Lice!!!! - Fort Worth,TX

F.,

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President/CEO
The Texas Lice Squad

I don't blame you! Lice is horrid.

Here is a very cheap and easy way to get rid of them:

Pour amber colored listerine on head, wrap in shower cap, and leave on for 2 hours 15 minutes.

Rinse. You will see ALL the dead lice fall out. They will ALL be dead.

Pour plain white vinegar on head, wrap in a shower cap, and leave on for 2 hours 15 minutes. This will loosen the glue on the eggs so you can comb them out.

Rince vengear, and use Suave coconut conditioner on hair.

Use the lice comb and get all the eggs out.

While you are doing all of this waiting, wash, wash, wash all of your linens, pillows, stuffed animals, etc.

If you are really good about combing the eggs out, you will be done with it once and for all.

If you miss some eggs, do the whole process every other day until they are all gone.

It is a LOT better and easier than the medicated lice treatments you find at the store.

Ugh. My head is itching just thinking about it...

Boys hair (short hair) can be checked so much easier than girls. If you check him and he's clear it's not a big deal.
My daughter had this in 4th grade and had such long brown hair it took us forever to clear it and her daddy is a doctor. My son has never had it and was with her in the car, couch, etc..
The only issue is if you take it to school you will spread it and that equals missed school days. That becomes the annoyance to all! Missed work, missed teaching, etc..
I see your a naturist so let him spend the night and just wash his hair with tea tree shampoo. That will keep those little buggers off.

Lice is an annoyance not something to make a huge issue over.

I wouldn't want to risk it; it was a months-long battle when we had it. I wouldn't risk infecting my nieces and nephews. The lice are often resistant to the chemicals in the treatment and the eggs are very small. One egg could infect your family. Why is the sleepover such a big deal that it's worth risking it?

No. I would not let him spend the night and really, I would be surprised if their mother did not ask to change the date of the sleepover first. As a mom, if one of my children had lice, I certainly would not be sending any of them on sleepovers out of simple consideration of others. I would be gentle of course in the way you tell them, but I would not be worried about hurt feelings either. Common Sense.
8-) Good luck!

I wouldn't risk it, it takes forever to get rid of. She should not have made you feel guilty, you are only doing what is best for your family. I would have done the same thing, lice is such a pain!

If he is treated then he should be fine. Even so, she shouldn't have made you feel bad. Lice is the biggest pain the butt I have ever had to endure! If I were your sister I would have kept him home just out of respect to you and your home.

I kind of thought that you ever reacted at first until I read how young your littlest one was. I was thinking what is the big deal about the lice, they may be an annoyance and a little hard to get rid of, but they aren't dangerous and harmful. But then I saw that your littlest one was one year old and I was picturing myself having to go through my 18 month old's hair with a nit comb, shampooing her hair multiple times, search her scalp for lice and that would be nearly impossible to do to a 1 year old, not to mention, a one year old really doesn't scratch when they have an itch they just cry and that would be terrible. So, given the age of your children, I think that she should have been more understanding of why you wouldn't want your little ones especially to be exposed. However, if your kids had been 4 and up I probably would have said you over reacted. If you want o try to justify your reason to her again, just reinforce how miserable it would be to go through it with your 1 year old. Don't feel bad though, and just as a side note, I would guess that your niece and nephew go to daycare or are old enough to be in elementary school. It is very rare for a stay at home baby, toddler or preschooler to have lice. It isn't something that kids just "have" it is something they "catch" from being in close proximity to large numbers of other children and sharing things like pillows, blankets, napmats, dressup hats that they play with at daycares, laying on the floor at daycares watching movies, etc. If you will keep children with lice out of your house, your children who are at home with you should never catch lice.

If he's been treated and nit combed, you all should be fine. Since he's a boy with shorter hair most likely they will catch it all. If you're still concerned you can buy conditioner or shampoo with neem oil or rosemary extract in it for your family and the lice will stay away.

We went through a whole lice problem at my boys' school a couple years ago and I even got it myself and the neem stuff worked to keep it away. The next year the school broke out with it, my kids and I stayed clear (but I also nit combed their hair once a week while they were in the bath).

No, I would not want him to stay the night until they are lice free. I would think that she would be more understanding. Being upfront and honest would be the approach that i would take. I am sure she might be a bit frustrated and tired from trying to rid the house from lice. Also, may be a bit embarrased even though any kid can get it. I would just say that you would prefer to postpone the sleepover until things are clear as you want to make sure that the kids are not transferring from house to house and you guys end up not seeing eachother at all for a while b/c of the lice. Tough situation; however, I am in your camp. Good luck!

Hi F., do not feel bad for not allowing the nephew to stay over. Your sister will understand soon enough. Take a look at some websites regarding lice, its an interesting cycle. If you were able to see the lice they had reached maturity (27 days) and probably laid new eggs already. As long as your sister has done the recommended regiment for getting rid of lice your niece should be good to go in about two weeks or so. Good luck!

You did the right thing! My kids got lice from my sister in law that babysat them when they where younger. I had to no where else to sent them and it was a mess. The entire family ended up with them. You did what you needed to do to protect your family. She will get over it. And if she does not that's her problem!!!

God bless!

I would pick another time, several weeks from now, for him to spend the night. I would feel the same way you do and if your sister isn't understanding, then she'll just have to get over it. I'm sure she would feel the same way if it were her children. You do what's best for your family first.

I wouldn't let him just to be safe. Lice is so hard to get rid of!! Even if you can't see the actual bugs crawling around, it's the nits that are sometimes hard to see. Once they get into any fabrics, it's even harder to get rid of. I worked at a daycare where we had a lice outbreak, and it's a daily battle keeping everything nit-free once it starts. I've also heard that adding a little tea tree oil to your shampoo helps prevent you from getting lice. Don't know if it really works, but I tried it while we had that lice outbreak and I never got it.

I keep Lice R Gone nontoxic shampoo on hand just in case. It is natural and the lice cannot get immune to it. It also dissolves the nit glue and I have rarely had to comb anything out afterwards-everything is just gone. I hope your nephew doesn't have it, but I also hope he doesn't feel like it's his fault for not being able to spend the night. Maybe talk to him personally and offer to do something fun in the near future.