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Washing Hair with Grommets

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  • 09-09-2009 2:51pm
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    William72
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭


    So my 18 month old daughter has just had grommets in both ears. Doc advised to use cotton wool and vaseline when washing hair - some chance!! She goes mental and keeps taking them out - have even tried putting them in my ears and pretending its a game :rolleyes: - still no joy.

    Apart from persisting in the hope that she'll get used to it eventually, does anyone have any other ideas based on experience? I've also read that washing hair is not that big a problem as long as you're not submerging but would tend to listen to the doc...


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    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    Maybe one of these ? They're supposed to keep shampoo out of kids eyes but they seem to cover the ears a bit as well :)


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    Kildrought
    Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭Kildrought


    would it not be better to use shampoo? ... :)


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    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,944 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    get her to put her fingers in her ears? or get somebody else to cover her ears while you rinse. We use surfers ear plugs for our son, but he's 6 so he knows not to take them out.


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    Dublin_Gunner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    It should be possible, with a bit of care, to manage to rinse her hair with slow running water, taking great care NOT to let water get IN to her ears.

    I had the same thing with my little one, and she hates getting water in her face or anything, generally a nightmare to wash her hair. But with a bit of persistence, you should be able to dampen her hair, wash with shampoo, then rinse slowly, just letting the water flow over her head, but not IN her ears.

    I wouldn't worry about a bit of splashing - you cannot keep her waterproof!

    Best of luck :)


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    William72
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭William72


    thanks all for your advice on this - have done it twice now since then, once using that shield yokie missflitworth mentioned. also have deployed the softly softly approach and managed to keep the cotton wool in yesterday just about long enough to rinse - i think persistence is the name of the game (as I suspected), she's deffo not reacting as badly now - i'm confident now we'll get there - thanks again :)


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    wexford202
    Closed Accounts Posts: 350 ✭✭wexford202


    My sister had them years ago and used to get this stuff like play dough from the chemist to put in her ears when swimming.

    Other than that you could try ear muffs with turne back to front so you can wash the hair. Stick them on the rad then after to dry off the wet?


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