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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a bunch of losers you are. Do you honestly outsource every single thing now? Put some lotion on the kids head. Drown them. Clean the sheets in hot water. Toss pillows. If you see any eggs left, use a 10 bottle of RID

It is not a big deal. My DD has it twice. No one else in the family got it. [/quote]

Losers?  Please get over yourself.  I am the type who makes my DD’s Halloween costumes by hand, repurposes before buying g at the store, and I also make nearly half a million in income every year at my job.  Not wanting to pick dead bugs out of my child’s hair doesn’t make me a loser. [/quote]

I know this is an old post but I wanted to respond anyway for anyone dealing with lice for the first time:

I handled the lice on my own and while it is doable, I would 100% recommend to anyone dealing with a first-time lice infestation to hire a lice lady to help that first time, especially if it's someone who will talk you through the process and leave you with products.

I never had lice growing up and had no idea how to approach it. I also didn't know any of the early signs, which led to the infestation being worse than it should have been before we started treating, and then didn't have the right products on hand and the stuff I was able to buy quickly to treat immediately is NOT what wound up being most effective. I was researching online, watching YouTube videos on combing technique, and I didn't really know how to separate good info from bad at that time (a lot of the advice on lice online, especially if sponsored by some of the lice product companies, is not particularly good).

Now I feel confident I could solve a lice infestation on my own. I have supplies at home already in our first aid kid so I wouldn't have to buy anything, and I know exactly how to treat, comb, and follow up to make sure I get it all. But it's hard-won knowledge. If you are dealing with your first lice outbreak, especially if more than one person in the family has them (especially if YOU have them, as I found treating myself to be one of the hardest parts that first time), and you can afford to spend a few hundred on a lice lady, DO IT. Watch closely as they lice comb, ask questions about the products they are using, talk about follow up care and preventative care.

I now do a lice check on my kids at least twice a month (more frequent if I know there's an outbreak at the school or during mid-winter when lice are most likely to hitch a ride in coat hoods or hats in school cubbies) and do a preventative lice combing at the same frequency. And if I ever see nits, I do a lice spray to saturation, let dry, and then do a lice comb with a deep conditioner in the morning.

Lice are rampant at our elementary school, frustratingly, but this helps us keep ahead of it.[/quote]

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