How the hell do you keep the little buggers gone? I treat my daughters hair which is down to her bottom as soon as I find them, I spray her hair every single day with conditioner and eucalyptus and hair spray every day go through it with a fine tooth comb the works so far this term she has only been nit free for a grand total of 2 weeks this term and I even exclude from school for the first 24hrs after treatment even though the school says as soon as treatment is done she can go to school. We are both finding it frustrating that we do all of this and she still gets them all the school can do is send notes home with the children in her class as I let them know as soon as I find the little burgers she doesn't want me to get her cut and I would rather not cut it. What do I do
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I'd keep her hair in a plait, no hair flying around that way.
But honestly until the other parents get there act together it's pushing sh&t uphill.
I miss the day when the school nurse came around, examined the classes hair and sent the kids home that had nits.
Some parents are just slack!
I keep my daughters hair in a plait like the above answer.
Unfortunately it's just a never ending battle, you just gotta keep on top of it every day.
That's just it her hair is braided every day and the minute I think yes she can have her hair in a ponytail it happens again and again it is really starting to effect not only her education from the constant itching but from me excluding her from school for 24hrs after treatment but it's effecting her confidence and self esteem as well as my own with over hearing some comments at pick up time
Well she has to be catching it from someone. Which means other children are going to school time and time again with nits. Try and remember that when over hearing comments.
If it's a long braid wind it up as well. And we also used to wear little kerchiefs over our hair (like the girls in Sound of Music). This seemed to help as girls play more close contact than boys and the kerchief put a barrier between the two heads.. There will be someone in the class not being treated who constantly reinfects the others. The teacher will probably have an idea who. Maybe you can ask for your daughter not to do group work with this/these kids? Also, stop keeping her way the day you treat. It makes no difference but it does make her feel different and that's not fair. Nits are a pain but don't be ashamed - they don't mean you are dirty.
Is it still said that nits are attracted to clean hair? If so maybe stop washing her hair as often and keep it braided as you are already or up in a tight bun. Are there any treatments you haven't tried? There might be one that works better. Wearing a bandanna or something similar sounds good like the other poster suggested, I don't know if they are cool these days, they were when I was in school!
As the others have said as along as other parents aren't treating their kids then it's most likely always going to be an issue.
Other than that it sounds like you are doing all you can :-/
As a child I never once had nits, our best friends had them constantly and I was always playing with them but somehow never caught them. Their parents where constantly treating them the same as you but couldn't seem to get rid of them, I'm guessing they are more attracted to some hair types.
I'm answering this anonymously due to perfect parents probably bring up in arms. My step son always had nits to the point of it being ridiculous. One of the mums here at work told me that she sprays Frontline (yes the animals spray) in her kids hair every week and in their hats. She was a paramedic, so I took her advice. Whilst o didn't spray it on my step sons head. Every week when I washed his school hat I would take it out of the washing machine, spray his hat and let it dry. Guess what, no nits. Swear by it.