Just discovered DS, 23 months, has head lice D: He has been scratching his head randomly lately and I took a look this morning and he has eggs all over. I cant see any crawly ones but he isnt letting me look properly.
How do I treat this? I've no idea what to do lol, I've had to treat myself in the past but it was a few years ago and I dont remember what I done. This is going to be a huge battle, he hates his hair being fiddled with :/
I feel your pain. My DD 26months got them from friends kids who were riddled with them.. Ive now limited contact with them... You need to get head lice treatment, treat his hair and the whole families. When you do his hair give him something to distract him.. My DD doesnt like her hair being touched but I had to do her hair, head lice are gross things.. If you cant see crawlies yet maybe you've caught it early, but his hair needs to be done ASAP. Also wash all bedding in hot water.. HTH
The easiest option...shave his head! My DS1 has had lice for about a month now and just when I think they're all gone, he's scratching again. The funny thing is my other kids don't have it...which is great, but I am still treating them too JIC. I am getting to the point of just shaving his hair off to get rid of them once and for all.
Thanks ladies Hopefully we wont have to shave his head as he is petrified of clippers, he gets hysterical when he gets his hair cut with scissors and the one time the lady used clippers on the sides he went berserk the poor boy. But if it has to be done at some point then so be it, I remember having them as kids and my brother would just shave his head to save the hassle of getting them again haha.
I got a no comb kill solution from the supermarket, its in his hair now and it says to wash out in 4 hours. Once thats out I'll put conditioner through his hair and give it a comb. An hour after we put the solution in we could see the big suckers come out crawling through his hair trying to get away, there were some pretty big ones He has only been scratching the last few days, I'm surprised he hasnt been doing it longer.
Checked my hair, and yep, riddled with eggs. Have combed it through with conditioner and got a lot of eggs and lice out, just waiting for it to dry to put a 10min kill one through. Done DP as well and he hasnt got anything.
We have been struggling for months with my dd who has very long hair and seems to be constantly infected. I have tried every type of stuff at the chemist and supermarket and a few other natural remedies (like a type of bark you boil up! ) I'm treating her weekly. I'm guessing I need to do it more often.
Now it's school holidays I'm hoping I can get it under control.
Today all bedding is being hot washed with tea tree oil all pillows and dooners are out in the sun. Everyone has treatment in their hair and I'll treat everyone again in 4 days.
I hope you get rid of them easily and quickly!
I have been combing ds1 hair every 2 days, then treating every 4 days with the shampoo. I do the other kids and my hair once every 4-7 days. They don't have it, just DS1. I was the sheets weekly anyway, so I have just been hot-washing them and adding tea tree. Plus I spray the kids heads with the tea tree every day. I don't know what else to do. If it's not gone by Monday, I'm shaving his head. Luckily for us he's not scared of the clippers any more!
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Head lice
Hopefully we wont have to shave his head as he is petrified of clippers, he gets hysterical when he gets his hair cut with scissors and the one time the lady used clippers on the sides he went berserk the poor boy. But if it has to be done at some point then so be it, I remember having them as kids and my brother would just shave his head to save the hassle of getting them again haha.
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