My 2.5 yr. old daughter twists her hair in her sleep (just like her mother
). My wife is gone in the mornings by the time the kids and I wake up so getting everyone ready is my deal. Most mornings it takes me a few minutes to untwist my daughter's hair but this morning, after 20 minutes, I had to get the scissors and cut an inch-long knot (about half the thickness of a #2 pencil) from her hair. She still has enough to tie into ponytails but the hair on her left temple is only a inch or so long now.
She's hot-blooded like me so I'd suspect putting some sort of hat on at night is out of the question. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do? Maybe this is just a phase that she'll grow out of, but I don't want her to end up with a buzz hair cut until she does.
Oh, and don't bother trying to psychoanalyze the hair twisting. My wife does it because it's a nervous habit, but my daughter is 2.5 and doesn't have a single worry in the world.
