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[Guest]

I am absolutely FUMING! Caitlin has nits, lice whatever you want to call them, so yesterday morning I did the responsible thing, and went to all the neighbours who have children who she plays with, and told them, so they could check their children. One mother gave the response that i would in such circumstances, "Oh, poor Caitlin. I'll go check all our hair now, before anyone goes out to play", whilst the other two both said "Oh, she couldn't have got them from our lot - I've never even seen a nit before, I wouldn;t know what they look like", followed by a half hearted rummage through their childs hair, before declaring it 'all clear', despite not even bending over to check closely. Well, one of them blooming well DOES have them, as Caitlin came back in yesterday evening, complete with a couple of humungous adult lice, that most definately hadn't hatched between the treating and combing in the morning.

 

When will people realise that EVERYONE at some point or another will get them, and when you have children at school, the chances are higher. How can it be SO difficult to comb your childs hair with a blumming nit comb, especially when you've been told that one of your childs playmates has them.

 

[Couperwife]

oh no

poor you (and caitlin)

 

dont you just hate irrisponsible parents.

 

children get nits - fact - they should know this - i hope that the whole family get them (sorry, was that nasty )

 

i hear that tea tree oil (in some weird combination with other stuff ) works wonders

 

cathy

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[Egluntyne]

How annoying!

 

It is easier to catch nits than it is to catch a cold.

 

Good for you for doing the responsible thing.

 

Funny how some families NEVER get nits innit?

[Mrs Frugal]

Horrible things ! Ollie's just had his first encounter with nits and we managed to get rid of them using the conditioner and nit comb routine every night and followed Dan's advice which I found on here a while ago about lying in the bath with his hair under water (face out, obviously ) to drown the blighters. Worked a treat and he's bug free. Whenever the notes came home from school about one child having lice, we'd always check both boys carefully with the bug comb just in case but have been lucky until just recently.

[Ana's flock]

How annoying!

 

It is easier to catch nits than it is to catch a cold.

 

Good for you for doing the responsible thing.

 

Funny how some families NEVER get nits innit?

 

Yes, I suspect those are precisely the families that BREED the little blighters!

 

My boys both have long hair and every time we get THE LETTER we do the soak routine, plus I smother their hair with conditioner and nit-brush till boredom.

 

Most of the times the brush comes out clean, but a couple of years ago they had huge nits and we did the brushing everyday morning and night for about 4 days before I was happy we got rid of them... YUK, my head is itching just remembering...

[chickencam]

When my YD was in yr 2 I think every child in her class must have been crawling with them it took us 6 months to completely erradicate them. I used to go into school to help once a week and you could see them crawling about so thickly in some of the childrens' hair . In the end we did a comcentrated thing with a leave in conditioner designed for the purpose and combing every night at story time for about the first 3 weeks of the summer holidays. Very tedious but it is the only way.

 

As you say what is wrong with a weekly check better that than a full blown investation. YD was never so bad that you could see them as you walked past like some of the kids but she had a few for a long time they must have kept jumping aboard from the heavily infested children

[Paola]

"Oh, she couldn't have got them from our lot - I've never even seen a nit before, I wouldn;t know what they look like", followed by a half hearted rummage through their childs hair, before declaring it 'all clear', despite not even bending over to check closely.

 

The only way to check is by washing and doing the conditioner treatment What a pain Chookie Even though DD1 gets them regularly DD2 has never had them until starting school this year Somehow OH never gets them, jammy so and so

[Blackrocksrock]

Take heart form the fact that they go onto clean hair. They are obviously coming form adults and smitting the kids!.

[BeckyBoo]

How awful and what a ridiculous attitude by those parents . My children get fed up of me checking their heads - DD1 has really thick wavy hair and I make them stand there whilst I go through it like a chimp grooming another monkey! Somehow we've avoided them although goodness knows how, I'm sure our day will come though! If any of you have seen any pictures of my hair you will understand why I am DREADING that day

 

Mrs B

[Cinnamon]

I sympathise

 

When my girls were at primary school one parent knew her daughter had head lice,& openly admitted that she combed her very thick,long curly hair through for 10 MINUTES EACH WEEKEND to get rid of them

 

 

I takes me a good hour to do a decent comb through on my eldests fine straight hair .

I once saw nits along the childs hairline when she had her hair up,so I told the school who tackled the Mum about it.

 

I truly believe that some people live in cloud cuckoo land.

 

My BIL,who is generally ackowledged as the most stupid person on the planet,once told me that his children wouldn't get lice,because they went to a good Catholic school, & you didn't get lice at a school like that. Muppet.

 

Anyhow,get a Nitty Gritty comb - makes life sooooo much easier, & some Tisserand comb through oil, & you will keep on top of it.

[jackiepoppies]

Been there .done it, got the T~shirt etc. after 5 kids. [Youngest 25!] However.....DD2 was diagnosed with worms, which is also very common but little talked about. I went to her Headmaster and suggested they initiate hygiene education [1985] for the primary school. He dismissed this idea as they [the school] did not have this problem The only reason I can come up with as to why he didn't want to know is 'cos it's notifiable....and his school had quite a good reputation!

Naturally I spoke to other Mums and the general reaction was that 'Oh yes we've had that problem too' BUT NO ONE HAD SAID A WORD until I brought it up!

Jackiex

[Egluntyne]

My youngest got worms. It actually made him quite ill.

 

I mentioned it at school as I felt that it was the most likely source.

 

The reaction was unbelievable...we were shunned.

 

Had the last laugh though when others got them and had to eat humble pie.

[chili pepper]

we've just got over nits too. Luckily, all my boys have short hair so its not too difficult. I always use one of the electrcal combs which zaps them on contact, they are great. I do the same as Ana and use the comb morning and evening for about 5 or 6 days or until theres no sign of any nits or eggs. I havent used any of the chemical shampoos on their hair for years.

My Hubby always takes the mickey out of me for wanting to rehome and rescue anything, when i discovered the nits on our sons hair i text him to let him know, he text back ' well your definitely not keeping them!'

 

My middle son had worms when he was in playschool, I told the school and all the sand in the sand pits and plasticine etc had to be discarded and replaced. Apparently the eggs are transported under the fingernails due to the child scratching at night and can be picked up by other children when they handle the same toys etc.

 

Picking up these things are a fact of life, unadvoidable. I dont understand why people find it shameful, its only shameful if you dont treat these things as soon as they occur.

[Steph101]

My two have got bright blonde hair and have had them three times! I regretted mentioning it to other mothers first time round who where good friends, as they acted like we were leppers!

They all said they'd had no experience of them. The only parent I know who admitted it was my sister in law, and she said her two had had them three or four times - again, bright blonde hair - and spotlessly clean!

The other times I just treated us all quietly with tea tree shampoo and conditioner, and sometimes that Lyclear or Quitnits stuff.

My Aunt, who used to be a health visitor, rang me and told me to comb the conditioner through with a nit comb; the conditioner stops the lice or eggs sticking to the hair shaft, and the comb breaks the louses' legs!

She said to only use the nit comb when necessary on the childrens hair, as they can make their heads sore with too much vigorous combing!

[Janty]

We have the same problem at school with people not admitting to themselves that their angels could catch nits. I tell the children in my year group that it's not dirty to catch nits but that it is dirty not to check your hair on a regular basis. That usually gets them checking.

[Angels4]

I'm a hairdresser and we always check to make sure a child has not become "a home for little wanderers" however I'm more vigilant when a parent asks me to clipper thier childs head or to cut the childs hair VERY short. We are not allowed to make a diagnosis of nits or lice as we are not doctors, but in our most discreet way we have to stop the service as we are not allowed to continue due to cross contamination. However MOST parents get very adament that thier child does NOT have lice, and come up with many possibe excuses...It's dry skin, dandruff, sand etc. etc. Yeah well dry skin and the like don't have legs.

[jlo]

In my experience, the kids themselves are pretty open about whether or not they have nits. When I was at school (many years ago!!) there was a real stigma about it and it seems that some parents still have that feeling about it - hence the denials.

 

All of the family has had them at some stage - apart from hubby. I think that he puts so much gel in his hair that they can't penetrate!

 

Have to say that reading this thread is making me itch though

[freddie]

Oh yes!! We've all had them in the past, but we seem to be over that stage, thank goodness!

I itched for a week when I got them off one of the schoolfriends... makes yr teeth go soft just thinking about it!!

[abwsco]

Luckily even though my daughters did get them a couple of times we never did. I used to dilute some tea tree oil with water in a sprayer and damp their hair every morning before they went to school which did help a lot.

[little cluckers]

This struck a cord as I've just gone through my two's hair. I'm actually really looking forward to the hols so that we'll be nit free for a while at least!

 

I've actually clippered YS hair really short but YD didn't fancy it so I must admit I check it til her poor head is sore.

 

I comb it through each day after school and then use a 'nit free' comb on wet hair later on.

 

She went to a party last weekend with only 6 other girls and when she came home I went through it again and found the biggest nit I've ever seen- IT WAS HUGE!!! I used to be discreet about it but not any more, most of the other parents in the class appreciate honesty and if they know there's a problem most of them step up their checking- trouble is not all of them obviously!!

[abwsco]

This struck a cord as I've just gone through my two's hair. I'm actually really looking forward to the hols so that we'll be nit free for a while at least!

 

Mine got them over the summer holidays once One of their freinds had them and her mother didn't tell me

[The Dogmother]

I don't know any child that hasn't had them, and Rosie's no exception, that and worms too. I comb her hair through very thoroughly with BizNiz each time she washes it, and give her Ovex for any worms if she complains of an itchy bottom.

 

I get soo annoyed at parents laissez-faire attitude to haed lice and once took one parent to task at school; jer diaghter kept re-infecting Rosie, and when I spoke to her Mum - the bloomin' woman just said that she couldn't be bothered with combing her childs hair

 

I have an excellent document about head lice, which you can copy and give out at school/to the teachers. If you PM me your email address, i will be happy to pass it on.

[Valkyrie]

It is so annoying when you do the right thing and tell other parents and you get such a negative response - it doesn't help matters to go away, does it. My husband's cousin (yeah, the one who is better and has children who are better, or sicker than you) rang to say that after staying for the weekend and on getting home, one of her boys had lice. Obviously he caught it from us and was riddled with them. Well we checked every one in the family - not one louse. It appeared that the ones that we did have upped and moved to one child along with their babies and eggs. While I was irritated at first, I had to check but I took great delight in telling her she didn't get them from us, and I didn't stop itching for days after. Did a few more checks afterwards to make sure.

We found that my daughter was prone to getting these later on at school and since she stopped playing with a certain child, we didn't have the same problem. A friend always notified me and vice versa when we had them at any time - which is how it should be. It always seems to be the ones in denial that have the lice and sharing them around! We didn't get the problem once she went to Secondary as much, again one friend had little siblings and DD always checked before visiting, and after only to find she had picked up a couple. Apparently another of her friends could be seen with them running over her head (this last school year, they're 16 years old for goodness sake), so I asked DD if anyone at school had spoken to her, yes they had and got abuse back, so nothing was done about the lice - YUK! Oh no, I'm itching again just thinking about them!

[Yorkshire Pudding]

We've had them too, and worms - I worm pets and kids on a regular basis!I am another Nitty Gritty fan - OS has very thick hair and it's the only thing that really gets the little blighters out, WITH their eggs.

 

Last time they got them, I spotted eggs while waiting to take YS into his classroom, checked again under bright lights inside, then whipped both boys out of school for the morning and combed them out; they were back at lunchtime and nit free. Only one louse each, but they had laid a fair few eggs! When the nit letter went home that evening eyes were rolled but most parents at our school are fairly sensible about it.

 

School nurse at the school I work in teaches children (secondary age) how to comb and check themselves and siblings if they have recurrent lice and parents aren't sorting it out. This has sorted out two large-ish families that were constantly crawling with them - once the eldest got to our school, the younger siblings were all kept clear too. One girl came in and told me she had done herself and four sisters, then Mum too and was very proud of keeping everyone nit-free. She was 12.

[The Dogmother]

My friend in Australia says that children are barred from school until the lice are cleared up. At first I thought this was a good idea, then thought again and realised that it would probably push less responisble parents into denying that their children are louse-ridden and sending them to school anyway.