Hair pulling

My 8 month old is obsessed with my hair at the minute. He's so fascinated by it and loved grabbing to put towards his mouth or even just play with in his hands, the issue is he ends up pulling it and boy do these babies have strong grip. I'm already going through crazy hair loss and him pulling my hair out is making it worse, any tips? :(((

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My nearly 5 month old is the same with my hair.
I've had to start tying it up in a loose bun (as too tight doesn't help the hair loss).
And when my hair is down and he's grabbed it I've found applying a little bit of pressure/stroking the point where the palm meets the wrist and then bringing your finger upwards towards the centre of your palm causes the hand to release the hair.
And I just keep repeatedly doing this always saying "we don't pull mummy's hair". I'm hoping eventually the repetition will teach him to stop 😂

Would also love other ideas

I tie mine up. Mine is a year old and she’s pulled it out her whole life. 🤷‍♀️

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