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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

A Li’l Help From Lil Rinser

Posted by Jenny M. @ 12:40 PM

Ed. Note:
Thanks to Jenny for reviewing this item. My daughter is so freaked out by hair washing I’ve long given up even trying in the bath. We are a wash-your-hair-in-the-kitchen-sink household to be sure, so when Lil Rinser asked us to review their product, I was glad that Jenny’s daughters were willing subjects. Take it away, Jen!

Thank you, Lil Rinser, for kindly sending us a sample product to try out on our li’l sensitive bathers!  The day it arrived, I had plans for the evening, so as I headed out the door, I gave my husband directions to give the purple plastic crown a whirl on our girls.

The Lil Rinser is a sort-of visor, which, when sealed to your child’s forehead, creates an open field for pouring water on your child’s soapy shampooed head without fear of stinging eyes.  I had some skepticism about a) the likelihood that my husband would remember to use the Lil Rinser at bath time, and b) its efficacy.  But when I returned home, I found clean children asleep in their beds, and a triumphant mate:  “It worked, honey!  I could rinse their hair while they played, with no whining.” 
Our children have grown accustomed to lying down “mermaid”-style to rinse their hair, which is nice and normal as far as bath time hair rinsing goes.  The challenge, of course, is coercing them to “mermaid” themselves while they’re busy playing and making bubble cakes and caves.  Tears, in our household, come not just from soapy eyes, but from uncooperative kiddos being forced to rinse their hair after both shampoo and conditioner. 
Enter the Lil Rinser—saver of childhood playtime in the bath!  It’s easy enough to put in place while your child is busy.  And the seal formed by the membranous edge makes rinsing almost foolproof, with gaps caused by your child’s head’s unique shape tending to be toward the sides, safely clearing the face. 
Of course, I had to verify my partner’s findings!  And tonight when I bathed my girls, the little one requested the Lil Rinser, and the older one rejected it—which, perhaps, is the whole point of the device:  to build your little one’s comfort and confidence with water so that the Lil Rinser is eventually obsolete. 
Slight drawbacks include its size (not compact!) and, as my husband pointed out, that it can require three hands in certain moments, as you hold the visor on your child’s head and pour water from a vessel of your own choosing at the same time.  If you have to stabilize the body of your kid, too, then you need octopus arms. 

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