Washing baby's hair

You know the thing that was a problem at first, and that is as my Baby's hair grew and I had to wash it, was keeping the shampoo suds from getting into her mouth and eyes as I was rinsing. One of the problems was that she would keep moving.

The actual washing seemed to be ok, but it was the rinsing off that gave me less control. So I put some coloured stickers on the ceiling about the bath tub, so she could look at them and in that she kept still. I changed them every week or so. I found that by having something like this that distracted her, helped me do what I had to do and do it much faster. I also found that having numbers or letters on the stickers seemed to make it more interesting for her.

The first year of being a new Dad was certainly a challenge, and it gave me plenty of opportunities to discover what I was capable of.

I wrote a book about all that had happened in that first year, as a sort of therapy of wow this is what I achieved, even going thru the major heart surgery, she had to go thru. I hope you find it just as interesting and helpful.

The book is called 'My First Year as a Dad' Its at http://www.1stbaby.info