Head Lice

[thetoddlerwhisper]

i do a check once a week for lice as we are a low income daycare and have alot of dont care parents. today i found 2 with bugs and nits 1 with just nits. im bagging up stuff now but a coworker mentioned carpets. i cant bag them up. so other than vacuming is there a safe spray we can use? or maybe a homemade alternative that i can spray as well?

[jenboo]

no advice but oh my!
My sister and I got lice in elementary school. There was a huge breakout at our school. It took our family a YEAR to finally get 100% rid of the lice!! It was horrible!! Every time we thought we were over it..nope! We would get it again

[Meyou]

Vacuuming daily should be fine.

[Blackcat31]

http://www.headlice.org/

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/

[thetoddlerwhisper]

no advice but oh my!
My sister and I got lice in elementary school. There was a huge breakout at our school. It took our family a YEAR to finally get 100% rid of the lice!! It was horrible!! Every time we thought we were over it..nope! We would get it again

thats the way my sister and i were. i get itchy just thinking about it. ill be treating myself tonight. i cant stand it

[thetoddlerwhisper]

http://www.headlice.org/

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/

thank you

[Leanna]

i do a check once a week for lice as we are a low income daycare and have alot of dont care parents.

Really? Are the two things connected? So having money makes you a) care about your kids and b) immune to head lice???? That's funny because I know many "low income" parents who would die for their kids and a number of wealthy parents who probably don't even know where their kids are right now, couldn't name their kid's teacher, and haven't had an actual conversation with their child...ever. Oh, and the time we had a huge outbreak of head lice at the center where I worked...it was brought in by a physician and professor's child.

[Unregistered]

Really? Are the two things connected? So having money makes you a) care about your kids and b) immune to head lice???? That's funny because I know many "low income" parents who would die for their kids and a number of wealthy parents who probably don't even know where their kids are right now, couldn't name their kid's teacher, and haven't had an actual conversation with their child...ever. Oh, and the time we had a huge outbreak of head lice at the center where I worked...it was brought in by a physician and professor's child.

Yeah, I was going to comment on the same thing. Lice actually really love clean hair and they do a credit or bank balance check before coming onboard, so not sure what you're getting at?

If you're serious about prevention, a tea tree shampoo is supposed to be a good preventative. When there was an outbreak at my daughter's school (a very, nice- very expensive, very exlusive school, but way) I had read that they disliked product so I would spray a little hairspray in her hair every morning.

[Unregistered]

Yeah, I was going to comment on the same thing. Lice actually really love clean hair and they do a credit or bank balance check before coming onboard, so not sure what you're getting at?

If you're serious about prevention, a tea tree shampoo is supposed to be a good preventative. When there was an outbreak at my daughter's school (a very, nice- very expensive, very exlusive school, but way) I had read that they disliked product so I would spray a little hairspray in her hair every morning.

^ please don't let they typos make you think I'm uneducated, low income and don't care about my kid. I also promise she doesn't have lice.

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[thetoddlerwhisper]

Really? Are the two things connected? So having money makes you a) care about your kids and b) immune to head lice???? That's funny because I know many "low income" parents who would die for their kids and a number of wealthy parents who probably don't even know where their kids are right now, couldn't name their kid's teacher, and haven't had an actual conversation with their child...ever. Oh, and the time we had a huge outbreak of head lice at the center where I worked...it was brought in by a physician and professor's child.

i didnt mean anything like that by it. my parents honestly dont care and dont bother to check their kids health or hair. that falls back as my responsibility. please dont take offense by it

[Michelle]

i didnt mean anything like that by it. my parents honestly dont care and dont bother to check their kids health or hair. that falls back as my responsibility. please dont take offense by it

I think I know what you mean,:hug:
I have had some very low income families that could not afford the expensive shampoo and couldn't afford to keep washing their hooded jackets at the laundromats all the time.
Unfortunately because of money issues, these same kids kept getting it even after their school and health department gave them the shampoo for free.
There's more to treating it than just the shampoo. such as owning a vacuum to actually vacuum the carpet. I had some parents just sweep their carpets, and they would use used cooking oil to comb through their kids hair. :confused:

So I have seen lice in rich families and poor families too.
It's just on average the poor families keep getting it and giving it to others.
( not a generalization .. just what I have seen)

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

I think I know what you mean,:hug:
I have had some very low income families that could not afford the expensive shampoo and couldn't afford to keep washing their hooded jackets at the laundromats all the time.
Unfortunately because of money issues, these same kids kept getting it even after their school and health department gave them the shampoo for free.
There's more to treating it than just the shampoo. such as owning a vacuum to actually vacuum the carpet. I had some parents just sweep their carpets, and they would use used cooking oil to comb through their kids hair. :confused:

So I have seen lice in rich families and poor families too.
It's just on average the poor families keep getting it and giving it to others.
( not a generalization .. just what I have seen)

This has been my experience too. My poorer kids also tend to have single moms that are young! And a lot of times they just don't know what to do so they keep recontaminating their kids. I *know* lice doesn't have any economic implications, everyone can get head lice. It is how they are treating it once they get it that really matters

[jenn]

The school I worked at sounds similar to what you are describing!

I don't think the OP was trying to be judgemental toward anyone at all!

There are wonderful parents that are low income families. There are also horrible parents that are low income families. There are parents of every income level that would do anything for their child, and others that couldn't care less.

[originalkat]

I think I know what you mean,:hug:
I have had some very low income families that could not afford the expensive shampoo and couldn't afford to keep washing their hooded jackets at the laundromats all the time.
Unfortunately because of money issues, these same kids kept getting it even after their school and health department gave them the shampoo for free.
There's more to treating it than just the shampoo. such as owning a vacuum to actually vacuum the carpet. I had some parents just sweep their carpets, and they would use used cooking oil to comb through their kids hair. :confused:

So I have seen lice in rich families and poor families too.
It's just on average the poor families keep getting it and giving it to others.
( not a generalization .. just what I have seen)

:hug:Yes, I knew what you meant too and I agree with the above.