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How do I start teaching my 14 Month daughter to fight back.?

I have a 14 month old daughter and she has a 12 month cousin. We live in the same household and the issue here is that the 12M keeps pulling my daughters hair, pinching her, biting her for everything ...
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Hair thinning on 3.5 months old

First, a picture: She is 3.5 months old. She was born with quite long hair, some fell but now it looks like she has a ring around the head, just above the ears, where hair is really thin. My gf's ...
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Should I let my daughter get a buzz pixie when the school won't allow it?

I have an 11 year old daughter who wants a buzz pixie, which is a pixie hair cut with one side shaved off. I am completely fine with it, but the school doesn't allow it. Should I let my daughter have ...
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Is it necessary to cut a baby's hair?

I don't have a child but I've always told myself that I won't cut my baby's hair when I do have one. My family and everyone else keep telling me all these stories about how the baby will get sick or ...
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How to temporarily straighten very thick and curly hair?

My 5 year old daughters hair is very thick and very curly. I am well aware of proper hair care, protective braids and curls. Sometimes she wants it straight. I've encouraged her to embrace her ...
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Why does my toddler pull hair to calm himself? How can I make him stop?

My 2 year old toddler loves to pull on hair. He pulls on mine and his own, usually to calm himself to sleep. He has always loved pulling hair - which most babies do, but he didn't stop. I tell him ...
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How to soften my infant's tough and dry hair?

What can I use to soften my 5-month-old baby's hair? Her hair seems tough; it tangles and is always dry regardless of any moisture I put/apply on her hair. She cries when I try to comb and appears to ...
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Can I use canola oil to treat cradle cap?

For an 8-month old baby is it safe to use canola oil to treat cradle cap?
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How do I do my daughter's hair?

My wife leaves pretty early in the morning and she showed me how to do my daughter's hair so it stays out of her face, but my fingers are longer and thicker than my wifes so I'm having a harder time ...
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Don't touch my hair!

I have little twins that aren't two years old. One of them I have no problem washing his hair; he even laughts when I dry it with the towel. His brother screams his lungs out every single day, every ...
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My toddler has dandruff in her hair, and we've found tiny insects on her scalp

My two year old daughter has tiny insects in her hair, and now her mom is crying. I decided to write this story here for your solutions. Today, after her bath, her mother saw what we believe to be ...
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Should we cut our infant's hair?

I've heard it more than once that one shouldn't cut baby's hair in the first year. The explanation when I ask why seems flimsy to me; along the lines of the hair structure not being settled yet. My ...
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What should parent do when their child is dropping more hair?

A colleague of mime notice that her teenager kid is dropping a lot of hair recently. What advices should I give to my colleague to help her teenager kid instead of telling her to ask her bring her ...
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What can be done when a child cuts his or her hair?

A 5-year-old girl has just cut her own and her younger sister's long beautiful hair. This is not the first time. Her parents are mortified and concerned that the girls will be ridiculed at school. ...
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Grey hair on a 14 month old baby

My son is only 14 months old, but we have recently noticed that he has a white hair on his head. Should we worry?
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Is there any harm to letting an infant's hair grow long?

My niece is 7 months old, and has long hair: around say 20-25cm. We are planning to cut her hair against our wishes because we think it could make it easier for her to catch a cough or cold. Is long ...
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How can I tame my 5 year old's wild hair?

My daughter has some seriously crazy hair. She has waves right around her face. When she starts playing and getting sweaty, her hair will start sticking out and just look horrible and I can't figure ...
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How can we keep my niece's hair out of her eyes?

My niece is 15 months old, and has inherited a combination of the worst traits of her parent's hair: it's very very fine, like her mother's (and mine), and grows at all sorts of odd angles, like her ...
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What is the best approach to cut the hair of an infant/toddler?

I often loose patience and am anxious about accidentally cutting skin when I try to cut my 18 month old's hair. Please suggest approaches that you've used that work to get the hair cut safely with the ...
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