20 month old pulling
Her is noticeably thin on one side. She moves to other patches of hair when it gets too short in one section to pull anything out. I’ve noticed she likes playing with the hair in her hand when she pulls it out. And she also likes putting in her mouth - that could be to get a reaction though. It’s difficult to provide a sensory substitute that is safe.
Does anybody have any advice
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Hi @babytrich. Sorry for not replying to you sooner. You could try a make up brush as a substitute, or maybe those taggie blankets. You could also try putting coconut oil or similar on her hair so she can't grip the hair.
I have had several parents tell me recently that when they tackled the thumb sucking, the hair pulling improved. Both are a form of self-soothing, so look into healthy forms of self-soothing you can introduce to your daughter and make sure she's getting enough sleep and is going down for sleep at the right time.
There are some ideas here:
https://www.healthline.com/health/baby/self-soothing-baby#give-some-security