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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they in elementary or at a preschool or day care? If not yet ES age I would bet money the outbreak is coming from preschool/child care. The school needs to treat for lice, they need to make sure all the bedding is cleaned and treated, the dress up clothes need to be treated, especially any hats or headbands, all of that. And make sure your kids aren’t sharing hats, head bands, hair brushes, coats/jackets etc. etc. with other kids. [/quote]

Op - 2 are in elementary and 1 is in daycare. The hardest is the girls. One of my girls has super duper thick hair. It’s impossible to find every little nit. I comb her for hours and do treatments and it always takes a month to completely clear it up. [/quote]

I agree with the PPs suggesting it must be daycare. Find out what is going on at nap time at the daycare. Do they stack the cots with sheets on them? If so, send your child with a nap mat that can be rolled up and put in her cubby or backpack every day instead of rolled up into the cot. Similarly, if the kids are allowed to choose a stuffed animal to nap with them, shut that down. Your child needs to bring her own stuffed animal and pillow and it needs to come out of her backpack immediately before nap and back into her backpack immediately after nap (along with the nap mat). Also, this sounds crazy, but make sure the daycare isn't brushing the girls' hair before/after nap. They absolutely should know not to do this, but make sure. And make sure they're not doing dress up/sharing hats, costumes, etc.[/quote]

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