Dad-GUM-it

Don't panic. In fact, mothers should never panic. uh heh. uh heh heh heh HEH....(this is my crazed, teeth clenched laughing btw). No really though, the hardest part about this ordeal turned out to be choosing which of Essie's bazillion funny faced pictures to post. Too much cuteness can certainly be a frequent dilemma for us Mommas though. And when it happens to you just be glad it was gum and not the scissors. Doesn't scripture say "To not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow has scissors enough of it's own?" or something along those lines. But gum? No problem.
Essie learned a good lesson. In fact, I vividly remember not heeding my own mother's order to remove my gum before bed time or I would find it in my hair. I remember waking up shocked to find gum in my hair and thinking "Oh wow. So mom didn't just fall off the turnip truck yesterday!" heh heh (A favorite expression of hers to get us to respect her wealth of experience and not be know-it-alls).This is Essie's "doh" face. So in all my eleven plus years of gum removal, I can tell you truly, not to panic. It's easy.
I've tried it all by now and I believe that olive oil is without a doubt the easiest, quickest, safest thing and you're sure to have it on hand.

1. Saturate gum in olive oil and rub it in for a little while.

2. Carefully start pulling very small strands of hair from the gum to save the hair. (Rather than just pulling on the gum which usually breaks the hair.)

3. Wash area with dawn dishsoap to cut the grease

4. Wash hair as normal.

Essie highly recommends it.