| My daughter's hair was chronically tangled and her | | | | I make sure never to use drying baby shampoos |
| beautiful curls were the source of some difficult | | | | commonly found at the local drugstore and opt instead |
| morning routines. I was cursed with poker straight hair | | | | for the all natural products available at most baby |
| that wouldn't curl with a piping hot curling iron and | | | | stores. I use very little because I find the natural |
| therefore had no idea how to deal with the shock of | | | | ingredients seem to require less suds so they go a |
| beautiful curls she'd been blessed enough to inherit | | | | long way. Try to find one that contains Jojoba oil and |
| from her Mexican American father. I'd most days | | | | essential oils. Post bath I spray her hair with a mixture |
| throw a headscarf on her which had become not only | | | | of a natural baby conditioner, tap water and a natural |
| her signature look but also my business venture. I | | | | baby detangling product that contains lavender. I find |
| knew though that there had to be some way to keep | | | | mixing the three makes both the conditioner and |
| those curls as pretty as they deserved to look. It | | | | detangler not only work better but last longer. |
| occurred to me that many mothers who had biracial or | | | | Of course by the next morning her gorgeous hair is |
| adopted children with hair different than their own must | | | | wild again but it's been pretreated and so it's easier to |
| have similar struggles. After much experimenting the | | | | get her ready for the day. We spray our concoction |
| following is what I have found works and doesn't cost | | | | again until her hair is damp and comb with a pick. Then |
| an arm and a leg. | | | | I scrunch her beautiful curls with my fingers and let |
| I always use a pick instead of a tight bristled brush or | | | | them dry. No tears, beautiful hair and happy mama and |
| fine toothed comb to detangle my daughter's hair | | | | baby. By afternoon after hours of play and fun it may |
| before bath time. I hold the hair close to her scalp | | | | be a tangled mess again but at least there's always |
| firmly at the root so as not to tug on her delicate scalp. | | | | that darling headscarf. |