2Yr Old Pulling He's Hair Out

My daughter is 3 and pulls her hair out all the time. I took her to the doctor and he suggested that she may be doing it to aleviate headaches. She doesn't complain of headaches but the next time she pulled her hair out I gave her some motrin and about 20 min later she stopped messing with her hair. Maybe not the same problem but it's worth a shot.

Yes my daughter who is 18 months does the samething when we went to the hosp. to have our daughter she pulled all of her right side out her dr does not seemed worried eather we shaved her head. but know she pulls other peoples

It sounds like it might be trichotillomania, which is an impulse control disorder. I think behavior therapy is pretty effective, but I don't know what the protocol would be for a child this young. I would definitely ask your doctor about it. Good luck!

My daughter did the exact same thing when she was two. He really will grow out of it. Since you have a boy, you could get away with shaving it, but honestly, the best thing to do is try to ignore it. My doctor told me it's just a behavior that alot of kids do around this age.

She never pulled it out in anger, just in curiousity I guess. It was usually when she was in her carseat and kind of bored.

I wouldn't jump the gun on the therapy yet, it really is a normal behavior. Hang in there!

M.,

I have heard of people who pull their hair out. It even has a name but it's long and I can't remember it. I think it's usually a psychological issue that causes people/children to pull their hair out. My father is a psychologist and has worked with children with this problem before which is how I even know about it.

Also, I have a 12 year old nephew and his mom has always had this long hair down to her bottom. Well, when he was a baby he would always play with her hair and would even take his pacifier and wrap her hair around it and put it in his mouth. He still to this day likes to play with his mom's hair. It's always been funny because her hair is long enough that when he would be in his car seat in the back, she would put her hair over the front seat so he could play with it.

In my opinion your son has just taken to hair being his security blanket if you will. My two year old would never take a pacifier but she pinched her blanket between her thumb and first finger while sucking on nothing. It's as if she has a pacifier in her mouth but there's nothing there. This for her is just her "pacifier."

I hope you are able to get the answers you are looking for with this.

D.

No help other than my mom says I did it when I was young.

my friend had a similar problem. first they tried socks over his hands safety-pinned to his shirt. then they bought one of those hair extension things from a kiosk at the mall and that worked REALLY well for about six months. they would clip it to the crib or wherever he was playing that a thumb might also be sucked. finally they ended having to cut his hair EXTREMELY short. that has been the final thing that worked. it was hard for the mommy but she knew it was for the best. now they are finally growing the hair out and everything has gone smoothly.
Godspeed in your child-rearing adventure!

Trichotillomania can be an impulse disorder, but often in children it is a means of self soothing. It is not that uncommon so try not to worry, he will out grow it!!