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AIBU?

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To think DNiece should not be uninvited?

17 replies

NameChange74567 · 04/12/2021 18:51

Dd birthday tomorrow, she has invited some friends from school and her cousins to our house for cake.
At the start if the week DSis told me she thought Dn had head lice because she was scratching. Ds bought the shampoo and treated Dn hair, she has checked it since and can't see anything to suggest the treatment didn't work.
H thinks there is no way she would have got rid of them in such a short space of time, and wants me to uninvite Dn from the party tomorrow. I think he is being ridiculous!
Aibu to think she should still be allowed to come?

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user1493494961 · 04/12/2021 19:01

Of course she should still be allowed to come.

Nanny0gg · 04/12/2021 19:10

How long does he think it takes???

ParkheadParadise · 04/12/2021 19:14

Yes, she should be allowed to come.

Happy Birthday to your dd 🥳🥳
It's my dd's birthday tomorrow.

Chloemol · 04/12/2021 19:19

If course she should come

JustLyra · 04/12/2021 19:21

How does your DH have a school age child and not know how head lice treatment works?

He's being ridiculous.

LawnFever · 04/12/2021 19:24

Of course she can come, it only takes a few hours to work, why does he think it takes longer Confused

naemates · 04/12/2021 19:29

My dad tried to keep me off school for two weeks when I had lice - he mixed it up with chicken pox Grin

NameChange74567 · 04/12/2021 19:36

He has never had head lice and neither have our dc so he has no idea, making a fuss about nothing.

@ParkheadParadise Thank-you. Happy birthday to your Dd Cake

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AnotherOneWithNoGoodName · 04/12/2021 19:36

Of course she should come!
To be honest, it does take a couple of days to get rid of HL sometimes, IF the lotion doesn't kill he eggs you need to catch them as they hatch, but if there is no evidence of HL now, she's probably fine.
Your husband is being a bit UR.

Mummyoflittledragon · 04/12/2021 19:36

Fgs your husband is being ridiculous. Nits are very common and not harmful. Children can mix as long as the nits have been treated. Your dn will need a second treatment.

Workinghardeveryday · 04/12/2021 19:39

Tell Dh he is being absolutely batshit. Of course she should go!! Omg.

saraclara · 04/12/2021 19:41

Of course she should come. Everything on her head was killed. Some remaining eggs might hatch in a few days, but not yet.

Remind your H that she can go back to school as soon as she's treated, so why any different for a party? It would be really cruel to be uninvited for that, even if she wasn't free of them now.

Cas112 · 04/12/2021 19:43

Your husband needs to get a grip, excluding her, it's tight

AutumnLeaves21 · 04/12/2021 19:43

Your husband is unreasonable and a massive dickhead to uninvite a child because she had head lice which have been treated! How could he be so cruel to embarrass a kid and leave her out.

saraclara · 04/12/2021 19:43

Seriously, I can't believe how cruel he's prepared to be to this poor kid. Has he got some kind of bug phobia? What the heck is he going to do when your kids get them (as they will)

billy1966 · 04/12/2021 19:45

Of course she should.

The best treatment I found was hair absolutely drenched in half a bottle of cheap conditioner and a lunch bag smothered all over the head and left for a good hour.
Combed out it killed everthing and got 99% of the eggs.
I did it a second time 5 days later, maybe got a few other eggs and they were sorted.

Wet the hair and smother with shampoo.

Thankfully we kept hair in a short bob in primary for this very reason.

girlmom21 · 04/12/2021 19:49

Tell him to get lost.

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