well DS has them again :(
only about 5 moving ones and 20 eggs.
whats the best stuff to get rid of them
we have no shops open for a while so something i can make from my pantry would be good?
thanks
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well DS has them again :(
only about 5 moving ones and 20 eggs.
whats the best stuff to get rid of them
we have no shops open for a while so something i can make from my pantry would be good?
thanks
White conditioner put on the hair thickly and left on under a shower cap for about 20 minutes then combed out with a nit comb.
I agree with the conditioner. My mum did that to us when we were kids.
I do conditioner and nit comb as well. Lachlan is allergic to all nit treatment. My boys also wash their hair with tea tree shampoo every shower/bath.
got some hair clippers :) thats what I do with DS :think: might need to get a new plan for when the DD's start getting them
I nearly suggested clippers LOL
When DD1 got them in Darwin her hair was to her waist :(
Yeah, conditioner and comb treatment and also a rinse with vinegar can help with getting the eggs out easier too.
Regards,
Dianne
Do you have any tea tree oil? Mixing that in a bit of water and spraying on his hair will help too.
I have heard that a mixture of tea tree oil, eucalyptus and olive oil slathered into the hair, left for a while (as long as they can stand it) and then combed through then washed works. Haven't tried this one as I've mostly done the conditioner method with DD but school went back today so won't be long before the little pests are back!
Also make sure you wash the pillowcase then either let dry in the sun or put into the dryer as high temp as it goes. And clean the brushes too.
Yep, pretty much that.:
I do something similar, but use lavender instead of eucalyptus. They will try to escape the head! As with any treatments though you have to do it regularly till you know they are gone.:
You poor thing!!
I can totally relate. When DD was younger she was constantly coming home with them from childcare. It almost drove me insane.
I agree with all the previous posters re: conditioner, vinegar and nit comb, but wanted to add that you need to wash all the bedding (inc pillow, doona, etc) in HOT water then dry in the hot sun for the eggs to be killed. Cold or warm water wont do the job. A dash of tea tree oil in the wash is good too.
Unfortunately, it pays to wash everyone's bedding and towels this way.
best of luck!!!!
n2l
I forgot to add that hair scrunchies and ties, ribbons etc and even soft toys are breeding grounds for the little buggers. You should probably treat them too...
ps. my head has just started itching reading about the little critters!! :o
A hair straightener - the heat kills them
Well that's a new one Nai! Haven't heard that before!
I second the thick conditioner and nit comb. It's a pain, but it works well. (Straightening iron sounds easier :lol:)
Actually it's been proven that head lice do not survive long away from the human head, so other than pillowcases, brushes, hats etc you shouldn't need to go overboard with washing sheets/towels etc.
Thank goodness!!
Lice dont but eggs do...and they will keep hatching and re-infecting.
That's why I hate them!!
n2l
But lice need to be near the warmth of the scalp to survive........so how do they last long enough to hatch eggs on a pillowcase?
From what I've read the eggs can't survive. If an egg is too far from the scalp but still on the hair there's a good chance it's either hatched already or dead. I agree with the conditioner and nit comb though.
That's what I thought Ozzie. What is that in your sig missy???
I was just about to post something similar, i spoke to a chemist lady who had just come back from a conference about nits, this was last year, what she told me was that the new studys are, that they dont have knees so cant jump from head to head and once off the head they dont survive past 24 hours, so she said, u dont need to wash everything, just shake ur pillows and doonas, and vacume the floor.:
When i dont have any moov in the house, we do the conditioner treatment as well, and vinager.
There's a really good website I found with great info on things like this too... kids health dot org ....
Janie... ?? What ya talking about?
TWW is like a century!?
Anila, that's right, they don't jump... it's direct head to head contact or obviously if there is one in a hat and you know how kids can plonk them on their friends heads sometimes lol.
Janie... lol it's nothing... was just putting it out there, it feels like a century when in the TWW.
Well yeah, it does. Just you usually don't think much about it unless you're in it ;)
Yup so true.
thanks guys
will be doing that today.
now to find my nit comb....
Yeah, there is a lot more information out now in head lice and basically they say don't waste your time on bedding etc, concentrate on the head only. They looked at a school with 2000 students, they found 40,000 lice on heads, but absolutely nothing on floors, tables etc (this is from memory, if I can find the study I will post it)
This was my MIL's suggestion last night when we told her my sisters kids had nits, and if she could check if DS had them too (DS hates having his hair washed, and the least fuss is when Nanna does it, so thats why she was looking).:
You may not like it, but this is what we used as a kid -- methylated spirits.
Old hairdressers trick. Kills eggs instantly.
We had it sprayed in our hair.
Weird, but it works.