To not do nit checks twice weekly?

You are the problem

Mine have afro hair. It takes 45 minutes to go through my eldest hair and about 30 for the youngest. The breakage is real. I checked when they had an outbreak at school. I'll look through when I'm braiding but I'm not nit combing twice a week unless the actually have nits.

My dd I checked more regularly, she only had nits once when she was about 5. I always used tea tree shampoo after that, it does seem to keep them at bay. My son doesn't get checked as much as he has short hair, although I know that doesn't mean he can't get them. He's not had nits yet. I think some kids do seem to be more prone to it and I suppose it is down to parents not checking so it's not a bad thing but twice a week deos seems a lot. I remember we used to get checked on a Sunday night by my mum.

Sounds like they are seeing / hearing about more cases and they’re asking everyone to check regularly. Maybe there are a few kids that keep getting them so they’re asking everyone to step up more.

Ours only had them about twice ever. They’re teens now. We definitely didn’t check with full on nit comb twice a week - we’d check if we spotted any itching, and if a letter came home from school about it. Probably a few times a year. The first time they had them we all got it, and the second time we had it contained quickly as we’d spotted the itching.

If there were regularly cases at school we’d have been checking much more often. But there weren’t.

I’ve literally never once checked either of my children’s hair for nits. My eldest is nearly 18.
Neither of them has had nits.
I don’t know anyone who does this.

You probably haven't because other parents are being vigilant.

Nope. I check if I see them scratching.

they are teens now and we’ve only ever had nits once

Yes.
We had to all the years of primary to fight it. It was endless. 3 weeks with no nits was unsual. It was all the time. A few kids in class weren't treated so it went on and on.

This year Secondary school and no nits!

Yes, if school have said there are nits around. I used to get so cross with other parents who didn't do this as my dd was allergic to nits and ended up having time off her scalp was bleeding so badly.

Checking for nits was part of our night-time routine as I'd have been mortified if they were found to have wildlife living in their hair - or, even worse, if my mother or MIL caught them 😱. Kids would have their bath, conditioner on hair, sit in front of me drinking their night-time drink watching something on TV or a video (my youngest is 35 years old now so was videos in those far-off days) while I combed through their hair with a nit comb. I'd leave the conditioner on to be showered off in the morning.

Some children are more prone than others- warm scalp v cold scalp.

DSis would say hers didn’t have them often. I suspect she just didn’t notice 🤣

I’m not saying you are the source of School’s infestation. Just that it isn’t unreasonable to check thoroughly more often than ‘when school writes home about it’.

Just slightly dramatic...

That's a bit dramatic! How did finding the very early beginning of nits "ruin your Christmas".

The hysterics on here is unreal sometimes 🙄

I used to check. But there were days/weeks when I didn't because I simply forgot and there were other things on my mind other than nits.

That suggest they are having a significant issue then.

Ask for a demonstration. I still reckon I check the full head by looking at the nape, behind the ears and a couple of other places. The comb parts the hair to the scalp so you can see better. If the DC has fine blond hair I’d doubt a comb is needed. Thick, dark hair and it probably is, even for a check, as you just wouldn’t see them.

They would spread, that's why the school are asking parents to check twice a week. That way it's pretty much confined to the kids of the parents who don't bother checking or can't be arsed sorting it out.

Embarrassment.

You are describing nit treatment- conditioner, comb.

Nit check is like the nit nurse used to do. DC watching tv, lean over the sofa, give them a hug then part their hair a few times looking for movement. Behind the ears, nape of the neck, and a couple other spots. Look for white empty egg cases. Brown full cases are hard to spot.

If you do it a couple of times a week, you’ll spot them early and treat them fast. Even if you miss them, you will see them before it’s an infestation.

DSis told me lice are huge. Well, yes they are, but only the adults. Whenever I spotted them, it wasn’t the single adult, it was the gazillions of tiny babies.

So check whenever you give them a cuddle, while they are watching tv, when you are waiting somewhere with nothing to do. It just becomes an automatic instinct.

Parents who don't notice, aren't bothered, are embarrassed etc won't report it to the school.

You can't rely on other people doing the right thing.

I have literally never checked for nits. They've never had them. That I know of ...🤣