parents and headlice

[Rainbow_Mumma]

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?

[Smoke Jaguar]

I got a zappy thing from the chemist last week, and it's just an electric comb that gets the lice and eggs. It's about $50, takes just as long as the conditioner method and is about as effective. I find wiping the comb on a tissue more satisfying Apparently it's a safer option for pg or lactating women than the chemicals, so looks like I couldn't use the harsher options anyway...

[Rainbow_Mumma]

so dont bother with the electric comb?

also tinks ive looked everywhere for the rose stuff and cant find it none of the chemists or shops in ballarat have it any ideas?

[Nettie]

so dont bother with the electric comb?

I would.. Ours cost around $60 from a Chemist and as long as you use it everyday - it seems to work for us! And what's better is DS likes having it done (very different from the wash-in stuff!)

[mrsmac]

I feel your pain ladies, when we lived in Darwin DD1 had waist length hair and had nits heaps which drove me insane!!
We have 2 families at our school now who have recurrent nit problems and it got to the stage where as soon as we saw the nits in their hair we'd call mum to come and get them because it wasn't fair on the other families whose kids were constantly getting reinfected.
Sadly it takes just one parent who doesn't bother treating properly to spread it and keep it going.

[STARRYSKY]

have you asked at the pharmacies if they can special order it in for you? if one of their suppliers has it they should be able to do that.

[totalfrog]

We went through this repeatedly last year when DD1 was at kinder (all thanks to one mother who refused to treat their child!). I found that smothering her dry hair with conditioner and covering it with a shower cap for a few hours killed the little monsters off nicely. It made combing her hair really easy too. We did this every night for a week and then one more time a week later and they would all be gone.

[deletedit]

Its nothing to do with the size of the school.

My eldest was at a school with 18 students with a perpetual lice problem, from only two or three of the kids. I'm not really into dousing kids with chemicals several times a week, so I had her hair cut shorter so it was easier to comb.

Then, since we were on rainwater and I was conserving anyway, I would shower with her every second day, and comb through her hair with a big blob of conditioner and a lice comb. I'd get maybe 2 or 3 monstrous adult lice each time but no baby ones. I'd do my own hair on the off days.

She hasn't had lice once at the new school, which has around 250 students. But considering the insane cost of the uniforms and how high house prices and rents are here, unsurprisingly the parents and kids are not so 'feral' as at the old school.