I've always given my son a bath in the morning right after he wakes up. Now that he is one year old and more active and sweats more during the day so it makes more sense to give him a bath at night. I wanted to ask all those mamas out there who give their kids baths at night to see how they go about drying their kids' hair? My son has a full head of hair and I don't want him to go to sleep with wet hair. It usually takes his hair a while to dry on his own. I am not sure if I should use a hairdryer on him yet.
Thanks.
we just rub with a towel for a second and then comb her hair. If it's dry by bedtime, fine, if not, it's never a big deal as long as we've combed it.
Try something like the Aquis Microfiber Hair Towel - it absorbs the moisture much more than regular towels thus cutting down the drying time. They sell them on Amazon.
I most always bath my kids (ages 1 and 3) in the evenings (best is after dinner!) although if they skipped a night and I want them clean during the day I do bathe them during the morning or day.
My daughter has fine hair like me but I most often do not dry her hair after bathing (nor do I dry mine). I see no problem going to bed with her hair wet. That being said, I HAVE dried it on occasion.
Unless he has really thick hair, it should be dry or nearly dry by the time you've done bath, stories, snack, whatever your routine is. Blowdrying is fine on low and cool, but damp hair won't hurt anything, either. When my Precious has a sleepover, I blow her hair for a few minutes to partially dry it, and then we read stories while it airdries.
It's fine to use a hairdryer on cool and the lowest setting. Towel dry as much as possible first.
Bathe him after dinner instead of right before bed.
I totally feel the same way about my baby going to bed with wet hair. She is only 9 months, but she has a full head of hair as well. Typically, I make sure she takes her bath no less than 1 hour before she goes to bed so it will dry in time or at least be mostly dry. I make sure I towel dry it quite well too so that helps with the air drying.
You could probably use a hair dryer on him if you use either the cool or lowest heat setting.
We just towel it off. It does take longer to dry when it is longer, but as we read at night, I also run my fingers through it to help it dry. It might be slightly damp when he goes to bed, but I haven't had any issues with this.
