Louse in my house!!

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Not just one loose but a whole horde of lice. Ds's head has been itching for weeks. I kept checking for lice but couldn't see any so thought it was eczema. Finally someone suggested checking with a nit comb and oh my god, he's got a little zoo up there. Anyway, we used lyclear or something. It's permethrin I think. And after thoroughly brushed his hair with a nit comb. Today the itching is already much better. We combed his hair again and there were barely any nits and no lice.

Ds2 is 13 months and he keeps scratching his head as well. I asked at the pharmacy if he could use the same solution but they didn't give me a.xkear answer. Another pharmacy said it's better to avoid it and to just bit comb wet and conditioned hair every day. I did that and couldn't find anything. A few specks that might have been nits but nothing that warrants so much itching.

I did the treatment on my head, thoroughly nit combed it but couldn't find a single nit or louse. Why then is my head itching like crazy?

Sorry for the long story. I'm just fed up. Since ds2 has joined nursery it's just been one illness after the other and now lice.

Does anyone know a louse treatment that can be used on a 13 month old?

Conditioner and nit comb is as effective as anything else and useable on any age child.

Oh poor you @StripeyClocksDontWorkBetter

My DD-now at Uni was famous for getting "psychological nits" whenever anyone so much as mentioned them. She had long curly hair and I spent hours with the nitcomb. She never had so much as one lice.
I am itching even writing this.
I suspect you have the psychological nits...
think lots of conditioner and comb for baby.

Think hedrin is ok for younger children as it suffocates the lice rather than chemically killing them. Although if you don't find live lice on his head after using conditioner and a nit comb then you don't need to use the treatment

Hedrin is apparently OK from age 6 months

I did find some specks. They could have been nits. And he keeps scratching his head. I don't think he can have psychological lice, right? I've got hedrin but you need to let it soak in your hair for 8h and I'm worried that he'll get it in his eyes in that time, eg by touching it scratching his head and then touching his hair..would that be ok?

Someone posted something on here awhile ago- forget what it was called. You had to get it off Amazon I think.

Everyone should be treated if there are lice. Just one egg is all it takes, the treatment needs to be repeated after a week I think.

I know it's not a big deal but I'm super stressed about other things at the moment and just feeling overwhelmed. Combing their hair takes so much time even though dh helps with ds1. I need so much chocolate to cope with this!!

Specks are lice poop.

Conditioner and a Nitty Gritty comb is the best way I find to get rid of them. I have really think hair and, due to one of the kids in dc1’s class constantly having bits which are never treated, we end up getting them at least once a year. I find them very difficult to spot in my own head so I put plain, white paper on the floor lean over and comb my hair thoroughly with the Nitty Gritty comb whenever I start to feel itchy. It’s easier than coating my head in conditioner and, if I have got them, a couple are guaranteed to comb out and they’re easily visible on the paper.

olive oil kills them. It will leave his hair oily but will wash out. For the eggs, vinegar works. I’m not sure about using that for his age as you need to stop it getting in eyes. With my DDs I had them to tilt their heads back with a towel above their eyes. They were 7 yrs though.

I used to wrap the kids heads in cling film to stop them touching their heads during the treatment

I remember the combing of hair on to paper!
Conditioner with neem oil and a nitty gritty, was a nightmare!
Thank goodness they're in their 20's.... wait till their parents !!

The nitty gritty comb is great along with suffocating them with whatever you can find mayonnaise, vaseline or lots of olive oil covered in a shower cap for a few hours or preferably over night. Then comb the ba%&%& out.

Hedrin Once apparently takes 15 minutes.

The specks could be actual dirt rather than lice poo. If you didn't find lice or nits then he likely doesn't have them

Oh fantastic 😶

Thanks everyone. Lots of good tips here!!

And nits are empty egg cases that are glued to the hair. They aren't dark specks on the scalp

I don't miss the days of headlice. DD had them persistently from nursery right through infants. Conditioner and nit comb, twice weekly for 5 years...good luck.

How are you combing? You need to smother the hair in conditioner and then part it into small sections before using the nitcomb. Start in the nape area working up to the crown then do either side starting from ears upto parting. Comb from the scalp (not 1cm away, but actually from scalp) down towards the ends. Pay particular attention to nape of neck and behind ears. Each downward comb gets wiped onto papertowel.

I once talked to a parent who used the nitcomb like a brush so it only did the top layers and not underneath. Sorry if i sound patronising (I'm sure you are doing it right) but just in case others read and don't realise.