head lice
Jun 25th 2008 | 4:56 pm
#31
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Re: head lice
We have been in the US since July 07. When my two eldest children started school, they were nit free. However a few weeks into school and my poor 6 year old had loads of the things! I tried a few potions, but found that using a good old Nitty Gritty Comb and conditioner works the best. What is annoying is that I get them clear, only to have them re-infected. One vigilant parent is useless. Despite putting their hair up, fumigating everything their little heads rest upon, and continual combing it would appear that headlice is the gift that keeps on giving!
Jun 25th 2008 | 11:41 pm
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Re: head lice
Yeah, but are US lice different in any way from the UK ones?
Jun 25th 2008 | 11:47 pm
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Jun 26th 2008 | 5:10 am
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Re: head lice
Usually not long after the kids went back to school from the summer holidays a letter would be sent home informing us parents that there was an outbreak of lice in school. I often wondered why the parents didn't check their kids hair before they went back to school and they would have time to treat it before their kids infested others. My kids only got infested once. I went stright down to the chemists and got lice shampoo and a nit comb.
Jul 2nd 2008 | 12:26 am
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Re: head lice
New to the forums so i am going to try to learn, chat and contribute when I can.
Noticed that someone upthread mentioned the Nitty Gritty comb which I did not bring over here with me but have found the same comb here under the NitFree Terminator label so if there are others looking for their Nitty Gritty or similar products (shampoo etc) you cna buy them at http://www.kleen-free.com.
Have never seen them at a chemists or anywhere like that.
Noticed that someone upthread mentioned the Nitty Gritty comb which I did not bring over here with me but have found the same comb here under the NitFree Terminator label so if there are others looking for their Nitty Gritty or similar products (shampoo etc) you cna buy them at http://www.kleen-free.com.
Have never seen them at a chemists or anywhere like that.
Jul 2nd 2008 | 2:34 am
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Re: head lice
One of my friends would rinse her girls hair in vinegar !!! swore by it. When they got older they wouldnt let her do it and that was when they got head lice.
Jul 2nd 2008 | 3:01 am
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Re: head lice
They all have guns.
When we lived in the UK head lice seemed to be endemic and so I just used tea tree shampoos and tea tree oil and generally my children were head lice free.
I also searched their hair several times a week and if I did see one then it was caught and squished.
Our UK school did all sorts of things to encourage parents to be head lice aware but some never bothered and it was usually the same few children that literally had them dropping out of their hair (I'm being serious
)
No-one seems to have them here and I am amazed. It has been wonderful not to have the constant smell of tea tree in the house (nice smell occasionally but not constantly) and not looking down and seeing things crawling across a child's head.
When we lived in the UK head lice seemed to be endemic and so I just used tea tree shampoos and tea tree oil and generally my children were head lice free.
I also searched their hair several times a week and if I did see one then it was caught and squished.
Our UK school did all sorts of things to encourage parents to be head lice aware but some never bothered and it was usually the same few children that literally had them dropping out of their hair (I'm being serious
)No-one seems to have them here and I am amazed. It has been wonderful not to have the constant smell of tea tree in the house (nice smell occasionally but not constantly) and not looking down and seeing things crawling across a child's head.
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Jul 2nd 2008 | 3:17 am
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From: I live in Hayden Idaho.
Re: head lice
They all have guns.
When we lived in the UK head live seemed to be endemic and so I just used tea tree shampoos and tea tree oil and generally my children were head lice free.
I also searched their hair several times a week and if I did see one then it was caught and squished.
Our UK school did all sorts of things to encourage parents to be head lice aware but some never bothered and it was usually the same few children that literally had them dropping out of their hair (I'm being serious)
No-one seems to have them here and I am amazed. It has been wonderful not to have the constant smell of tea tree in the house (nice smell occasionally but not constantly) and not looking down and seeing things crawling across a child's head.
When we lived in the UK head live seemed to be endemic and so I just used tea tree shampoos and tea tree oil and generally my children were head lice free.
I also searched their hair several times a week and if I did see one then it was caught and squished.
Our UK school did all sorts of things to encourage parents to be head lice aware but some never bothered and it was usually the same few children that literally had them dropping out of their hair (I'm being serious
)No-one seems to have them here and I am amazed. It has been wonderful not to have the constant smell of tea tree in the house (nice smell occasionally but not constantly) and not looking down and seeing things crawling across a child's head.
Jul 2nd 2008 | 3:54 am
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Re: head lice
They all have guns.
When we lived in the UK head live seemed to be endemic and so I just used tea tree shampoos and tea tree oil and generally my children were head lice free.
I also searched their hair several times a week and if I did see one then it was caught and squished.
Our UK school did all sorts of things to encourage parents to be head lice aware but some never bothered and it was usually the same few children that literally had them dropping out of their hair (I'm being serious)
No-one seems to have them here and I am amazed. It has been wonderful not to have the constant smell of tea tree in the house (nice smell occasionally but not constantly) and not looking down and seeing things crawling across a child's head.
When we lived in the UK head live seemed to be endemic and so I just used tea tree shampoos and tea tree oil and generally my children were head lice free.
I also searched their hair several times a week and if I did see one then it was caught and squished.
Our UK school did all sorts of things to encourage parents to be head lice aware but some never bothered and it was usually the same few children that literally had them dropping out of their hair (I'm being serious
)No-one seems to have them here and I am amazed. It has been wonderful not to have the constant smell of tea tree in the house (nice smell occasionally but not constantly) and not looking down and seeing things crawling across a child's head.
always made me laugh.
Jul 2nd 2008 | 6:27 am
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Re: head lice
that's taken me back! i used to love it when she came to check our heads-so ticklish and relaxing! never had any either and can't remember anyone else in the group having them.
