pony tail all the time, and tell her how dirty it is. Offer her some bribes every day, like a cookie here and there, and say that the big girls dont do this and such. If she doesnt stop just keep trying these things.
NOTHING.she will grow out of it. By telling her to stop she may see it as a way to challenge your authority oops gotta go the fire alrm just went off
My daughter did the same thing around the same age and I cut it so that it was too short to reach her mouth. After that she forgot about it. Watch to make sure she does not replace it with another habit such as nail biting, so you can nip that before it's established. Now I let her hair grow out (she is 6) and if she puts it in her mouth I warn her I'm going to cut it (she wants it long) and she usually stops. It's only happened a couple of times since I started letting her grow it again. You know they always have to push to make sure you're going to follow through lol. Good Luck
give her a cookie or something that she can chew, and show her that is to eat and not the hair. good luck.
She will probably grow out of it. I remember that I did it when I was a little girl. No idea why though.
i put my hair in my mouth when i was younger. it was a coping mechanism for me. if i was nervous or bored or mad. it was someting to do with my hands rather than sit there and do nothing. dont worry about it too much. its not as bad a habit as drugs or smoking. talk to her about it. ask her wy she does it..pay attention to when sh does it. You can figure out what causes it. Maybe you can get her to stop. dont punish her for it.
The good news is that most habits disappear. They drive some parents crazy, whereas others are more tolerant. In many cases, if a parent ignores a habit, the behavior will eventually stop because the child no longer needs it or has outgrown it. Many habits, in fact, do disappear by the time a child reaches school age.
But if you think it's time to help your child break a habit, you may want to try the steps on this link.
you can cut it short enough so she can't get it to her mouth. i had an aunt that did this and she grew out of it. this to me is like chewing on a pencil, it is just a stage that she is going through.
i used to do that to. my mom told me this
my friend used to suck her hair and she used to suck it so much that she had to have surgery to get hair out of her stomache.
Remind her how dirty her hair is. It is full of pullutants, oil, Here's a thought. Take her to where they change oil in cars and have her look at the dirty oil they drain from the cars. Remind her that that is pretty much what is in her hair.
It seemed the more I was told to take my hair out of my mouth the more I thought about it. Try tying it back. Being less accessible may take her mine off putting her hair in her mouth.
Let her put it in her mouth..its kinda like biting your nails..its just a habit but it WILL stop soon
keep it back in a pony tail and plait or a braid. Anything that keeps it out of reach of her mouth for a couple of months, this will break the habit. If you have to cut it shorter
i did that too. then my uncle told me that your hair is made of the same stuff as poop (ew). try that.
Get her a hair cut where her hair is just out of reach of her mouth.
omg i used to do the same thing! well, ok this is crazy but what my mom did was told me a story about a girl who was a "princess" and everyone in the "kingdom" love her for her beauty. but then one day she started chewing her hair and her hair over the years got ruined! and no boy ever likes her again.. theres more to the story and i know its corny but HEY it worked!!
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