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My kids just keep on getting nits, just spent 2 hours getting them out they are riddled in them I treat and treat and treat them and they still keep coming back.
I am so over it, they are getting their hair cut to the ears on tuesday coz long hair is a nightmare with getting nits out.
tell me about it!! my daughters just started school and got them twice already since starting, cant wait to see how long after the holidays it takes for her to get them again :wall:
I feel your pain :( The only thing that got rid of ours was sitting down and picking out every egg (after treating for the nits). It took about 4 hours but it did the trick...till they caught them again **sigh**
Mum used to wash our hair in vinegar, once every couple of months.. they can't stick to it or something?
I remember being teased in school as we got NITS, people saying they were dirty etc etc, no-one would believe us that they only cling to CLEAN hair... :wall:
Hope you can get rid of them ASAP.
Yuck! Nits/headlice just make you feel yucky and dirty hey...even though you know they love clean hair.
My DD got headlice and nits last year for the first time. she made it all the way to year 4.
Once we were sure we finally got them all, I searched on here to find what other people were doing and made up a spray bottle of water with a little bit of lavender and tea tree oil (think i did a capful of each) and DD has been spraying that on her hair since. Luckily we haven't had any back since then. She just sprays in on before she brushes her hair for school.
Hope you can get rid of them soon :)
Was talking to SIL during the week and she said she found the best way to remove them was plaster the hair with conditioner then comb out.
When you dry the hair use a hairdryer as this will help keep them away and don't wash the hair too much, they LOVE clean hair.
Use the vinegar rinse or spray bottle with lavender &/or tea tree oil.
If they have long hair keep it in plaits while they are at school. I found this really helped with my DD's
I think that we need to go back to the head inspection at school and not being allowed back until the treatment has been done and the council nurse has been seen. This way at least you know treatment has been started and then hopefully they are gone until the next cycle starts.
Also helps to dab tea tree oil around the neck and behind the ears, the spots that they like the most.
Apparantly it was on Tv the other night something about an epidemic with nits atm, worst there has ever been or somehting.
thanks for all the replies, I have never seen so many eggs on a head in my life it was horrible, I think I have them all will re-do it again tonight and tomorrow just to make sure
vinegar is the best thing.. It might sting a little if they have been scratching but it won't last long.. I wash the kids hair in vinegar (straight) and rub it into the scalp. the after 5 mins or so I rinse it out and then put conditioner in it and then comb through with a nit comb.. My kids have only ever had headlice twice.. and it never returns after this treatment..
Also if I get a letter home from school about a headlice outbreak I treat my kids as if they have it..
Ihad it heaps growing up. It was before natural remedies, and the chemical remedy made me faint. So by the time I was nine, mum was all over it.
* Keep their hair in plaits as much as possible. Lice can't then climb up the hair to get to the scalp and lay eggs
* See if you can't lay your hands on a tea tree shampoo. Mum used to wash our hair with this every Sunday night, regardless of whether or not there was an outbreak.
* Vinegar or conditioner makes the hair shaft slippery, so again, hard for them to climb. Spray in and leave it in after washing.
* Fine tooth comb removes the actual eggs. Takes forever, but has the added benefit of stimulating hari's natural oil production, making it harder for lice to climb the hair shaft.
* Wash all hats and bed linen at the same time as you treat. Doesn't hurt to do the odd couch cover as well. Officially, this has no effect on transmission of nits. Anecdotally, I'm sure it makes a difference.
Good luck! I hope they crawl on out of your place once you wage this war!
Hey Raising Dancers....the story of 'nits' over in the south west made it to 3AW talkback during the week! Neil Mitchell had it on his program. It's apparently in epidemic proportions and the worst year parents can remember.
Some lady came on and advertised something called defense. You apparently have to use it every morning and it keeps them away or from coming back.
I have seen advertisements for it in Melbourne's Child magazine too.
Lucky here at the moment DS1 has not had any trouble with them....touch wood!
Nits have been really bad in SA too. We've invested in Tea Tree Shampoo which the kids wash their hair with every time they are in the shower. We've been infested a few times over and just about every fortnight the same kid in Kameron's class is sent home with live lice in his hair. This kid also has a little sister in Lach's class :rolleyes: