3 Natural Hair Rules You Need to Know for Your Kids | Black and ...

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Four years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I marveled at all of the cute clothes I could buy for her and all of the fun shopping trips we would have. The one thing I did not count on was having to do my daughter?s hair without a relaxer. You see, the year I had my daughter, 2008, was the year I decided to go ?natural?. So in addition to trying to find products me for, I was also trying to find products for her hair. A year after having her, I literally had a ?break down? about not being able to keep her hair moisturized.

I was especially upset when I saw that her hair was dry and breaking off. She had no hair on the sides or the back of her hair. In addition, she was complaining about her hair always itching. When I took her to the pediatrician they didn?t have an answer and said that it was going to be a ?trial and error? experience and one beautician suggested that I straighten her hair. I was officially defeated.

As I set on her floor crying, I felt like the only solution I had was to shave her head and just start over. However, before I took those drastic measures, I took a moment and began to think what could I do to get her hair healthy. I had spent hundreds of dollars on products with some of them working, but they were too expensive for me to use on a daily basis. I had tried to follow what many of the bloggers were doing on YouTube but there was just too much information and I really didn?t see anyone who had hair like my daughter.

So after a lot of thinking (and calling my mom) I decided I was going to the ?old school? method to get her hair healthy. Instead of trying the new products on the market, I stuck with 4 main ingredients: shea butter, aloe vera juice, water, oil and grease. With these products, I went from frustrated to happy about her hair in a matter of a month. My friends all thought I was using some new product but were FLOORED when I told them what I had actually done.

So for all of mommies out there struggling to care for their daughter?s natural hair, try these 3 rules to embrace natural hair for your toddlers??click the pages below.

About the author

Franchesca Warren is writer, author, blogger, educator, runner, entrepreneur, mother and overall BossyGirl. She?s currently working on her second book detailing her chronicles of working in two of the roughest urban school districts with a release date of August 2012. You can find her full-time on her blog chronicling her life trying to balance it all and run a marathon by the end of the year. In her spare time she runs her own editing company, The Editing Nerd, and working on the launch of her first magazine. For a daily account of the good, bad and ugly of being a BossyGirl follow her on Twitter!

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