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By: More Lice??? : The Happy Housewife

More Lice??? : The Happy Housewife — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:33:26 +0000

[...] Regular readers might remember when we went through this same situation last November. While I whined and complained about it on this site, my ever so creative brother decided to make a [...]

By: Sherry

Sherry — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:10:30 +0000

Ugh! What a pain!! I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. I remember watching some kids over a weekend one time and had to do this with their house and hair. Not fun!

By: momstheword

momstheword — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:52:41 +0000

O.k., now my head itches. Frankly, I’m blaming you, LOL! I’m so sorry you have to de-louse your house (no joke intended). I’ve never had to do that but my friends did. They just packed up the stuffed animals and packed them away in a bag for about a month, so they wouldn’t have to wash them. But I read somewhere that people don’t need to do near the cleaning that they do.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:58:26 +0000

I love your blog. I have been “lurking” around on it for a few months now!! I went through lice with both of my kids a couple of years ago at Christmas! I noticed it around the first of December and it was January before I finally got rid of them. The stuff at the drug store was a waste of money. The only thing that worked was mayonnaise. I slathered it on their dry hair, put a plastic hair cap on, and let it sit for at least an hour. I did that at least four times a week for about 2 or 3 weeks. To this day my son will not touch mayonnaise! And don’t forget to bag up her stuff and leave it for about two weeks. Good luck!! I know firsthand how frustrating this can be!!

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:04:37 +0000

Oh, I’m so sorry! Hope you had a good day today – in your Haven!

By: Barb J.

Barb J. — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:06:35 +0000

Thankfully, none of my kids have ever had lice, but I remember having it as a child. I remember it frustrating my mother because as soon as she would “cure” it in one of us, another kid would end up with it. It kept getting passed around. Of course, they probably have much better products now. Don’t forget to sterlize stuffed animals, too.

And don’t feel bad. My SIL is the biggest clean freak I know. Her house and kids are always spotless, but she ended up with lice one time! She thinks she got them from trying on clothes at a store.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:00:09 +0000

Having had some experience as a Public Health Nurse, we have dealt with head lice extensively. Just a reminder to delouse your vehicles at the same time you are delousing everyones hair. Also to cut down on the laundry , it is ok to bag and seal comforters, pillows, stuffed animals and anything else that cannot be easily washed. Be sure to keep it closed tightly for 2 weeks. One more thing, Rid or Nix are your best defense in killing eggs and the adults who lay them. By the way, the cheap hotel may not have proven to be cheap at all!

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:42:42 +0000

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN!!! Just to let you know, it will be probably a month before you will not see anymore nits….just keep picking. My daughter wasn’t safe if she sat near me, I would snatch her over to my side and I would start looking and pulling.

Slather mayo on the DRY HAIR and wrap it in a wal-mart plastic type back and then wrap a towel around it….leave on for as long as possible…at least 1 – 2 hours. RINSE WELL….you will probably see several nits in the tub that have slid off the hair. We did this about 3 times in a week….it suffocates the nits. Oh and a hair straightener works to kill them also…..can you tell I was FREAKED OUT? lol. I think I was more paranoid that my dh couldn’t even see them when I was showing them to him…..SO HOW COULD HE SEE IF I HAD THEM IN MY HAIR? I think I scratched a bald spot on my head….rofl.

Also, if you add a teaspoon of TEA TREE OIL to your shampoo, it will repel them. We all use it and no one has had a relapse of the buggers.

We don’t let our children take their coats into church…backpacks…anywhere that they might be piling them next to each other.

By: $5 Dinner Mom

$5 Dinner Mom — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:32:02 +0000

I’m so sorry Toni! My head is itching just reading it. When I was the principal at our in the Dominican Republic we had a lice issue at one point. Thankfully it was “small”, but I couldn’t help but scratch. Must be a mental thing! I hope you’ve killed them off and am glad you were planning on cleaning up this week anyways!
Erin