Nits

[Pipsqueak]

Just wondering what you as a mummy/childminder think the best prevention and treatment for Nits is.



(touch wood) my boys have never had and the girls in my setting have never had either but I got caught up in a fracas at school yesterday with one irate (and rather foul mouthed) mummy.

I have some 'natural remedies' that I suggest to parents
I never recommend the over the counter solutions
I hear the the nitty gritty comb is one of the best
I personally would go along with lots of conditioner and wet combing reguarly / treat the whole family/ wash bedding etc etc



Mind you - have you seen? David Camerons kids have nits...... obviously good enough for number 10!!!!

BRING BACK THE NIT NURSE

[gigglinggoblin]

Conditioner and nitty gritty. For extreme cases (when my son came back from school with new ones every day) neem oil.

Most over the counter stuff doesnt work tho I havent tried the one that claims to shirnk wrap them (hedrin possibly)

[WibbleWobble]

tea tree oil in conditioner used to work with my kids with an old fashioned derbac comb...very very very fine tooth. much better than the ones you get today. its almost a family heirloom...it was my mums and used on me and my brother and sister...



mandy xxx

[sfox2003]

My favourite remedy is ALL OF THEM. I use everything, over counter stuff, nitty gritty comb, tea tree oil & combing with conditioner.

Whatever I can lay my hands on I use to rid the pesky little critters.

My daughter had them recently, I personally dont exclude for lice, however I had a parent complaining that they didnt want their child to catch them. I told them I wouldnt exclude their child with lice and I take every precaution ie treatment had started & hair was tied back & plaited. If that wasnt enough to keep her child off but she would have to continue to pay me. She sent her child surprise surprise!!!

However my daughters school excluded her so she had to stay at home with us for a week. I was told a week later when she returned that the person I had spoke to & the 2 people she had double checked with were in actual fact wrong and I shouldnt have been told to keep her off. I was not at all pleased.

[Pipsqueak]

I was told a week later when she returned that the person I had spoke to & the 2 people she had double checked with were in actual fact wrong and I shouldnt have been told to keep her off. I was not at all pleased.

you can choose to exclude if you want to.

[RachelE]

My dd got her 1st lot in Sept when she started school.

I got Hedrin (I think. -the 10 min one) It worked a treat. I also condition and comb regularly now.

I told the teacher that she'd had them and I'd treated and did she want to warn other parents, but she said that they arent allowed!
So, I told as many parents as I could to have a check!
One Mum said her boy has them so often she gets really annoyed.
If parents arent told/reminded to check then its a vicious cirlce isnt it?

I found a good website which does packs for schools and reccommends every child is treated on the same night and this may help the situation.

Rachel x

[snufflepuff]

DS hasn't had them but we had to check lots as a mindee had them recently.

I'd go for lots of conditioner and combing through every night until they are gone and then keep going for another week just to be sure! Won't be using any 'treatments' on him. I remember my Mum having to use them on me and the fumes were awful, I could hardly breathe! I'm sure they are different nowadays but as he has asthma I won't be risking it.

[Polly2]

My girls had nits LOADS of times! both had very long thick hair and it was a nightmare however after trying all the potions everywhere I finally decided to wet comb with conditioner. I jsut did it every night - it became habit

I just wasn't comfortable putting the chemicals on and they still kept being reinfected anyway.

Nitty Gritty wasn't invented then but I would definately use it now.

I read some terrible story about a parent who had sat her children infront of a gas fire for hair to dry and their hair caught fire from the chemicals it scared me.

[Pipsqueak]

http://www.vosenekids.co.uk/nitwatch



The perpetuation of headlice being so rife is more to do with the use of chemicals now. They are becoming resistant to them.

[Blaze]

Wet comb & nitty gritty - perfect!

TBH there was a time where I used everything & IMHO full marks, hedren etc don't work all that well. (Neither do conditioner & normal nit combs).

Nothing beats conditioner & the nitty gritty comb - it's fab!

[Mcgons]

We use this kit at home, got the link to this through NHS website:

www.chc.org

It worked really well and can be used to check every now and again as well.

[fionamal]

Well so far neither of mine have had them but I do check them every other night and have a nitty gritty comb in the cabinet as a just in case

[gegele]

As prevention : I use tea tree shampoo and conditioner on my DD a couple of time a week, keep her hair up usually in plated bunches.

To cure : DD had nits on my first day to childminding EVER!!!!

i tried the chemical stuff and lots of combing But the ULTIMATE thing to do is to sit with your child, a white paper on the side on top of a hard surface and go through her hair bits at the time and remove eggs by hand and pop them with back of nail on paper to make sure they're dead!!!!!!!

i can't do that all waiting business the eggs will slide down blablabla

REMOVE THEM!! you just need one resistant egg to start all over again!

my sister used to visit , she was covered!! i'll do a chemical first attack, and then i used a n electric comb twice a day and then watched TV for a long time while i went through her hairs strand by strand!!!

3days later all done!!!

[manjay]

We use this kit at home, got the link to this through NHS website:

www.chc.org

It worked really well and can be used to check every now and again as well.

I like the idea of the book that comes with this

My girls have both had them a couple of times. Complete nightmare with thick long hair. I personally wouldn't use any chemicals so have always used a comb and conditioner. I now have a nitty gritty comb but never used it as ds hasn't had them.

[LOOPYLISA]

Full marks

Conditioner and comb

E has long thick hair, nightmere

Don't get them now shes at high school..........................touch wood

[PixiePetal]

nitty gritty comb every time - I have tried all sorts in the past but nothing beats seeing the little blighters getting what they deserve!

the Kipper book is on Amazon and I have a Topsy and Tim one about nits (T & T have itchy heads) - kids love it

[miffy]

Luckily never had them but would use conditioner and nitty gritty comb which looks as though it would see them off!

Miffy xx

[WibbleWobble]

crikey i am itching now!

I check ours DD is 19 and has long curly red hair down her back

Hubby has long curly hair too down his back

My hair is long too

it takes time! we have had them once whilst i have been married - so last three years (before i did childminding) OH was very patient!

[xdirtydancerx]

My dd has had them every 4-5 weeks since september. I tried 'prevention' in the form of vosene kids shampoo and spray but actually found that vosene for sensitive scalps seems to be working better (but I'll clarify this if they definitely don't come back this time!!)

[Ticktoria]

I wouldnt use chemicals, and would go for conditioner and comb option with a couple of drops of tea tree oil.

We use the vosene kids 3in1 prevention shampoo and spray (smells revolting at first spray but once on no smell) and we've not had a problem so far.