To think schools should take nits more seriously?

[Eurydice84]

Since January I have had to treat DD (and the rest of the family) for head lice several times. We follow all the recommended steps, wash bedding and clothing, and repeat the treatment after one week. The buggers seem to go away but then they're back again. It's likely that they're going around the school, and it only takes one kid to pass them on to the others. I am at my wits' end, it's impossible to coordinate 50 parents to treat at the same time, and the school doesn't allow absences for head lice. They don't seem to care at all, honestly. I have spent so much time and money trying to get rid of the problem, but there is no point if the school doesn't make it a priority as well. I also think head lice treatment should be subsidised, it's terribly expensive (£10 a bottle, and we need at least two for each treatment). AIBU?

No you don’t pay where we live inNW ….gp happy to prescribe and school nurse

Our lovely school nurse Sylvia used to advocate really thorough hair brushing , she always said “ if you break their legs they don’t lay eggs”.

I see a lot of messages saying it's not the schools' job, responsibility etc. I agree of course. But ours for example asks the parents to tie long hair up and then don't care this rule is not respected 50% of the time. Why have a rule in the first place, if then they don't care about the implementation?

I feel your not actually getting rid of them OP.

Mine have had nits ONCE and we've never had threadworms or anything else disgusting.

Hedrin Once works.

But: it doesn't work if you follow the box.

Buy loads. Absolutely soak every inch of the hair down to the scalp, until its dripping. Leave at least an hour and then comb through while it's still on.

Neat green fairy liquid into the hair while dry to remove.

Follow up by combing through midweek and repeat the Hedrin after 7 days.

It's basically the slippy stuff in conditioner but more concentrated.

Both DD and I have very long thick hair. This absolutely does work, done right, and zero need for hours of combing every night for weeks.

I feel the pain of the untreated kid in a class.

DD has/had a friend who was a permanent source of infection up to the Christmas of year 7. Every time they were 'best friends' we had outbreaks. When they weren't, we didn't. It took a while to spot the correlation but it was unmistakable after a while. They haven't stayed friends in high-school, and problem solved.

It was the same for others in the class, and in the little sister's class.

I gave up and bought cheap vodka and a spray bottle. Sprayed their heads thoroughly and covered with a shower cap for a hour, the lice literally fell of their heads. Comb with a nitty gritty and conditioner and repeat the process in 7 days.