Rose has always had the habit of twirling her hair as a self-soothing strategy, ever since she was a baby. We never discouraged it because we thought it was cute and, to be perfectly frank, we were just relieved that she wasn't sucking her thumb. But now it's turned into a problem because she is starting to get snarls in her hair from twirling it and then she is pulling out the snarls...resulting in a couple bald spots on her head! So we're trying to gently remind her not to twirl her hair, to encourage an alternative behavior (clasping her hands "to give them a hug" instead), and to style her hair differently to discourage the twirling.
Last night I put "ponies" in her hair again for the first time in over a year. She looked in the mirror and said "I look like a new woman!" :)
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