Headlice, WWYD

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Twins in reception, two different forms, I've never encountered headlice before so genuinely clueless.

They got them nearly three weeks go. I followed the NHS advice to the letter with a nitty gritty comb as recommended on here. Today is day 17. Me, DH, one twin all clear, the other one had one tiny headlouse, or it could have been a bit of fluff, probably a headlouse tho.

Would you ignore it and consider it done (I mean that means I missed one egg last time and this little twatlord was too small to have laid eggs) or should I now start with hedrin etc omg I am so bored of combing everyone's hair?

YANBU: this is basically done, chill out
YABU: it's hedrin time, the phantom itching will never stop otherwise

I overheard one say ‘the letter says to keep combing for at least 2 weeks’ and another replied ‘yeah sod that, I’m not doing that’. So if this is the attitude of other parents, what hope do I bloody have

It's hell.

My DC had non-stop lice in one school year. Got rid (again!) at the start of the summer holidays, and in September the DC (who I suspected might be the one bringing them in to the household) had a reshuffled class. No more lice.

The other issue is people who don't know how to comb. You don't just put the comb through once. You need to go through, small section by small section until you are sure absolutely nothing else is coming away - this can mean going through several times. And as the eggs are cemented on to the hair pretty damned ell, you have to keep combing to make sure you get all the hatchlings before they are sexually mature.

Am I strange in the fact that when my son was a child I used to find it oddly satisfying combing with the nit comb... every time I found one I thought got you you little fucker!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shantys-Nitcomb-M2-Head-color/dp/B001RYSDTI/ref=mp_s_a_1_17?keywords=head+lice+comb&qid=1701243416&sr=8-17

Get one of these double toothed combs. They find lice that are almost invisible and trap them between the two rows of teeth. So much better than the regular sort.