Girls are Home

Not them, I meant ask questins on here. Hair question are asked all the time, on here.

LOL !! Sorry I misunderstood.

What did your cousin use to do there hair? I'd start with that if you liked it. The basics I can't live without for my 3.5 yo DD's hair:Tangle Teaser brush--$13 at Sally's--it's worth EVERY penny! It goes through her hair like magic! Aussie Moist Conditioner--But the big bottle for $5 at Target(I use this to cowash her hair weekly or more frequently as needed.)Kinky Curly Knot Today-$10ish at Target-I use this to detangle and adds a little moistureShea Moisture Curling Suffle-$10 at Target(not all carry it, so you may want to check online before you go) I put this in while detangling and helps to pull the curls right out and adds the most moisture and last 3-4 days in DD's hair which is 3c/4a, it also smells great! :) A rat tail comb for parting her hair. Start with easy hairdos for now! No need for you or the girls to end in up in tears! Try to do 1 ponytial if its long enough or 2 pigtails if it's not, you can leave them in a puff or do a simple 2 strand twist to keep the knots out! :)

Thank you so much for the information. :flowergift: She used coconut oil. If you don't mind me asking what is "cowash"?

Congrats! I have to say kll does amazing hairstyles for her dd...i wish she lived near me! I believe there are helpful forums on fb and yahoo too...hopefully someone can chime in. Enjoy!

Cowash means to wash their hair with conditioner, not shampoo. I have a boy, so he is MUCH easier! :) I Cowash every two to three days (or more often, as he is in the stage of putting anything he eats in his hair!) once a week I wash his hair with a sulfate free shampoo. Each morning I mist his hair with water and brush with the tangle teaser, then I add a little coconut oil and brush it through, then I add a little Miss Jessie's Baby Buttercream and brush it through. Good luck!

[url=http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/adoptionhair_skincare/]adoptionhair_skincare : Adoption Hair & Skin Care[/url]

How exciting! I hope the girls will settle into your home easily. I'm sure being with each other helps a lot with their transition. My only child with "nappy" hair is a boy, so my experience with styling is limited. I always tried to keep his hair real short. I also have a biracial boy and a girl who is Haitian/Filipino (her hair is curly, but not nappy). All three needed lots of moisturizer on their skin to keep them from looking like a reptile shedding its skin, especially my biracial son. One of the things I found really helped was to gently exfoliate the skin during their baths, with something like one of those net bath puffs, and then put the moisturizer on when the skin was still slightly damp. One of my favorites was Eucerin cream, or the generic version. A large jar goes a long, long way. I hadn't heard of shea butter, yet (those kids are 17, 18 and 23 now) and didn't think of coconut oil, both of which I've seen several moms here recommend. Use any of those sparingly, though. I've seen moms use too much and their kids looked shiny and sometimes got bumps from clogged pores. Between baths, I used an unscented, hypoallergenic lotion, like Palmer's cocoa butter lotion, or Steven's cream. There are lots of products made specifically for black children, but they tend to be a bit pricey.Another thing I've thought was fun, with black children, is that they look good in colors that most white kids would look anemic in! I always think of a little pale yellow outfit I was given when we got our second child, who is white, with blond hair and gray eyes. He looked really washed out in it, and the only time I put it on him was when the person who gave it to us was around. My biracial son was the next child we adopted. His birth mom is was a little blue-eyed blond, but he looks much more black than most biracial kids. He looked great in the yellow outfit! I haven't found a color that my dark skinned kids didn't look good in!

Hi Melissa, Lots of good suggestions, Kll08 seem to have a nice starter list. I am AA and first I would,suggest finding out what type of hair each little girl has. We have various type of strands, not all have coarse hair. Online the website Naturallycurlycom. has a hair typing section, with suggested products per hair types. I will not assume, but we can fall in the curly line three or four (3 or 4) Sometimes AA can have more than one type with a combo of 3 and 4. My DDs hair is very spongy, thin, even though while poofy making it appear,thick. Her hair is very soft. Off the top of my head, keeping the hair clean via cowashing, and moisturized..not greasy per say. Water is a best friend to our hair..in its natural state, moisture to keep it from being dried out is ideal. Sometimes you may find that under the coarse dried out hair the true soft texture is based on the right amount of moisturizer. Many natural products as long as there are no allergy issues are out there. Natural oils, to include forementioned cocunut oil. For one, I have used water mixed in olive oil in a spray bottle as a daily spritzer for combing, or brushing. Based on the girls hair textures etc..it is a trail and error. I have recently read good feedback on mixed chicks leave in conditioner may be of help for toddlers type of hair. A lot of baby/toddlers hair and scalp are still delicate. I have also used Carols Daughters Hair Milk on my DD hair while it was in its toddler stage.Best wishes!Oh and no rush, but I just googled..and the Wikipedia has what seems like a nice background synopsis on "Afro textured hair".

What is the best shampoo to use? I hear so may things. "L" has very dry hair and Little "L" hair is not so dry.

Oh yea there is lots of info, and advice. For such small,kids, I always say keep the products simple. I have used Kinky Curly products, the hair wash is sulfate free..and the knot today cream conditioner does a good co wash as well. The come clean shampoo is good with getting rid of product build up without stripping and drying out the hair.How is the coconut oil for the baby with dry hair?

It is not really working I think. :rolleyes: Little "L" hair is still in place but "L" is all coming out and very dry. I just found out about cowash I know it is condition, but how do I do it? Do I just put a little between each part?

Yea, Coconut oil does not work for certain textures. Try using Shea butter on her hair.. Right after you wash, apply,the product,to her damp hair. Oyinhandmade an online site, makes a whipped Shea product. Unless my DD gets into something messy, I usually Cowan with the creme conditioner.If their hair is long enough you can go with big sections their hair and apply the ouchless rubber bands loosely but with enough hold to keep each section together. I use this method with DD, it keeps the hair from tangling and may keep the hair stretched out. Work the product through, then rinse out. I section thehair for the desired style and apply some hair milk, water olive oil spritz, or whipped sea butter etc to the damp hair.

Thank you so much!! :banana: You are my new best friend!! LOL

LoL you are sweet, no problem. Lots of experienced parents around here, feel free to ask questions anytime.