*sigh* At that point “parents” were just my dad, to whom the daycare lady denied the whole thing, threw a fit about how I could get her shut down for showing up with lice (she worked, likely illegally, out of her home) and kicked me and my siblings out, making it a “huge hassle” for my dad to find another place for us. So I pretty much got in trouble for it. but the good news is that my dad never really followed through with punishment because it took too much effort, so other than a speech nothing much happened.

Oh, Rebecca, I drink whatever I’ve got. It was actually his beer bottle, I was drinking vodka tonics.
The more I see the more I’m convinced that that’s the way to go. Just keep working away at them, kind of like getting rid of fleas–you can use all those sprays, bombs and baths, but what really works is Boraxing the carpet and vacuuming every day.
And I knew what you meant about the hair, lol.

Oh, I know, SM. Ugh. Like I don’t have enough to do, lol, I need to keep inspecting her head every other minute too.
But thanks for that suggestion about the Krishnas, I’ll get right on that. Yep, got great advice, thanks to everyone!

And so I add you to the “comb comb comb” school of treatment, McKoala! Thanks!

No pets, Michele, so at least we don’t have to worry about that. I’ve heard vinegar a few times, it’s on my list to try.
Bleach! Ugh! You know, my Mom once had a patient in the ER who had some sort of infection in her ladyparts, and she decided to treat it herself by douching with bleach and tangerine juice. Seriously. She came to the ER in a world of hurt, as you can imagine.

What did your parents do about the bleach wash?

I know, Seeley, I was disappointed that my ebooks wouldn’t work on it, but then, the screen really is small for reading. My thumb would get way sore from scrolling down.

Yeah, I’ve heard of trying tea tree oil as well, and I have some of that. Also vinegar. We’re going to see how we do with the blow-drying first, then try something like that because I honestly don’t believe that stuff I bought yesterday did doodley.

Yep, I remember a few of those notes, Bernita, and being warned not to wear anyone else’s hat. Which was confusing, because we usually didn’t wear hats, and why would I want to wear someone else’s anyway?

Lol Seeley I always wonder about that stuff too. Who are those kids?

She’s got pretty long hair, kis, so I think letting her have dirty hair for a while would be okay, except they’re doing swimming once a week in school and we have to wash her hair for that. I think that’s where she picked them up, actually, is the pool.

And with my vision, Vicki, I don’t see anything! The hubs had to inspect again last night, because I just couldn’t see them very well. Of course, I didn’t think to stand nder the hall light either where it’s really bright. *shrug* Hopefully we’ll get rid of them quickly!

That is bizarre, Camille. It’s a plague. Like the superflu, but lice instead.
No, I hadn’t thought of them either until the day we got here and our friends told us about their daughter’s lice issues.

Lol, V95, I even had the thought as I was doing it that if anyone peeped in the kitchen window at that moment…lady cleaning the floor on her hands and knees in her undies. Yeah.
The OTC stuff here stinks. We used it, then brushed her out, then washed and blow-dried her and I think we’ll blow-dry again later tday. We’ve been told that’s a really good way to get rid of them.

Hi Mary, thanks for commenting! Yes, I don’t think that stupid little comb did shit, honestly. The fine teeth on a regular comb seemed closer together. Ugh, scuzzy foreign lice, lol!

Thanks, Bernard. Yes, they’re epidemic here (they never were when I was a kid, I only remember a couple of lice scares in elementary school). Still makes me feel kinda icky.

I think that’s it, Charles. I think it’s the massive electric field of your brain that does it.

Where’s that infestation of child services workers when you need it?

And yes on washing soft (bedding, plush toys, etc) in hot water (or tying them up in garbage bags for a month or so) and vacuuming the hell out of the carpets. You should bathe pets too, just in case.

But mostly I wanted to say you’re not a bad mom. It happens. It will happen again, mostly because you can’t depend on people to thoroughly take care of their own kids’ heads. The good moms want to get rid of the lice. The bad moms just do the bare minimum to get the kids back in school.

The really bad moms are like the one daycare lady who washed my hair with bleach when she discovered that I had lice.

Combing the conditioner through with a lice comb was what finally got rid of them for us.

Then again youse guys could all join the Hare Krishna’s and leave all yer wardrobe and lice problems behind.

STOMP.

Post Stomp. The name of the shampoo in the States is NIX. Pretty sure that yer local druggist will have somthin similar.

After you’ve treated them – a good thing to do is absolutely coat your kids with conditioner (so it doesn’t hurt) and comb, comb, comb – this is when you’ll pull out a LOT of nasty lice (and strangely if you put them on a piece of paper they look like they’re dead ….but come back later and they’ll be crawling around – they just do NOT die – bastards!!!)

You MUST repeat this a week later when any eggs have hatched to get the babies – otherwise you’ll be stuck in the whole nitty cycle once again.

And LOL on the beer bottle – that’s your Karmic punshment for drinking beer – you really should drink wine!