Attack of the Itchy Critters
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Today we had our first and unfortunately I know it will not be the last experience of the dreaded (and please don’t hate me) head lice! I bet your head is itching already isn’t it?
I was taken a little by surprise at the fact that my boys had been infested. Why would these nits/head lice like their hair? They are dirty grubby boys. I guess their hair is cleaner than I thought or there is a new breed that prefers a bit of dirt, fluff and whatever else they decide to wipe through it.
I knew this day would come and I thought I’d been on the ball and oh so clever; checking hair regularly and only washing it on a Friday night so it had time to get dirty again before school on Monday but I was wrong!
Both the boys have been attacked by the itchy critters! Lucky the infestation wasn’t severe, D had 3 or head lice and K only had 1 so that wasn’t too bad but they must have been shooting those eggs out! Geez were there some eggs/nits.
We took a trip to Woolworths to try and find a miracle treatment to the incurable itching that my mind had my head thinking about. Yours is itching now to isn’t it? Well as I said this is the first case of it in our home so I’m a bit new to this. I got a product called ‘Quit Nits’ rapid head lice lotion.
It’s all natural (costs $18) not sure if that’s about standard or bull shit expensive, looks and feels like your rubbing moisturiser into your hair. Works in 10 minutes (I left it a little bit longer to make sure it would work!), it kills lice and eggs, came with a nit comb (big selling point as the only other nit comb they had was $15 just for the freaking comb) but the best thing about it is I think it worked!!
Mind you my head hasn’t stopped itching but I have a strong feeling that is more psychological than any actually being there. The eggs came out so easily with the comb after the ‘moisturiser’ was in their hair; it was like they no longer had any grip on the hair.
I have now rewashed and dried in the dryer all the sheets, blankets, pillow cases, etc. and put all the brushes and combs in boiling water with vinegar. Is there anything else I need to do?
Do you have a secret formula to kill head lice? Or even better to prevent them entirely? (Short of not letting the children leave the house!)
Whether it be a store bought product or a home remedy;
I would love to hear it!
I do the conditioner as well. I do it weekly even if they don’t have any. I then blow dry their hair and when their hair is still hot and smooth I comb their hair again with the fine tooth comb. The heat of the hair dryer kills the eggs. With the girls its also good to use a hair straightener cause it fry’s the buggers. Then I treat the hair with a treatment every school holidays. I have come to terms that it is inevitable that my girls will get nits from school. if I just doing what I’m doing then I should be fine.
I think I may have to keep the conditioner trick in mind! Thanks for commenting.
Cheap conditioner stuns them! Every night or second night when there is an outbreak at school I pile the cheap conditioner in my girls hair and comb it out with a lice comb. This stuns and removes and live lice that may have come into contact with their heads before they can lay eggs. It’s a great chemical free treatment and a great way to prevent an infestation!
I may have to try that one. Thanks so much for your idea
Orange juice! There is a woman named Shannon Lush who is a guru of all sorts of things and has a regular segment on Melbourne radio 3AW. She swears that orange juice works. You wash the hair with it, comb through. Then do it again in 3 days. Thats it. Heaps of callers ring in and say that its been effective for them
Wow! Who would have thought orange juice? Thanks for the tip, its funny how everyday things can be so handy!
I remember having them as a child, not fun. My kids have been lucky so far, but I’m sure the time will come for them to meet lice, sooner or later.
I had them as a kid as well and thought I’d been doing pretty well in avoiding them with my kids but I guess my luck just ran out. Never mind,it was bound to happen at one point or another. Thanks for commenting
My girls got them last year at daycare…their hair was down to their bums! Nightmare job! I wasted $140 on all different lotions and potions, then found Hit Nitz 4 6. The ONLY treatment that worked on my kids. They have a ‘once off’ treatment that you leave in for at least 4 hours, I left it overnight, then a spray that you use for 5 days I think? It got rid of them! The spray is also a deterrent, so my girls get sprayed before kindy and even with 2 outbreaks in their class this year, they have remained nit free
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