To love my son's nits?

[PeaMcLean]

I've had a really mad exciting week at work. Yesterday I spoke at a conference, then did radio and television interviews. I got home all buzzy and slightly nervous about today's work which was a huge event and very high pressure.

However, on getting home last night, and getting DS out of the bath, I realised he had nits. DH ran to the chemist to get stuff and we spent ages combing it all through. It really brought me down to earth with a bump. And you know, I thought, this is real life, not all the swanky stuff, and I actually do love my son's nits for reminding me of that.

I know this isn't really AIBU. But just thought I'd share that. My son's nits made me happy.

That's really quite sweet although with ds at 9mo and me never having had nits it does freak me out a bit.... but good for you!

I feel the same way about my sons threadworms...kind of like they are a family pet.

i think that as good and true!

well done peas ds's nits!

Are you stark raving bonkers?

keeping it real

LOL at mrsmaidamess

I thought you said to love my son's nuts!

Thanks all. I have to say I love 'em even more now that the little critters are dead

Are you Sarah Jessica Parker by any chance?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by that but, LOL, no, if only!

You ARE SJP - the horsey snort was a dead giveaway!

Oh god, that was the first bitchy comment on MN I've ever made....it's all rubbing off on me.

Erm... congratulations.

I'm sure that lovin' feeling will ebb away after you've got rid of the nits and found out he's got them again in 3 weeks and then again a few months down the line,by that point you will be not loving anything that crawls in your sons hair .

I live in hope. There were only 10 of them. I'm going to conditioner him and comb it through again tomorrow, then do chemical stuff again next week. Fingers crossed. Wish me luck.

Even worse when you find out you've got them. I don't like killing spiders, well unless they crawl up my leg in bed. Felt a bit mean being the nit killer. Bit like those weirdos people that catch mice alive instead of beheading them (or cutting them in half, hahaha).

I actually never have bothered with the chemical bit-just seems to stink alot and not actually kill the buggers,just do the conditoner and mass amounts of combing every other day for a few weeks.

my ds only has ever had one nit but we had about 1 year of constant 'nittage' with dd-I hate nits-'orrible stubborn things. But good luck Pea .

....I de-loused the urchins with Agent Orange this week (no organic shite here at Goth Towers).

....then, today I took the twin urchins to the barbers.

You know what is coming next.

...the biggest fuck off louse in Christendom lurking beneath the barber's comb.

I was invited to inspect the creature.

Sigh.

Doubtless the Agent Orange has facilitated mutation in this enormous beast...

But yes. I see the OP's point. I had a lovely, ordinary day with my urchins too....

only ten?ha thats nothing.10 are lovable.

but very sweet post pea

I spent half an hour tonight de-nitting DD. (we made it to half term before they appeared )

I love it. She isn't the most cuddly child with me, so that time with her snuggled onto my lap, just having my undivided attention is a big thing.

Is it inevitable that kids get nits once they start school then? How come I have managed to be a mum for 5 years and never realised until coming on MN how common nits are? After reading this thread when (if?) DS comes home with nits, I will sit combing them out, smiling, sighing and thinking to myself "Ah, there goes another rite of passage!". What other nasties have I got lurking round the corner?

Ds gets them but not Dd. Don't 'love' them but made it fun by letting Ds 'squish' them with a satisfying crack.

We don't seem to get them. Do we smell funny? Or is our hair too dense such that it would suffocate the little bleeders? Or too slippy for them?

We've had worms though.

hmmmm, how do i get hold of some of these nits??