Really frustrated by parents inability to sort this out

[GigiB]

I've just found about 20 nits/louse in my sons hair (again). The summer holidays we get clear, then each time he goes back to school from holiday after about two weeks he has loads of them. We got clear in October half term and then a week after i went through with the nit comb and found a massive one... I tell the school, then school puts it on boards, in news letters etc, but some people just can't be treating and don't seem to care that their kids have nits..!!

I have questions;
Do some people just accept that primary aged children have nits?
What else can you do other than email class parents and tell school?
Do i just keep treating my kids with chemical products when i know full well that they will get them back again..?

I use tea tree and all usual deterrents but i think its a real problem with some children at the school

The other thing that really really annoys me is that when i treat myself my hair dye fades - so its bloody expensive as well buy all product for the children i'm wasting money at the hairdressers!

Bring back the nit nurse

Having your head shaved doesn't solve it or stop it. It was my ds with hair so short he has patterns scraped on it that was heaving with nits. I think it makes it easier for them to get to the scalp.

We had (yet) another letter home last week. I hadn't checked for about 3 weeks but, yes, another infestation. We have bottles of full marks, as I try to make sure I always have at least 1 in the house, to hit it as soon as we get the letter. And re-do easily the next week, and continuously weekly until they are gone. Again.

We also try to put tea tree oil into the final shampoo or conditioner when washing DD's hair normally. But had been too chaotic recently to remember that. It does help though.

I don't think anybody's mentioned you have to change sheets as well. Here's our nit routine for 2 girls with long hair: 1st week, hedrin overnight, one bottle between 2 DC. Wash and nit comb in the morning. Change sheets and Hoover around bed. Repeat in 10 days. That's always sorted it.

I hate head lice! DD is now 10 and hasn't had them for a couple of years, but DS is 7 and has had them twice since school went back in August. Hedrin Once was brilliant, but you always, always have to repeat the treatment a week later. You can get nit treatment from Boots through minor ailments, it's free. And don't treat the whole family, unless they've got them - it's pointless, and you might build up resistance.
Combing through is the only way to see them I find - just lifting the hair in sections and looking doesn't work.
I also tell DS not to touch heads with other kids, but they are always hugging or wrestling, so it's pointless!

You don't need to change sheets as they can't survive off the body. First time we were infested I changed everything and hoovered every soft furnishing in the house. Complete waste of time

They can survive for weeks in a test tube with no food. Try it.

I was always worried about getting them from my DD ... she had them loads .. and the culprit was her best friend! I did try telling her mum but she she just agreed they were rife!! One reason I think I didn't get them though was that I use hair straighteners .. 230 degrees I think may have zapped any of them. I did use them on DD for a bit too!

I got my ds a buzz cut for this reason. No more nits in my house.

Osmi - if your dc is infested, you will comb lice out of the hair - you can see them moving on the comb. If you've got keen eyesight, you can see them crawling around in the hair.

If they have been infested for a while, you will see the nits on the hair - they are white sesame seed shaped bits that are actually attached to the hair shaft. They turn white when the lice have hatched out of them, and grow out with the hair. It takes fingernails to remove them IME.