Headlice (merged)

Doozergirl

You can't avoid them. Someone in the class is re-infecting your children.

Touchwood my kids have never had them but I read in Jonathan Ross' book that they always had trouble with them so evidently money doesn't buy you nit-free classmates!

You'll have to put your detective hat on and try and locate the suspect. Who do your kids sit/play with at school? I'd chat to the other mums of your child's groups and see if they are having problems as well?

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I can completly sypathise with you, we're going through the same problem. I find some at the w.end, spend every night combing, usually by mid week I'm combing and finding none... come Sunday night she has live ones!, luckily for me my DD doesn't mind have the comb through her hair (which is a good job really).

School say they can do nothing, send letters out. It's a pain in the b****

Sorry I have no good advice, just posted to say, you're not alone!! :-)

SL x

fernliebee

bring back the nit nurse I say! Surely they could manage to do it discretely so the other kids wouldn't know so much, it's better than everyone getting them constantly because of a few lazy parents! I can't believe people would leave them on their kids!

anonymousie

Doozergirl wrote: »

You can't avoid them. Someone in the class is re-infecting your children.

Touchwood my kids have never had them but I read in Jonathan Ross' book that they always had trouble with them so evidently money doesn't buy you nit-free classmates!

You'll have to put your detective hat on and try and locate the suspect. Who do your kids sit/play with at school? I'd chat to the other mums of your child's groups and see if they are having problems as well?

But even if you know who the child is that is the source of the problem, there isn't a solution nowadays....My Mum taught in the 1950s and the school nurse would take the problem kids out of lessons and bath and delouse them- regularly in some poor cases- no chance of that now! (mind you a friend invited the class lousy child over for combing by cleverly intimating to the mum that she felt so guilty that her kids must have infected X so would she like to drop her over for a cartoon and nitcombing session on a couple of sundays!!)

justjohn

Hi
I am really sorry too hear the problems you are having with lice.

My partners children suffered from problems with headlice whilst i was in kent for many years . And it can be stressfull.

We have been in scotland for nearly 3 years and have had no problems with either child with head lice.

Would like too put this delicatly.. You will never get rid of them whilst some parents in your school will not make any effort in sorting the problem out.

One of our childern has hair nearly down to her waist my partner refused too cut short. Which still in my oppinion does not help the sittuation.

anonymousie

fernliebee wrote: »

bring back the nit nurse I say! Surely they could manage to do it discretely so the other kids wouldn't know so much, it's better than everyone getting them constantly because of a few lazy parents! I can't believe people would leave them on their kids!

Mum said that in the 1950s noone cared that child A was being "sorted by the nurse" out of class- more that they actually played with her as she didn't stink after a couple of baths!

ITA it is beyond belied that parents will leave kids visibly itchy and lousy, but they do!

Icanandwillsavemoney

You have my sympathy. My daughter went through a 2 year phase of constant visitors (they stopped about the same time she changed her best friend!!)

I was distraught and splashed on the lotions as though they were going out of fashion - combed her head twice a day and was completely over the top. Then I found Hedrin - I just love this oil. Sounds disgusting but I was soaking her head with the oil and they (the critters) were just falling off her head onto the pillow case. I combed every other day and then applied again 7 days later.... nothing since. To say I am relieved would be an understatement as my daughter has hair down her back and is so thick I have to use 2 bobbles to tie up so nightmare job was made very easy.

I know people try to stay away from the chemical lotions and potions but when you get recurring problems, you might just need to give one a go.

Evie82

Thank you for all the advice and sympathy. Its nice to know I am not alone.

I know as does my daughter, who the "spreader" is, she never ties her natty hair back and scratches constantly. Sadly my eldest spends alot of lessons sat nxt to her and not through choice. I mentioned it to school but they dont care.
This little girl has been in my daughters class for 5 years and has always been the same. Her mum is physically disabled and uses this as an excuse for everything from not reading with the child, to being late to school everyday and not doing daughters hair.
A couple of yrs ago the nits were so bad the school nurse had so many complaints naming this child she spoke to the mum in the playground and gave her free nit lotion in full view of us all. It made no difference. Said girl denys having nits to my daughter, which i dont blame her as she is probably embarrased.

I am going to get a tea tree oil conditioner and look up the life cycle info and see if i can get on top of it again. Thank you for all the posts :-)

hermanmunster_3

Try Olive Oil

appply liberally to hair and leave for about 20mins - found it far more effective than conditioner etc.

Insecticide Potions don't work - and I never prescribe them!

Intastella

Smother your kid's heads in olive oil, wrap in clingfilm and keep on overnight...it smothers them, makes it easy to get rid of the eggs, and will leave their hair really soft (maybe time to get them into a moneysaving idea now, rather than shelling out on pricey conditioners when they're older ey? LOL). That and parrafin were the only things that worked on my daughter. We had one of those really old combs tho...the new ones are garbage.