My kids all have "cowlicks" we would joke that the cows licked their head when they were in mommy's belly... My oldest has 2 - one in bangs and the other in the back of the head. I was able to work through hers with ease and she is now 12 and has grown her bangs out and you can't really tell now. My youngest has 2 lovely ones on the back of her head.....I call them lovely swirly whirlys... When I was able to I started putting ponies in her hair on top. Than I started working with them and would part her hair to the side that had the worse one. She now has about 3/4 of her hair on top over the the right side and the left side lays ok. I started putting a barrette in her hair when wet and this has helped. Instead of the hair coming forward to her face is somewhat goes over to the right and stays out of her face. I will also blow dry it that way now and it seems to stay. The cowlicks still have a tendency of their own at times, but we seem to manage at times. Right now she still have her baby fine hair has she is only 2yrs old. I am hoping the older she gets the easier it will get, just like her big sister.....
I buy the ponies that you can get at walmart and target that are the ouchless little colored or clear ones. I also cut them out instead of pulling them out and reusing, as they tend to break when you try and put them back in. I also got a little bag of cheaper barrettes at Target for a few dollars for tons of colored barrettes with animals and flowers on them..
Good luck....and it will only get better from here...