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Here's to Your Health:  Oh ICKY!!! Head Lice....  |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Jan 17 2008 : 4:30:56 PM
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Well, I get the note from DS's daycare that someone has head lice- so I am now sanitizing everything he touched in school in the washer.
What are you natural remedies to have on hand just in case?
ICKY!! I feel like burning everything I have....
Cheers,
Heather |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jan 17 2008 : 4:32:57 PM
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I have been told that tea tree oil works as a preventitive. Just put a few TBLs in your usual shampoo bottle and shake it up. I can't varrify the efficitiveness of it, but I guess I should give it a try now that I have 4 in school.
It sounds so good to hear myself laugh. --Rascal Flats, "No Reins" |
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babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
931 Posts
Elizabeth
Iowa
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Posted - Jan 17 2008 : 4:34:20 PM
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I have heard the the best recipe to try to prevent headlice is to buy the Suave coconut shampoo and mix in a few drops of tea tree oil and shake real well. Use this to wash his hair instead of his regular shampoo (just be careful not to get in his eyes). There is supposed to be something in this mixture that lice do not like or it kills nits or something.
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 17 2008 : 4:36:30 PM
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Oh...Thanks!!! I will stock up tomorrow!! Off to set my clothes on fire.... ; )
Cheers,
Heather |
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 01:52:49 AM
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Head Lice are nasty. But part of life with children. My DD use to bring them home every year through high school. We called her bug girl! The first time we had them I thought I was going to die. At that time I had 5 children and a foster child brought them into my house. Everyone got them before I caught them. They all even had hair cuts and head checks at school the week I found them. I hate using the Dr. RX but with 6 heads and my own I just wanted them gone. Heat kills them and vacuum beds and rooms often. Wash coats, hats and the such in the hottest water they can handle and DRY HOT!!!!!! Teach children not to share clothing or personal hygiene items. You can even transfer eye lash lice through using others mascara. Well I'm feeling crawly off to shower! Good luck! 
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 11:00:36 AM
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Unfortunately, my girls had head lice a couple years ago. Medical remedies are useless.
What works is "dirty" hair. Lice live and thrive in clean, freshly washed hair (counter to what lots of people think). Condition the hair well and leave a little in. If lice strike, douse the hair in a lotion like Cetaphil or even mayonnaise and pop a shower cap on their heads. Lice cannot live in those conditions.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 1:56:38 PM
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That does it....I'm homeschooling!
My friend told me that schools that have carpets are more likely to have outbreaks.
Farmgirl Sister #91
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 2:33:07 PM
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Hi Heather,
A really great non-toxic remedy for your child is to coat his hair with coconut oil. Leave it for an hour or so and then go through his hair with a lice comb. You have to do this daily for a while but I'm telling you it works brilliantly and he'll have the softest hair when you're done too!
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk to blossom |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 4:13:30 PM
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Gross!
Sounds like that's what I'm going through with a current flea problem. We aren't overrun, but I obsessively wash and dry my dog's bed 3 times a week and vacuum far more often than usual too.
Sorry I don't have any good remedies, just my sympathy  |
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