DD2 is 6 and very active, so we've been fighting a minor nit infestation for a few weeks. She won't sit still to be combed so it has been as much as we (me and my mum) can do with bribery and even holding her still for the worst bits. She has had a really short haircut and we have tried loads of different lotions, but just when we think they have gone we find more. We treat everyone in the house, wash pillowcases etc too.
Anyway, XH knows this and I asked him to keep an eye on it as the DDs went away for a week with him to his parents.
She has come back crawling with them, with smallish bits of her scalp red raw and bleeding and I think even some small bald patches. The poor thing must have been scratching away loads. She was screaming when I combed it at first so I had to go really really slowly. This time we used Vamousse, which we haven't used before so hopefully it will be the magic cure finally.
I'm really annoyed at him. Yes, it is possible that she had them when she went - I couldn't see any but they have been coming back again and again so there were probably eggs or something. But he must have noticed the state of her head. I got them back just beofr bedtime one night, then took them for a day out the next day and immediately bought the vamousse when I spotted one crawling on her head and her scratching.
He has had to be told to make sure the girls' hair is brushed before, after he wasn't bothering (at the time they both had long hair)
Also: HELP! NITS! Any tips are welcome. I hate the little buggers.