Haircuts?

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Hi, I have a 3 yr old with wild hair and very sensory about it. He will hide his head and grab scissors......you know the story....Where and how to get a haircut? I Usually do my own cuts but I'm lacking in enough arms to distract him and keep him safe. Plus I don't want to start a battle I wont win.Idea?Sandy in AZ on Mars

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My son had all his haircuts with clippers until long after he

started school. 

 

we just do haircuts with clippers (for the boys).  let

the child hold it while it is on for awhile to get used to

the feel of it.  No way I could get scissors around my

boys. Moved WAY too much lol.  still have problems, but at

least we don't have to worry about cutting them with the

scissors. sometimes when boys were younger it would take

me and hubby to give a haircut.  One of us holding, the

other using the clippers..

HTH,

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:34 PM,

SandysGrin

wrote:

 

Hi, I have a 3 yr old with wild hair and

very sensory about it. He will hide his head

and grab scissors......you know the

story....Where and how to get a haircut? I

Usually do my own cuts but I'm lacking in

enough arms to distract him and keep him

safe. Plus I don't want to start a battle I

wont win.

Idea?

Sandy in AZ on Mars

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For my Aspie son we had a portable dvd player with a movie of his choice if we were not cutting hair in the kitchen where he can see TV (as we do now) it kept him sitting still long enough to cut the hair and even trim up around the edges.

April proud momma of my "special" boysTyler age 15 ADHD & Bipolar age 14 ADD & AutismHunter age 12 Speech Delayed

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-When our fellow was 3 the day care recommended that we use conditioner to detangle it. This was a good idea, as he never let us even comb it and he looked pretty wild every day. We only combed it after the washing, we could never get him to let us comb it before school. We used to cut his hair ourselves, just cutting the bangs and cutting it below the ears. Our little guy has a huge birthmark down one side of his neck and so we like to keep that longish look to cover it up (otherwise any new caregiver in the room comes up to say " Did you notice your child has suddenly developed a horrible rash and we're afraid he has a terrible allergy you should check out right now." )

I wish they'd of recommended a professional hair cut as when he finally got his first real professional haircut I was so thrilled with those little scissors that look like a comb with half the bristles missing, the scissors that 'thin' hair. Anyway... once he had that 'thinning ' cut we finally could get his hair combed in 1/4 the amount of time which keeping that cute longish look. What a relief. He still doesn't really let us comb is hair in the mornings at age 6 in kindergarten. Yeah, he's a 'bed head." We get his hair cut (thinned) once every 8 or 9 weeks.

Now, another point, boy were we glad glad glad for the thinned hair because of the onset of 'lice." Yes, half the kindergarten all caught them. We have never given this kid sugar, not on cereal or anywhere, no ice cream, etc. and we had to resort to feeding him one M & M for every lice egg hair strand we slid the lice egg off of. This was not fun. It was hours of 'not fun' that went on night after night taking two of us (three would have been better, by the time we were pivoting around the light source lamp.) Oh and of course, the lice returned, in about 3 weeks. Reinfection? New infection? Who knows. But anyway, after this second lice treatment and the M & M's there were still a few nits left so they refused to let him back in school. They totally sympathized with what we had gone throught to get 99% of them out (he has a one on one aide at school) . Anyway, what finally did it was II used nail scissors and in the middle of the night, cut each small hair clump that had a nit egg left on it. No it didn't show up, he didn't look funny. His little brother, non autistic, age 5, was fine with the entire lice treatment process, one person could handle his lice treatment , he would cover his eyes with the towel and not fight it during the shampoo, and he let us comb out, in fact, kind of liked the attention and the combing. He would in fact comb it himself for days (just be sure all 'buggies' were out of there.) And for inquisitive minds out there, no, the plastic lice combs did not comb out the eggs, only the live lice. We even bought the more expensive lice kit with the metal combs and that didn't get the nits either, it was a little better but not much. Perhaps our kids' hair is too fine? Just something to think about.

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That brings back memories   My son has never liked his hair being

combed.  that is why he spent the first 12 years of his life with

very short hair.  That also seemed to help with the inevitable lice

outbreaks during the first few years at school.  There were a few

tears, but he would endure the treatment with the 'special'

shampoo.  After he started high school he wanted to grow his hair

longer, but still would not comb it.  The trade-off is that he

promised to wash it every morning.  He now gets a hair cut every

school holidays ready for the next term, so about every 12 weeks. 

Usually his hair looks not much different to the boys who spend a

long time getting it to look just the right degree of messiness.

 

 

-When our

fellow was 3 the day care recommended that we use

conditioner to detangle it. This was a good idea, as

he never let us even comb it and he looked pretty

wild every day.   We only combed it after the

washing, we could never get him to let us comb it

before school. We used to cut his hair ourselves,

just cutting the bangs and cutting it below the

ears.  Our little guy has a huge birthmark down one

side of his neck and so we like to keep that longish

look to cover it up (otherwise any new caregiver in

the room comes up to  say " Did you notice your

child has suddenly developed a horrible rash and

we're afraid he has a terrible allergy you should

check out right now." )

 

I wish

they'd of recommended a professional hair cut as

when he finally got his first real professional

haircut I was so thrilled with those little scissors

that look like a comb with half the bristles

missing, the scissors that 'thin' hair.

Anyway... once he had that 'thinning ' cut we

finally could get his hair combed in 1/4 the amount

of time which keeping that cute longish look. What a

relief. He still doesn't really let us comb is hair

in the mornings at age 6 in kindergarten.  Yeah,

he's a 'bed head." We get his hair cut  (thinned)

once every 8 or 9 weeks.

 

Now,

another point, boy were we glad glad glad for the

thinned hair because of the onset of 'lice." Yes,

half the kindergarten all caught them. We have never

given this kid sugar, not on cereal or anywhere, no

ice cream, etc.  and we had to resort to feeding him

one M & M for every lice egg hair strand we slid

the lice egg off of.  This was not fun. It was hours

of 'not fun' that went on night after night taking

two of us (three would have been better, by the time

we were pivoting around the light source lamp.)   Oh

and of course, the lice returned, in about 3 weeks.

Reinfection? New infection? Who knows. But anyway,

after this second lice treatment and the M & M's

there were still a few nits left so they refused to

let him back in school.  They totally sympathized

with what we had gone throught to get 99% of them

out (he has a one on one aide at school) . Anyway,

what finally did it was II used  nail scissors and 

in the middle of the night, cut  each small hair

clump that had a nit egg left on it. No it didn't

show up, he didn't look funny. His little brother,

non autistic,  age 5,  was fine with the entire lice

treatment process, one person could handle his lice

treatment , he would cover his eyes with the towel

and not fight it during the shampoo, and he let us

comb out, in fact, kind of liked the attention and

the combing. He would in fact comb it  himself for

days (just be sure all 'buggies' were out of

there.) And for inquisitive minds out there, no, the

plastic lice combs did not comb out the eggs, only

the live lice. We even bought the more expensive

lice kit with the metal combs and that didn't get

the nits either, it was a little better but not

much.  Perhaps our kids' hair is too fine? Just

something to think about.

 

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