Daughter Pulling Out Her Hair

My husband's best friend's son ( at win) did the same thing and the mental health physician had them start messaging him 45 min. a day. And it fixed him. You can also take her hand and stroke her head with it and say nice, nice, do nice to my baby, I love her.

My fourth child did this, making him bald on the sides and back but not on top, looking very strange!! When I was holding him and he would start for his hair, I would gentally move his hand on to his bear, which had a interesting texture. He eventually stopped pulling his hair out. The bear's fur is pretty short so he can't get a hold of it enough to pull it out, and so there is not the fear of him choking on the "hair" like we had before.

When I was reading your concern, it was like reading about my own life!!! I too have a daughter who has been pulling out her hair...and just like yours she twirled it around her thumb and then sucked on it... and also we have two cats, who she would touch and then get it on her hands and put it in her mouth. I will tell you what we did, and it may seem harsh...did to me at first, but I understand why now. I brought the concern to her ped. at her 2 year old check up, and he said that since it was unsure weather or not she was actually swallowing the hair, we would have to buzz her hair... I thought he was joking, but no...he said if she got enough hair in her stomach it would form a hairball, and the only way to get it out was surgery. (A MAJOR SURGERY) so he said if not a buzz, then so short that she can't get her fist around it to pull it. My husband and I thought about this for two weeks, and she kept on pulling, going bald in a spot...so we got her two year pictures taken, and then got her hair cut super short. (we didn't buzz it just yet) she is doing great with it and we haven't seen her pull it since. Better off to do it now before they ruin the hair follicals and have a permanent bald spot, and its also better to do it now before school starts. (piggy tails or not, she is still our cute daughter)

I think she just needs something to soothe herself with. It's the same as sucking her thumb. She needs to find something to replace that behavior. Carefully move her hands away and give her something else to play with. It may take her a while but if you're consistant, persistant and patient, she'll learn to play with the other object.

Hi R.!
They make soft bodied dolls now with long soft hair. My grand-daughter did this too and that was our solution. We gave her the doll when she started getting tired and said, "Baby. Soft." and stroked the dolls hair. She caught on pretty quick and quit pulling her own hair. She learned the difference between pulling the hair and stroking it. Worked for us! Hope it helps!

Just Me!
S.

I did the same thing when I was a baby and my mom bought me some dolls that had long hair to play with. Then I would sit there and twirl the hair on the dolls and pull that hair out instead of my own.
Hope it works for you.

I have a twin daughter that does the same thing. My ped doctor said it was a stage and not to worry. It did get better at time but she still does it sometimes and she is 5. When she was around 2-3 it was so bad that a waitress made a comment like "looks like someone got a hold of some sissors", I was alarmed because it was almost bald on the side she doesn't suck her thumb. It is a comfort thing but still haven't figured what triggers it. Now her hair is almost back to normal but I still reminder daily not to pull her hair.
My advise get a doll that has hair-baby doll, barbie- give it to her and tell her to pull the dollies hair. Sounds silly but it did work. My daughter would carry around her dollie and pull its hair out which help her hair grow back. Also, I gave her a piece of yarn or string to hold if dollie not around. She liked to wrap the hair around her finger as she sucked the other thumb. This worked ok but dollie's hair was better. My does not swallow her hair just hold it for comfort so getting her hair buzzed off doesn't sound like a great solution if its a comfort thing and she wraps around her fingers. When your daughter is older you can use that a consequence if she continues. I remind my daughter that if she pulls her hair I will cut it short. Boy that works great now because she wants to look like her twin sister. She stops quickly. Hang in there it gets better.
L.

I don't know if this could be it, but I've know a couple adults who do this, it's called trichotillomania, defined as an impulse control disorder in which a person has an overwhelming urge to pull out the hair from their scalp. I hope maybe this will help.