The best way to ensure you're getting rid of them is to comb through her hair with cream conditioner and a nit comb every night for over a week. If it is such a problem at the school, then I would suggest doing this once a week (regardless of the status of her head) as it will break the gestational period of the eggs, as well as getting rid of any live lice that are running around. My SIL had this problem at her DD's school, and she now does this once a week for both of them and they have been lice-free all year .
The lice treatments are all well and good, but they don't kill the eggs, you really need to be combing to fully break the cycle. I know it is the biggest PITA, but it's the only way to do it
How timely!!
DS came home from CC with nits today First time! Not bad for a long-haired hippy to go so long, given he's been in CC one or two days a week since 19mo. I rushed out to the supermarket to get a treatment cos we don't have a nit comb and the only way I could get one from the only shop around that was open that would have them was to buy a treatment. Luckily, I found QuitNit, which has the essential oils as active ingredients and no nasty chemicals. DS is in the shower as I type getting shampood. I have all the essential oils listed, just no base conditioner, but might make up a spray using the Moo Goo conditioner I have.
DS is impossible, but we managed to get the stuff through his hair and DP managed to give it a good combing. Lots of critters...I thought I would be really grossed out, but because you can hardly see them on a tissue backdrop, there wasn't much to be confronted by. Except the knowledge that they've been crawling on his scalp and making him itch! He hadn't been around other kids since last week's CC session, really (playgroup he doesn't mix with anyone), so that's be where he got it from.
I'm under no illusion that it's the dirty kids who bring it into schools/CC - I reckon if he didn't have the curls I would let his hair get greasy so that the lice couldn't hold onto it! So, because it's long and curly, it gets washed every day. Probably what's attracted them!
So, should I isolate him from going to playgroup tomorrow? Or will having started the treatment be ok? I'm inclined to withhold him, but then I'll have a very antsy 4yo to deal with...and his long-suffering baby sister and I will have to bear it!
Maya I'd send him. Just comb again with a conditioning spray in the morning to make sure there are no live ones left to share, then make sure you do the follow up treatment in a week. I would do the follow ups for a few weeks to make sure that cycle is broken though.
I'd probably get into the habit now of combing every day or 2 as well.
HTH
I've got a Robi Comb which works ok for us. DS was impossible to use the lice treatment stuff on (we got Moov) and I felt like I was torturing him
So we got the Robi comb which is an electronic comb thingy which 'zaps' the crawling lice. Of course, it does nothing for the eggs, but DS likes it so much he asks to have it done - so we do it every day and as they hatch, we zap 'em and we've now gotten to the point that we think we've gotten them all (haven't seen any for a few days now) so I think the lifecycle is broken!
oh Nettie whilst the sprays etc will be perfect for my eldest this zapper sounds perfect for my youngest where do you get them (chemist i presume) and a rough cost?
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First time! Not bad for a long-haired hippy to go so long, given he's been in CC one or two days a week since 19mo. I rushed out to the supermarket to get a treatment cos we don't have a nit comb and the only way I could get one from the only shop around that was open that would have them was to buy a treatment. Luckily, I found QuitNit, which has the essential oils as active ingredients and no nasty chemicals. DS is in the shower as I type getting shampood. I have all the essential oils listed, just no base conditioner, but might make up a spray using the Moo Goo conditioner I have.
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