Baby Bear Tips

General Tips

• Shampooing regularly will help prevent cradle cap.
• The following tips will prevent tears while washing baby's hair:
  • Fill a container with water , have child look up, then pour over child's head
  • Fold a washcloth & place over baby's eyes
  • Use handheld shower sprayer and have child look up
• Water bottles or a wet comb are great ways to control baby's hair.
• Do not cut cowlicks; don't fight them; as hair gets longer they get easier to manage.
• If you need to trim hair out of baby's eyes before the "first" haircut, wet hair; this will make it easier for you.
• Remember hair shrinks when it dries, so leave bangs longer than you think they should be.
• Only trim what you need to. Leave the rest for that special first Baby Locks cut.
• Hats are great to protect your baby's head from the sun.
• Barrettes or soft bands are excellent to keep hair out of eyes for girls.

Tips for Infants Hair

• Hair or no hair; shampoo with mild baby shampoo.
• Rinse - it's easier to use a wash cloth to wipe out shampoo and squeeze water over a baby's head while holding head back.
• Use a little baby lotion and work through hair..
• Comb or brush with soft brush to style.

Tips for Toddlers Hair

• Shampoo with mild shampoo.
• Condition and rinse out...
  • Thick & Curly - Moisturizing Conditioner
  • Fine or Thin - Light Conditioner
• Spray leave-in conditioners are great for all hair types to help with those unwanted tangles (conditioners also help eliminate flyaway hair and static)
• Comb or brush hair and style.