Part 0800.0005

[Redwing]

 

A friend uses insecticidal dog shampoo to nuke her children's head lice

 

 

I did this when we had the 'red mites in the house' problem, a red mite fell out of my hair on to the table at a work meeting once no one noticed!

 

The dog shampoo* worked a treat

 

*not licenced for use on hoomans*

 

(joking aside I wouldnt use it on children)

[Lewis]

 

A friend uses insecticidal dog shampoo to nuke her children's head lice

 

 

I did this when we had the 'red mites in the house' problem, a red mite fell out of my hair on to the table at a work meeting once no one noticed!

 

The dog shampoo* worked a treat

 

*not licenced for use on hoomans*

 

(joking aside I wouldnt use it on children)

Lewis never remembers having nits - I remember we all got a letter in primary school so must have done then, but secondary is all boys so don't know if anyone gets them ... sure someone must

[The Dogmother]

I think that boys may be less inclined to put their heads together than girls.

 

If you pop over, I can give you a combing, Lewis!

[Chookiehen]

Just popped in, as I was getting notifications for this thread..

 

I did finally get rid of the dreaded nits - with diatom and a nitty gritty comb - did the the trick within 10 days, and didn't leave Caitlin smelling like a bad experiment in chemistry. She had diatom combed through her hair first thing in the morning, and wore a bandanna to keep the beasties to herself (you're not allowed to keep them off school when they have them now ), then it was washed out, and combed through with the nitty gritty comb each night.

 

Because the diatom dessicates them, they can't put any kind of resistance like they can to chemicals. Now *touch wood* she's been clear since.

[chickenNutter]

We got a battery operated gizmo from Boots that zaps the little blighters, no chemicals required. Unfortunately my kds have very fine hair and even this and the nitty Gritty comb left eggs behind in the hair. Eventually got on top of them using a combination of methods. I don't think there is one ideal answer. We have even used a chemical shampoo and found live lice the next day!

 

Combing through my DD's hair that is very long used to be a complete nightmare and involved a lot of tears. she was getting re-infected on a weekly basis at one point due to some selfish parents that wouldn't address the issue. made me really mad!

 

I wished I had know about Diatom then.

[chickencam]

I only ever found a few stray adults in ED and DS's hair, but YD was riddled with them for about 3 months. I combed her hair with an aromatherapy leave in condtioner every other day for about 6 weeks in the end and finally shifted them.

 

What was horrible was I used to help out in her class once a week at that time and you could see the lice crawling in large numbers on some of the children. they were never visible without combing on YD and I knew how many she had, so how many did some of these children have. You do wonder sometimes if some parents never look at their children

 

My children hates the electric zapper because it zapped them too.

[The Dogmother]

.....You do wonder sometimes if some parents never look at their children .......

 

You'd be surprised just how many parents are blissfully ignorant about head lice and checked their child's head.

[Blackrocksrock]

When mine were little the health professionals said it was adults who were unaware of them that kept them going - not the kids who were treated by the parents!

[The Dogmother]

So very true

[Jules.]

Just popped in, as I was getting notifications for this thread..

 

I did finally get rid of the dreaded nits - with diatom and a nitty gritty comb - did the the trick within 10 days, and didn't leave Caitlin smelling like a bad experiment in chemistry. She had diatom combed through her hair first thing in the morning, and wore a bandanna to keep the beasties to herself (you're not allowed to keep them off school when they have them now ), then it was washed out, and combed through with the nitty gritty comb each night.

 

Because the diatom dessicates them, they can't put any kind of resistance like they can to chemicals. Now *touch wood* she's been clear since.

 

But Eth got sent home- he wasn't bothered in the slightest , though we were.

 

We washed his hair this morning, LOADS of the little critters came out in his bath water and we've combed him through again tonight & found 2 more live beasties.

 

We've put citracidril in with his tea tree shampoo and hopefully with regular combing he will now stay lice clear.

 

Thankfully no one else in our family has them yet

[Alis girls]

My childminder had girls with long hair - she would treat with whatever chemical she;d got - comb comb comb with mountains of conditioner and then when hair was dry put it up ballerina style bun and spray with loads of hairspray as she'd heard it detered them. Another friend's boss - his wife and several friends with schools persmission used to go into school do checks and if necc treat. Obviously you need CRB checks and parental permission but it knocked the prob very much on the head and they found prob was coming in from siblings at other schools. My chcildminder was convinced it was a few kids whose parent didnt do checks and treat at all or porperly.

[Valkyrie]

Yuk! I remember the battery one, not only did it zap the kiddies, it kept cutting out not for lice, but for scabs, dandruffy bits and even compost. Yes my daughter seemed to dust bath as well - probably went in as mud and dried before washing. In the end as she had such long hair we resorted to conditioner and nit comb combi. That was the best option and we rarely had problems after that - apart from when she visited friend's houses who had little siblings. I remember Nitty Nora coming to my school - nearly wrenched my plaits off - or it felt like it!

[Jules.]

Eth's going back to school today

[fluffyknickers]

I HATE THEM!!!

 

When my son first went to school we found them in his hair and then looked in my two year olds hair and they were crawling all over. I actually freaked out! They kept coming back for a couple of months on and off.

 

I tried a few things and the only thing that I found worked was a spray - hedrin i think. And the kids didnt mind it as much as the other treatments as I sprayed it on and then they went to bed with it in - looks greasy but fine the next day.

 

Then I shampooed and then conditioned it and left the conditioner on and used a nitty gritty comb and lots of tissue to wipe it on after each stroke through the hair. Was hard on a wriggly two year old with masses of hair but had to sit in front of the telly with food!

 

I now only use tea tree shampoos and conditioners which are for children and meant to deter nits.

 

Also ensure you treat ALL the family - we even gave the stuff to my mum and dad to do their hair as they were with the kids.

 

We were told by the school health women that often the carrier is a granny that doesnt get treated!!!

 

Also the school should be told and hopefully send a message out? Although these days probably against children's rights of something. I say bring back the days of nitty nora the nit nurse coming into school and pulling our hair about!

[Chook n Boo Mum]

In DD's school they need two or three notified cases to send out a letter .....at DS's boarding school they get frogmarched to the infirmary for treatment as soon as any are detected

 

Sha x

[Mrs Webmuppet]

LMW seems to have had nits almost constantly this school year. No sooner that I finally get shot of them she brings another batch home, I swear there's some kid in her class who must be crawling with them. I too rely on the fancy metal nit comb and tons of tea tree conditioner ( and a vinegar rinse) plus she uses Daddy O shampoo from Lush (full of herbally stuff) and still she comes home with them.