[blparent] Long Hair

Fri Nov 21 00:39:30 UTC 2008

I bought a shampoo called Soothers and it took every tangle out, of course 
it took every curl out as well and no one liked it. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair

> Hi V, I find that the two in one shampoo and conditioner doesn't work as 
> effectively in my hair,
> either, and I don't have curly hair, just lots of it.
>
> -- Allie
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair
>
>
> The shampoos with lavender don't work on her curly hair.  But I will try 
> not
> rinsing the conditioner completely out.  Also the shampoos with 
> conditioner
> already built in don't work either.  I'd just better save my pennies so I
> can go get another bottle of lavender oil. smile.  We did go get 3 inches
> cut off at the end of the summer. I thought that would work.  Wrong again. 
> V
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair
>
>
>> What about the shampoos and conditioners that have lavender in them?  I
>> think it's Suave that makes a lavender and lilac shampoo and conditioner.
>> A friend in college also told me not to rinse the conditioner completely
>> out--that's why you don't put it in the top part of the hair.  Split ends
>> also make it impossible to get through.
>> Barbara
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:19 PM
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair
>>
>>> A word to the wise.  Lavender oil is wonderful for relaxing tangles. 
>>> You
>>> can just put a drop or 2 into the basin, wet the brush with it and 
>>> slowly
>>> pull it through your hair.  Or you can spray your hair with it first,
>>> then
>>> brush it out.  I haven't been doing that lately, since we ran out.  It's
>>> not cheap. V
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:50 PM
>>> Subject: [blparent] Long Hair
>>>
>>>
>>>> Having long hair is a pain in the derriere sometimes.  One day I
>>>> went into the shower with a plastic bag over my head, so my hair
>>>> wouldn't get wet.  It was in the morning when I was pressed for
>>>> time and needed to take a quick shower.  My hair is the thing
>>>> that takes me the longest to wash.  Grrr.  Don't even get me
>>>> started on brushing it ...  Sigh.
>>>> Yet, I want Gabbie to have nice long hair, too.  How is that
>>>> different? LOL.
>>>>
>>>> --Allie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>Date sent: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:57:25 -0700
>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] not so nice places
>>>>
>>>>>Sometimes my daughter doesn't like her hair washed.  Gab has
>>>> really long
>>>>>hair, almost down to her waist and i think she doesn't really
>>>> want me to
>>>>>brush the tangles out.  V
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com
>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:43 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] not so nice places
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> We have a bit of video from the first bath.  They both screamed
>>>> at the top
>>>>>> of their lungs.  When we got home we practically had to bathe
>>>> them in cold
>>>>>> water--or at least room temperature--in order for them to
>>>> tolerate it.  It
>>>>>> took months for them and then Jesse had a setback because Paull
>>>> tried to
>>>>>> dunk him.  Now, when they're feeling good and happy, they love
>>>> baths.
>>>>>> Although they still don't care to get their hair washed.
>>>>>> Barbara
>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:55 PM
>>>>>> To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] not so nice places
>>>>
>>>>>>> It is hard to believe what kids go through in orphanages.  My
>>>> cousin
>>>>>>> adopted a toddler from Romania and she said the babies were kept
>>>> 3 to a
>>>>>>> crib.  She said that when it was bath time, the workers would
>>>> take the
>>>>>>> clothes off these kids and spray them with a garden hose.
>>>>>>> When Claire came to live here, she was absolutely terrified of
>>>> water.  my
>>>>>>> cousin said she would scream anytime the water was even turned
>>>> on in the
>>>>>>> house.  so they started therapy.  First a little cup was
>>>> introduced to
>>>>>>> Claire, 18 months at the time.  then when that was not a threat,
>>>> a cup,
>>>>>>> then a bowl, then a bigger one, then a bucket.  Now claire is 13
>>>> and on
>>>>>>> the swimming team at her school.
>>>>>>> I thank God everyday that my daughter is the way she is and not
>>>> afraid of
>>>>>>> anything except the dark and a biting puppy.  v
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