Dd's got her first bout of headlice - apparently they're totally rampant in her school and have been for years. I know that her friends have/had them too now so when I told dd's teacher that dd now has them I expected the school to maybe do a letter to parents letting them now there's an infestation on at the moment - but no. Apparently the school isn't allowed to get involved at all?!! Dd's teacher agreed that this is crazy. Surely this is a public health issue?
I'm disgusted and my heart just sinks at the prospect of repeated infestations. Dd has a lot of eczema on her ears and her scalp which tends to get infected, so chemicals are totally out of the question. Even bug busting is hard on her skin with all the conditioner etc. To top it off she's allergic to tea tree oil so we can't repel the little blighters.
She had shoulder length hair which I've had to cut to chin length (lots of tears - dd wanted hair like Rapunzel :( ) so that I could get through with the bug buster comb.
Surely the school must be able to do something??? I'll try to see the head tomorrow but she usually teaches so is hard to get hold of.