My two year old daughter has made me realize some people’s hair grows slowly and others fast. Her hair grows so slowly unlike her big sister’s hair which grows really fast.
Her hair just comes out so SLOWLY from her scalp. Plus it’s scanty and has patches at the back. From the time she was born, she used to have this line at the back with no hair. When she was about one, I started spraying JBCO detangling spray on the ‘scantiest’ area at the back and it filled up a little. I don’t use the spray anymore because I realised it contains essential oils which might not be so good for little children. I also started deep conditioning it regularly and I think it’s helped a lot: her hair doesn’t break much.

The one thing I love about her hair is its texture and coily nature: when I wash it, her coils just come to life. I’m sure if I were to do a braid-out with some curl defining products, it’ll turn out really great. Her texture has changed a lot now and is more kinky now.

Right now, her regimen is pretty simple.

1. I undo her puffs or simple braids. I make her hair myself because I don’t want anyone destroying the little hair she has…it’s not really professional looking though. 🙂 .
2. Then I finger-detangle her hair with any conditioner I have hand. I apply the deep conditioner on her hair and leave her to play for 30 minutes to an hour. Afterwards, I co-wash it using any conditioner. Tresemme Naturals and Suave naturals are some of my favourites.
3. After rinsing off the conditioner, I apply some shea butter or JBCO to her hair. Then I apply some leave-in conditioner. Natural Nigerian leave-in is one of our staples. I also have a homemade mix I use. (consisting of Giovanni direct leave-in conditioner + castor oil + aloe vera juice + rice bran oil + hempseed oil + avocado oil + jojoba oil)
4. I either leave it to air dry or I put it in puffs or simple braids. I usually detangle it when I’m making it. To detangle it, I hold the base of the hair I want to comb so she doesn’t feel the tension when I comb. I also comb the roots first, then the middle and the roots last. She doesn’t cry when I do it this way.
5. During the week, I use any watery leave-in spray on her hair to keep it well moisturized.

I sometimes wash before conditioning but she usually gets very upset because this means she has to go to the bathroom twice… so most times, I just do the deep condition – cowash method.

How do you keep your daughter’s hair?

*Edited 27/11/2014*

About the author

Dr Fomsky

Nigerian-born Dr Fomsky is a God-lover, a wife, a mom of three, a medical doctor by day. Plus she owns a Nigerian-based online hair product store called Sizzelle.
Dr Fomsky is very passionate about hair, skin and weight management. Since she's had her babies, she's been struggling to keep her weight and her tummy down!
At night, she likes to read books, write blog posts and leave comments on other blogs. She lives in Alberta, Canada and is also the author of Solving your relaxed hair breakage book .
DR FOMSKY'S HAIR TYPE:
LAST RELAXER DAY: December 15th, 2016
BIG CHOP: January 14th, 2017 Natural Hair, Unknown Porosity, Fine Hair strands, Low to Moderate Density
CURRENT HAIR LENGTH: Unknown
FAVOURITE DEEP CONDITIONER: ??

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