Not checking child for nits after letter

[Motherwell91]

Since septemner i have had to do several lots of treatment for my child and spoken to the school several times. They send out the letters advising parents to treat their child. For the mums to then come out with "o my daughter has blonde hair i would see them straight away... or "well they shouldnt have got rid of the nit nurse im not paying for treatment. Aibu to say that they are being twats and shoukd check there children !!! My dd poor scalp is do dry from the constant treatments and conditioner inbetween. If any of you have any good tips on repelling them aswell that would be great

Mine have never had nits so it’s something I never think about (except for now, so I’ve just taken my iPhone torch to their scalps ), but if they got a letter home from school about nits then I would definitely check.
I had no idea people still got nits until recently- I’ve never had them and thought they were a Victorian age thing, basically. Silly me!

Thanks for the coconut oil tip, will keep that in mind and keep on tying my daughter’s hair up for school!

Hate to say this but DD never got them in primary school as hair is two tight plaits every day - school rule. Since beginning senior school at age 11 by Oct half term I just happened to check as another friend in another senior school said a letter had come home Re nits so thought I'd check my DD and I found one big adult and a couple of black specs. Eek. Back to hair tied up. Check once a month with conditioner and nit comb.

Now year 10 and had nothing since however I just checked again and found a couple of adults again on our monthly hair check so keeping on top. Think she must have got them in summer hols from little ones as she volunteered with little kids all summer. She itches fairly quick as has eczema.

Having tightly tied hair really helps I swear (didn't have tied up hair in summer much as wanted it relaxed and loose) but it certainly is now for school. Will continue to check monthly after checking weekly since infestation

My sons school doesn't sent letters out as they're not allowed to.

I condition and comb twice a week but so far nothing.

A hair straightener fries tyem

I use the vosene shampoo and spray with my daughter but she gets head lice repeatedly. Including at the moment and I find them so hard to get rid of. I have treated her twice in the space of 10 days plus combing with conditioner in between and she still had new hatchlings last night. Do I treat her again or just keep combing? I tie her hair back every day but she has a fringe and her hair has usually come out a bit by the end of the day. She is also a child that likes to be close to people so it probably makes it easy for the headlice to hop on.

I have boiled all the towels and bedsheets three times in 10 days, washed all coats, new jumpers and polo shirts on every so I can wash in between, but still they keep coming. What am I doing wrong?? I have treated my DS too and DH and I have done treatment but didn’t find anything in our hair. I’ve even been going through my 4-month-old’s hair with olive oil and a nit comb. I saw upthread about washing toys too so I’ll do that today.

I feel like this is taking over my life! HATE THEM!

Asda sell tea tree shampoo and conditioner. Which isn’t very expensive. They also have a spray in tea tree detangle spray.

@coffee just keep combing with the nitty gritty and conditioner. You need the nitty gritty not a regular comb. We've had them twice and I have never had to wash coats / jumpers / toys. We now nitty gritty twice a week just in case.

I plait my daughters hair in tight plaits, not loose ones and it tends to stay in that way so bunches with a band at the top then plait.

It says on the nhs website that washing toys, cushions etc is unnecassary, but I tend to put on fresh pillowcases every time I nit comb so at some stages every day.

It takes close to a month to properly get rid of nits. I can't find the page that I used as a reference myself but basically there are key stages when you have to comb when the lice are big enough to see but not yet laying eggs. This sort of explains it greatervancouverliceclinic.ca/head-lice-life-cycle

I basically combed my daughters' hair with nitty gritty and conditioner every day until the combing did not reveal anything then leave it for about 3 days then comb as above every day until clear and repeat. You have to do this process for almost 4 weeks to ensure there are no unhatched eggs lurking in the hair. Ideally then nit comb with nitty gritty once a week, realistically I do once a month but no more have been found. For myself I have picked them up twice from dc and I nit comb my hair but find colouring my hair gets rid of them properly.

i plait my dd hair so its out of the way and then use hairspray as i was once told they slide off. i also use the tea tree oil shampoo, and only wash once a week (on a friday) as they like clean hair.

Clutterbugsmum

Or you buy neat tea tre oil and use it in your own shampoo and conditioner add near drops to their hair and comb

Works out much cheaper

I wondered how long it would be with the fashion for long loose hair that nits cropped up again.
I had them years ago and had to have my plaits cut off. Treatment then was with paraffin. Wrap the head in a towel and shampoo out in the evening.
Don't go too near an open flame!

Slightly off the point but there is a woman in our office who is forever scratching her head. She has two kids at school.

My DC had very fine blonde hair and I have never done anymore than look at their scalp if we got a letter about nits. If I ever saw anything I would treat it but I am not combing etc unless I see a need to. My experience through work is that it is pretty obvious if DC have an infestation.