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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep - I'm very petite and my daughter is adopted.  Thanks to her great eating habits, she's going to be much taller than I expected!

Her head is fine, she says she's scared and it gets in her eyes. Now, we have done the shower in the past and I reward her when there are no tears etc.   Don't know what the deal is today.  I know she's exhausted being in daycare 5 days a week and we were on the go all day yesterday, so we will see.  I tell her we will have to cut off her hair because its so dirty and it doesn't deter her. No joke, I NEVER thought I'd encounter this kind of fight from a 4 year old. I know it will serve her great later on in life, but damn, it sure makes for a LONG LONG sunday at home. (of course, hubby is traveling but that's another story in itself).[/quote]

Two suggestions. 1) sticker chart and after she wins 10 stickers she gets to pick something special (whatever she'd define that as.) Create sticker chart together, have her "paint it", explain that anytime she washes her hair, you'll let her put a sticker (or stamp) on the chart and after 10 stickers are in a row, you'll buy her X.

2) I'd play up beautician aspects. Try playing beautician with some of her favorite dolls/stuffed animals. Have her buy a brush with you. Make hair brushing part of a night time routine. Play up fixing hair in morning. Maybe experiment with some new accessories or styles so she gets "into" it. Pick out a shampoo together. Play up washing her hair as part of this, possibly as PP suggests, having her reclined in a beach chair in tub to mimic the beauty parlor. In other words, try to de-stigmatize washing her hair, so it's more like a game and something she looks forward to.[/quote]

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