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Soooooooo Ashamed - nits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG I can't believe my little boy has nits!!!!!!!! I know its something you shouldn't be ashamed of and most kids get them but ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
Shea got them just before christmas from nursery, there seems to be one child there who constantly has them and the parents aren't treating his head!!
so I had to go to chemist and buy some Lyclear before xmas and I've done his head every 7 days since (costing me a small fortune) but he still keeps itching his little head and combed through last night and got more out still!!!
So i've now gone and bought the new Headrin 1 hour gel to do tonight. Even i've got them now!!!!
Trouble is I can't afford to keep paying ??18!! a bottle everytime he goes to nursery!!! has anyone else had this problem or know how to finally stop the cycle?? I comb everynight too........
come back the nit nurses
Shea got them just before christmas from nursery, there seems to be one child there who constantly has them and the parents aren't treating his head!!
so I had to go to chemist and buy some Lyclear before xmas and I've done his head every 7 days since (costing me a small fortune) but he still keeps itching his little head and combed through last night and got more out still!!!
So i've now gone and bought the new Headrin 1 hour gel to do tonight. Even i've got them now!!!!
Trouble is I can't afford to keep paying ??18!! a bottle everytime he goes to nursery!!! has anyone else had this problem or know how to finally stop the cycle?? I comb everynight too........
come back the nit nurses
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They can be hard to get rid of - he just kept being re-infected - the school was sending letters home and everything! It turned out that it was a girl with long hair (lovely hair!) whose mum just didn't realise she had them! So she just kept on infecting the whole class :roll:
Anyway, we got rid in the end. The best thing is conditioner and a nit comb. I gave up with chemicals in the end - they just kept coming back. Persistence is the key - every night, loads of conditioner on the hair, comb through. The nits life cycle is about 3 weeks, so keep it up at least that long.
After that, maybe do it once or twice a week, that should stop any reinfection. And tea tree oil shampoo is meant to be good as a deterrent.
Mx
nits are a real fear of mine im lucky that neither of mine have had them yet, but now phoebe is at school im sure she will get them soon. i always tie her hair up for school to lesson that chances but its not really possibale to do that for a boy.
i remember when my sister who is now 16 was at primary school theer was one boy who always had them and his parents never did any thing about them so he would jsut reinfest the rest of the class as soon as their parents got them clear.
i havent got any real advice other than use lots of nice thick conditioner and comb his hair through every night with the nit comb until he has been clear for a good few days.
all kids will get them at some point so its nothing to be ashamed of, good luck with getting rid of the little blighters.
xxxx
I know what you mean by the chemical mimms, I don't like the thought of all those on his head, so will persist with the combing
xx
I dread the day when lo comes home and starts scratching. But I know it will come - there is nothing you can do about it. Its just unfortunate that Shea has caught them already and passed them to you. But really, there is nothing to be ashamed about and you are doing the responsible thing. I hope the other parents whose children have them are doing the same.
Good luck x
this is really good advice, they get immune to the chemicals in the other stuff.
xx
We all used the Hedrin gel at the weekend, and hopefully that might get rid of them for now, but be warned, it is really hard to wash out, we looked like the greasiest family in the world, and its taken another two washes to get anything like normal looking hair on any of us!!
Good Luck!!
XXX
better to have greasy looking hair to nits I suppose!!!
off to look for some teatree shampoo too.............
xx
Just to say I'm a teacher and I've had them! Was soooo embarrassed and had hubby going through me hair for weeks if not months after, as soon as I felt the slightest itch or saw something white in my hair!
We always ask parents to tell us so we can put a note out to get others to check too. Now with a little one I would want to know so I can attempt to protect him or at least have stuff in just incase! So I agree with ymgm about letting the nursery know too.
It's one of those things that everyone has at some point and is nowt to be ashamed of at all.
In fact I'm sure nits only like clean, fresh lovely hair-that's what I kept telling myself anyway!
Hope it eases for you both SOON!
http://www.vosene.co.uk/products/kids-3-in-1-shampoo
and of course combing through with conditioner hope this helps we are lucky they are going round the nursery at the moment but Lexie hasnt got them yet...
Just to let you all know I ordered some Escenti Tea Tree repellent Shampoo on line yesterday ??1.98 bottle and it arrived this morning so now gonna use that regularly
We have managed to avoid nits 3 times now as other children a childminder have had it and no idea how we escaped. Won't be so lucky next time. S x