DD has caught head lice at nursery

[MillyMollyMandy2018]

AIBU to feel really cross that some people don’t treat head lice properly, if at all. Went to the Christmas concert and there was one child in particular who scratched her way through it. A letter from the head comes round shortly after stating nursery has an outbreak and how to treat/prevent etc. Noticed DD scratching yesterday at bedtime and upon inspection she has lice. Live lice. Horrid!
Nursery inform me today they have never really got on top of the situation due to some parents not addressing the issue properly/at all.
We’ve spent an hour yesterday conditioner combing and another hour today with the head lice treatment and combing. I know I should accept it’s just a part of school, so why do I feel so angry about it?!

that's children for you. you just wait for your dc to come home with worms.
not to mention impetigo, chicken pox...

tbh I prefer dc to have worm, easier to treat

@Isadora2007 modern overnight treatments work by smothering lice. Unless they can survive that then those treatments absolutely do work.
Hair up. Anti nit spray.
Apparently not everyone who has nits feels itchy. So some people may have no idea.
We do a weekly comb through just to check. Have done for years!!

You'll probably look back in a few years and see things differently. Once you've done the nit thing a few times, it just becomes part of the routine.

It does irritate me when my kids come home with the 6th dose of nits from the same poor child whose mother (and presumably father) denies they have them.

BUT I also accept that lice, impetigo, worms and even scabies are hazards of childhood and just treat them every time.

Kids get head lice on and off all through primary school. It usually stops in secondary. You get used to it.

Ps, try "full marks" treatment, the most effective I've found.

I'd rather do headline than threadworms.

They're great fun.

Worms?! No!!!

Calm down. It's yuck to deal with, but it's not cholera. Just buy a lice comb (metal so you can wash it properly) and some tea tree oil shampoo and even when she's clear comb after every hair wash it's life.

Lindy2 the live ones were yesterday when we spent an hour combing them all out.
It’s the nursery who told me there are “persistent offenders” I’m not making that assumption.

I think nits like some types of hair more than others. I'm 5 years into primary school and we've never had nits. 2 DC (twins), so 2 classes. Nit letters come home every couple of months and I always check using a nitty gritty comb and conditioner but never anything.

Some parents don't seem to deal with them effectively and the same kids seem to get them over again.

I think we have been lucky for a few reasons.

1. 10 drops of tea tea oil in every bottle of shampoo and conditioner. Every bottle, all the time.

2. DD has very long hair, we always make sure it's in a ponytail & plait. I have noticed that the kids in the classes that seem to pick up nits quite regularly often have long, loose hair.

3. Nitty Gritty comb. When the letters come home we check thoroughly.

4. The DC just have hair the little buggers don't like. Apparently both me and my sister never caught them either. Nit unlikable hair just seems to run in the family.

I bought a bit command treatment the day my dd started nursery.She had long hair and we were lucky she never got them.She is now 15.

Oh Jesus it won't be the last time. Utterly vile things but part and parcel with having a girl from nursery - end of primary. My dd4 has had them 3 so far

I don’t get this relaxed attitude to poor hygiene and lack of parental care as just childhood issues.

If parents all took responsibility and all treated children properly there wouldn’t be nits full stop they would be eradicated.

At any given time 40% of primary aged children have worms and most have no symptoms. They're almost inevitable.

They are a nuisance, nothing more. Most children will get them. Just deal with it. Most school classes have a parent that is less committed. Nothing you can do

Lindy2 the live ones were yesterday when we spent an hour combing them all out.

It takes 7-10 days for the eggs to hatch though, so Lindy's right.

Unless all those lice only crawled on her head that day, she would've been the one spreading them.

A teacher friend said sometimes when kids are living between 2 homes (separated parents) the parents aren't on the same page with treatment. That's not the kids fault, and having nits must be horrible for them.

Chillpizza that was my thinking but it would appear that was a bit naive

Worms are the worst. Mine have had them twice now and treating the whole family, deep cleaning etc is a pain in the arse mainly because Ovex makes me ill so I get to spend three days feeling like I've literally been poisoned even though I myself don't have bastard fucking worms.

Dare I ask how you identify that they have worms?

Our school have only ever had to email once for worms and my oldest is nearly finished that school... The headlice letters only seem to go out when the new reception children start over two weeks after the rest of the school and by Christmas at most it’s dealt with untill the new ones start again.

Poor unaware parenting spreads disease. If every parent stepped up these things wouldn’t be an issue.

When my DS had headlice (again) aged 7 I went to the hairdresser for my usual wash and blo. Mid dry she dropped her brush, called her partner over from next chair and shrieked 'Is that a flea?' In front of busy salon, partner picked it off my head, squigged it and said 'Yeah'. Then she carried on with my blo-dry.
Head lice are a pain, highly catchable but no big deal. Comb through lots of conditioner nd rake out with a flea comb.

Could be worse ,it could have been thread worms they are vile .

Itchy bum, threads coming from bum... gross really

Again not washing properly after scratching spreads the eggs the worms lay at the actual bum hole.

milly usually dc itch, and can't sit still because of the itch.
sometimes you can find them in underwear or the toilet (they look like cooked rice)