LICE
Posted September 17, 2015 - 9:22am
NO - we do not currently have lice, thank God. But my oldest did a few years ago and it was horrible. A friend texted me last night that she found a couple on her daughter, who rides the bus with mine. EEK. I checked her out this morning and she looked OK though.
So I'm wondering, do you experienced parents have any tried and true lice remedies?
sunnykathleen
The same thing happened to my daughter who has VERY curly and thick hair. She slathered her head in olive oil and slept with a shower cap on. Supposedly it suffocates them and it is natural without all the poison. It worked for us! Good luck
Your Kid's Table
We haven't had to deal with that, but I'm making a mental note!
Hallz105
My sister in law did the same thing only with Mayo!
Frugal Minded M...
With 5 kids I have been so fortunate not to experience this yet even though the notes have come home saying the kids have been exposed. It a good thing too because my husband has said he would shave the girls hair off and throw away a bunch of things in our house. I do know there are natural Lice experts out there that promise you will be deloused. I had a friend who had people come to their house and my brother's family went to a strip mall for it to be done - he actually got it too.
Mommy Ramblings
Knock on wood my kids never had lice. I am so lucky three all the way through school and no lice incidents. My 2 littles I hope will be the same. I know that lice do not like tea tree oil and using a shampoo with tea tree oil will almost repel them. I am pretty particular about tea tree oil because all the ones in shampoos are cosmetic grade. I use shampoo with true pharmaceutical (not therapeutic- no such thing) tea tree oil. I hope that is our lucky charm.
Hallz105
I was also going to suggest tea tree oil. I just add a few drops to my normal shampoo bottle. You can also make a spray but I think shampoo is easier — I would probably forget to use the spray.
jonbonjovious
Tea Tree Oil is what finally got us out of lice...and we use a spray (trust me, if you've had lice, you won't forget to use it!) LOL
CandyOvercaffed
I so hope I don't have to use any of these suggestions. I found out this morning that all the kids on my friend's cul de sac have it. My 5yo has very curly hair. I don't think I could survive delousing her. I put her in pig tails today and I was kicking myself for not braiding the pig tails as I watched her get on the bus and saw how poofy her pig tails were! It may seem crazy to pray about lice, but I am PRAYING we don't get it!
jonbonjovious
First, I'm praying for you.Ugh...we had lice two years ago. First time ever. I wanted to burn our house down! We tried nix and some other lice treatment...it didn't kill them all...so round two we tried original listerine as a hair rinse. They still lived. SO...I added half a bottle of tea tree oil to our shampoo bottle and the other half to shampoo. We washed the hair with the shampoo and let it sit for 5 minutes. I then add the conditioner and let it sit on their hair while I used a nit comb to comb through...then we rinsed.There is a line of products called "Fairy Tale" that we use (and had used--then weren't using when we got the pests). It's great stuff.We also have a spray of water and tea tree oil that I use on the kids backpacks after school.... I never want to live this again. It was exhausting.It was the magic ticket.
CandyOvercaffed
I have the Fairy Tale conditioning spray now. There was a great tea tree and mint spray of another brand we had once. I need to find that. The girls were playing with neighbors this weekend and I almost didnt' want to let them! Just in case. The fear is real.
Mommy Ramblings
How are you making out. Hope you are lice free. Believe me my daughter has the same kind of hair and that is all I would think of besides all the bedding, stuffed animals etc. Ewwwww. I so hope my younger kids make it through lice free. My daughter in college her dorm apartment had bed bugs and my daughter who is really allergic to even mosquitos, had such a bad reaction and the RA kept saying the exterminator could not find them and denied the whole thing. She even found one bug and they said they accidentally lost it before it could be identified. Long story short they did finally admit it and then a letter leaked from another student in the same dorm bldg and they knew all about it. Creeps.
CandyOvercaffed
Oh no! How terrible! So far we are good. I am braiding her hair every day right now though. And spraying all kinds of things on it. That's getting old but I'd rather put up with that than lice!
jonbonjovious
Bed bugs are gross! We check hotels before we rent the room because we've had a few less than pleasant experiences.
Mommy Ramblings
Glad to hear that, hope it stays that way. That is something no one wants to deal with.