Tina C Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Layla avoided nits until last year and has had them several times since. Poor girl begged me to use Hedrin last time as she was fed up with being combed. We try to comb every week as it seems that they just keep going round, especially at this time of year, but we were attacking her with the comb every morning and evening.... And now my head is itching... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 When we were little, mum used to check our hair all the time. If one of us had nits, then the whole family got treated with that smelly shampoo - just to be certain that they would be got rid of. God how those nit combs tugged and hurt us, because of our really long hair. What annoyed mum, was the nits were always coming from the same family each time! Some very irresponsible parents about, even in those days. I don't think they even have nitty Nora the bug explorer in schools any more do they? (nit nurse) Could you not use the chooks red mite powder & shake it all over your head? Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callyfc Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Been there done that etc................Ive got 3 girls all with thick long curly hair, Wet combing weekly is the only solution, try the inomed comb from www.collinshealthcare.co.uk its an amazing very fine comb that removes the eggs, and the kids dont complain cos it cant scratch the scalp. Ive been useing this for years and cant find anything better. Good Luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusky123 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 My 3 had nits and worms . LOL, its a part of life. If you know the kids have got them, warn the school and neighbours!. I was sent a nit nurse to the house to inspect kids after I phoned school to warn them about problem. I had to keeps kids off school for a week, Nit nurse told me they were so late visiting because of the HUGE problem in the poshest area of our town. No parent in the 'posh place' would admit to their kids having either!!. They had to close the school, problem was so very bad. Nits and worms are not dirty. what is dirty is ignoring them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Great news - I spotted nits on DD - now what was I saying about them not getting them when they are older? All in all about 10/12 and no adult. So now we have to think who did she last see - that was ages ago! I am just off for a bath and a check and then I'll do OH - son isn't here, but he doesn't associate with us much, so doubtful as to whether he has them (out with girlfriend, out with mates, out at work and the rest of the time stagnating in his room). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I can't eat jam tarts anymore because of head lice. We used to have a girl at our school. Bless her, she wasn't very sharp and we had refered the family to SS. We had called home because of the head lice problem - they fell out of her hair as she was working. She made jam tarts one day. As she was rolling out the pastry, they were falling into the pastry. Then she spooned the jam into the pastry cases and although it was a seedless jam, it didn't look like it. I haven't been able to look at a jam tart since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chickvic Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I can't eat jam tarts anymore because of head lice. We used to have a girl at our school. Bless her, she wasn't very sharp and we had refered the family to SS. We had called home because of the head lice problem - they fell out of her hair as she was working. She made jam tarts one day. As she was rolling out the pastry, they were falling into the pastry. Then she spooned the jam into the pastry cases and although it was a seedless jam, it didn't look like it. I haven't been able to look at a jam tart since then. nasty! We've got a few at our school that have them falling off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusky123 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 That is AWFUL, love jam tarts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 We've got a few at our school that have them falling off It always makes me feel sad when I hear things like that And itchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I can't understand why the parents don't do anything about it. If we can see them at a distance they must notice them when they are doing their hair. We've got one poor girl who is constantly raking her head, it must be so sore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 The problem we have is that if we spot them and send the child home and the parent sends them back next day saying they are clear; often they aren't at all and have to be sent home again. However if parent says they have been treated we have to allow child into school until we see evidence to the contrary. We aren't allowed to check hair but sometimes you don't need (or want?) to get that close! One kid was sent home for four days running because his parent kept saying they had treated the lice; he was still crawling with them on the fourth day and hadn't been treated at all. Finally the school nurse escorted him home and showed Mum how to remove them, not leaving until he was clear. He was crawling with them again the following week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusky123 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I was lucky bringing up my children many years ago, you had to be visited by the nit nurse if you phoned the school to warn them before they went back to school. Sadly those days are over. What really annoys me today are the parents of my grandkiddies friends who do not warn us that their kids have nits or worms. It used to be common courtesy. No shame in having them. where is the problem in telling us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Well I have no idea what happened to DD's adult louse and being rather paranoid I woke myself up scratching behind my ear in spite of being all clear. So first thing this morning I checked again - nothing. But after watching DD do her hair I realised what may have happened. She uses straighteners, so the darn thing plus nits must have been cooked to a frazzle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I work in a nursery and we have kids openly say 'I have visitors!' my feeling personally is that if anyone realises their children have them they should keep them off school until they have been able to treat them, also tie long hair back!. It's a never ending circle of them. I have a brilliant comb I use on my boys hair it's made of long spiral combs, it grabs everything (when used with conditioner) it wasn't cheap but it's well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Well, we seem to be all clear now - I'm still combing both Caitlin and myself twice daily with an electronic comb, and both of us are now wearing our hair tied up, and we're keeping hats on. I strongly suspect that one of Caitlins friends is crawling, despite her mothers protestations about it not happening in her family, given the amount of scratching the poor girl was doing today, and am close to combing through her hair myself, given that her mother doesn;t give a flying monkey about it all. @ the whole 'jam tart' story. It's put me right off them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 i'll never look at jam tarts the same again. starting to itch thinking about this now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Loopyloo - just think of it as extra protein! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 what with nits and bogies I am startting to re think working with kids.. (only kidding I LOVE them) I do go home with the occaisonal dried on bogey to my jeans though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Bring back the Nit Nurse!! I say! When my kids were young enough to catch Nits my hairdresser told me to put a couple of drops of Tea Tree Oil in there normal shampoo & conditioner to keep them away it worked for us I also used to put on a lot of conditioner on every Sunday night and comb through with nit comb just to make sure My friend has a son who has a total phobia about anything to do with hair uded to buy him a product called REPEL which he put on every day before school and this also kept them away I saw it for sale in Bodycare! I stuck to the cheaper routine having four! My daughter now does the same routine with her two boys and so far so good! Kitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellomotto12345 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 We've found just combing as much as you can works best. We tried endless children's nit products but none of them worked.We did use a special herbal treatment called Delacet. It was a bit of a pain to apply, but we think it worked along with lots and lots of combing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 We have a girl in the school I work at who's always getting them - I don't know how, as her (long) hair is always greasy and dirty . She has no mum and her dad, who's lovely, struggles a bit. Anyway, this is Edinburgh's way of dealing with headlice so no surprise why she keeps getting them . Schools were told to keep parents in the dark over cases of the highly contagious parasite in guidelines published by the Scottish Executive earlier this year. Ministers issued the edict because they feared warning letters could lead to infected children being stigmatised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 For the first time since we found the little blighter a fortnight ago, we were all clear this morning!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 We have a girl in the school I work at who's always getting them - I don't know how, as her (long) hair is always greasy and dirty . She has no mum and her dad, who's lovely, struggles a bit. Anyway, this is Edinburgh's way of dealing with headlice so no surprise why she keeps getting them . Schools were told to keep parents in the dark over cases of the highly contagious parasite in guidelines published by the Scottish Executive earlier this year. Ministers issued the edict because they feared warning letters could lead to infected children being stigmatised. What chance do you have Great news Chookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
