Nits

[Mumteedum]

I am not bu. Sick of diligently combing nits out of Ds hair only for him to get them back again. Every few weeks we get the same standard letter from school which the parents who do not bother will put in the bin.

Aibu to want the nit nurse back? Does anyone have any positive experience of what worked in your child's school?

scratching my own heads now thinking about the little buggers... Urgh!

The nit nurse won't come back. Thank heavens!

We used to just condition and nitty gritty once a week when not affected as a way of checking regularly, and when they did get them, which they invariably did the same routine alternate nights.

Its just one of the perks of kids.

Buzz his hair short? Really the only foolproof way.

Lyclear

Tea tree spray

Argon oil spray

Hairspray

First one kills them, others deter them.

Hedrin

If I see them on my son I do an overnight treatment, then I wash off and head to the barber for a very short cut.

Then rigorously check the stubble constantly because I like running my head over it

Most likely he is not "catchyou are not getting rid of all the eggs and newly hatched lice and he is repopulating himself

www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/theliceprogram/theprogram.html

Oops I mean most likely he's not catching nits every few weeks, but new hatchlings are growing up in his own head. Check out the link to find out about the life cycle.

Put a few drops of tea tree oil in the shampoo. All the time. It works.

Maybe ask the school to send out a letter reminding children to tie long hair back?

I know what you are saying about the cycle but I'm not the only one diligently checking only to find they get them back again.

We get same standard letter every other week which goes on deaf ears.

Spoke to teacher this morning and asked if we can think of new approaches so not so complacent. They're looking into it.

We shall see.

Oh and yes to tea tree. Been using the vosene kids spray. Maybe I need to up my game!

Have you been washing bedding and stuff too? They can hide on pillow cases etc as far as I know, ready to crawl back, in bed that night.

From what I read they don't survive more than couple hours off body... So no I haven't been doing lots of washing cos frankly I'm alone, working full time in stressful job and after combing Ds then me I had to eat then I was ready to drop.

Life not fun this week

Are you just combing and not treating ? In which case he's probably not catching them again your not actually getting rid off them

I feel you OP. We had a house of nits over xmas and it was grim.

Green Vosene kids nit repelling shampoo is great. Even when there's been nits around they seem to avoid my kids. We always use it.

If your child does get nits definitely treat once, then again 7 days later (even with Hedrin Once o whatever), that seemed to make a huge difference with DD1 who used to get them repeatedly before we discovered Vosene shampoo for the other LOs.

I also recommend the nitty gritty comb. And check your kids hair when it's wet, cos you can't always see them!

Best way to get rid of eggs is gel alcohol based antibacterial handwash, and nitty gritty comb it through. it dissolves the glue. I got literally thousands out this way- it was scary what we got out.

I am so so sick of them too! So much so that I'm considering moving my DD school. We've moved around a few times and they've been to much larger primary schools than this one but she just keeps catching them every 2-6 weeks

Been using vosene shampoo, nitty gritty comb, following official advice and still getting them back.

Just condition, nitty gritty and comb comb.

God am so glad mine are all grown up!

I want the nurse back too. I don’t think you’re missing them, OP as we’ve seen a similar pattern sometimes. I have a theory... I suspect it’s kids with brown hair of same shade as the nits, making them very difficult to actually see on your child’s head. You see your child scratching, you check, you find nothing, you decide you’re not going to spend £10-16 on lotions from Boots and your kid keeps spreading it. Then at some point (when there’s a lot) you do finally see one on your kid. You treat it, etc but by that time 10 other kids have caught them and eventually your kid gets reinfected. And you again decide it’s nothing because you can’t see them yet until your kid spreads it around again ... and I suspect that parent never realises it’s their kid spreading it either.

I don't think the nit nurse would be effective as there would be too many heads to check and lots of places for the lice to hide. To break the life cycle you would need to comb every few days for 3 weeks. No need to wash bedding and pillows but i would clean out hair brushes and not share them

After last infestation I shaved all my boys hair, number 2. Now takes seconds woth not comb