Serious answers plse because this aint funny, just noticed that my little girl of 16 months as got head lice?
how disgusting! wot is the best stuff to use, as she is only 16 months, just goes to show her hair is always clean cos that is wot head lice like so ive heard! i know where they ave come from an im not happy, the mother of the other children that my daughter as been near is a tramp she knows her kids ave got head lice but she dont do nothing about it, wot can i buy 2day from a chemist to get rid of them. sum1 help plse im so stressed an disgusted
Answers:
This comes from personal experience. My daughter, can attract a head lice with in a fifty mile radius. She bathes every day. The house is clean. The laundry is kept up as is her bedding. I know its NOT because of MY house. Because of this Ive got bunches of experience in this feild.
You can, and I know this sounds really weird, but lice cant hold on to slippery things. You can put vegitable oil in her hair, soak it down, and make her stay that way for about 8 hrs. The vegitable oil will suffocate the lice. Also you can call your doc, and they can call in prescription things at the pharmacy. Oft times though, the prescription from the Doctors office, smells aweful. Anytime your daughter is around you, she will reek of this medicine that you have to leave in her hair for an alotted amount of time.
You also want to get a really fine toothed comb and comb her hair through, comb it through with the oil in it if thats what you so chose to do. Also comb through the hair, IF you decide to go with your doctors advice.
All bedding, pillows, clothing, toys must be washed or put into bags. Pillows can just simply go through the dry cycle. The heat kills the lice.
It doesnt matter if the hair is clean or dirty, the lice will be attracted. They like to burro in, and make a home. Right behind the ears on the head is where they often love to reside.
Also to prevent lice, make sure that you put conditioner in your childs hair, every time you bath her. Lice have a hard time holding on when conditioner is used, and so will jump to the next person.
If your daughter is in day care, make sure her bag is not near anyones that has lice. Make sure that other caps are not used around her, and what ever you do, do not allow your daughter back at the place where she contracted the head lice. Inform the mother that you wont be back until this problem is resolved.
If lice is let go long enough, infestion of the home can happen. Also because your daughter has head lice, its easy to spread them to you. Lice do jump. They feel warmth and go to it. They also stick onto things. It takes, or should take a total of 3 wks to totally beat them. After the first ..dousing in meds, ( everyone in the house needs treated) and cleaning of bedding and toys and such, make sure you do it again a week later, and then another week later to make sure youve gotton them all
Nits, which are the lice eggs, are stuck to the hair. Thats how lice do it when they lay them. Thats why a very fine comb should be used. Usually you can get a plastic one at your nearest pharmacy. I would go for the metal ones though they work much better. Comb her hair with this comb morning and night. for the next week or so. That will help rid her of the lice, and help her stop itching.
Good luck. I hope I have helped.
Your pharmacist will be able to recommend the best treatment for your daughter - there are many available but it depends on age, scalp health and conditions such as asthma.
Don't be too stressed, this is a very common condition that is treatable.
Its only head lice and she won't get seriously hurt from it. Don't panic and just go to the chemists and you can get shampoo for it there. It'll all be over in a couple of days.
Good Luck!!
Go down to your local drug store and they have OTC shampoo especially for head lice.
Here's a good tip. Learn to speak english. I hope you don't talk to your daughter that way, she might end up as stupid as you.
How about going to your daughters doctor? Try the shampoo section at Walmart. They have stuff there. Read the labels and it will tell you what ages are safe.
It will take 10 days to two weeks of daily treatment and vigilance to get rid of them. Here are some recommendations from the Harvard School of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on what you need to know and do:
* Treat only when necessary. A person should be treated only when active lice and unhatched eggs are spotted. Talk to your doctor or school nurse before deciding what treatment is best for your child and family. Effective treatment involves a two-step process - killing the adult lice and removing the remaining nits.
* Do it yourself. Manually removing nits and lice from the hair shaft with special combs is an effective way to treat lice without chemicals. The hot, dry air from a hair dryer may also be effective, but be careful not to scald your child's hair or scalp.
* Watch your use of chemicals. Specially formulated, over-the-counter shampoos, rinses and lotions containing pyrethrin can be used in certain circumstances. Use these products according to the directions when head lice are first discovered and then again in a week to 10 days, if necessary, to kill any remaining eggs that may have hatched. Prescription-strength insecticides such as lindane and malathion can be used when over-the-counter treatments are unsuccessful. However, medicated formulas are not a panacea because some lice may be resistant to insecticides. Health experts do not recommend using certain chemicals on pregnant women or children younger than 2.
* Be wary of alternative treatments. Pollock of the Harvard School of Public Health opposes the use of antibiotics that some doctors are prescribing (trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole) and says there's no proof that hair gel, olive oil or commercial products using natural substances are effective in smothering the parasites.
* Soak combs and brushes in hot water (130 degrees F) for at least 15 minutes.
* Machine wash all clothing, towels, bed linens (including pillow cases) and blankets in hot water and dry for at least 20 minutes on the highest heat cycle of your clothes dryer. Make sure you do the same for any head gear, hats, caps, and the like.
* Store all other exposed items that cannot be machine-washed, such as stuffed animals and dolls, in tightly sealed plastic bags for two weeks. Lice cannot live longer than that without human contact.
* Vacuum any affected areas (rugs, furniture and mattresses) and discard the vacuum bag.
Use plenty of conditioner and comb through with a small toothed comb repeat every two days for about a week and keep checking Dailey. All kids suffer from time to time you just have to keep on top of the problem
Anyone can get lice. Even rich people, even clean people. All you have to do is come into contact with a person who has lice, or a surface with recently dropped adult lice, and that will take up residence on your own head.
Its part of life. its no more disgusting than a misquito, although it does need to be dealt with.
I would go to your pharmsist, or even your doctor and get a shampoo that is safe for a child so young.
You will need to treat all the fabric surfaces in your house, and vacuume all your carpets and floors. Bedding, stuffed toys, pillows.
You will also need to pick through every strand of your daughters hair and pull out every nit, egg, and adult louse.
Chances are it will not be the only time your child gets head lice, at some point she'll be in school, a great breeding ground for lice :)
This is part of being a parent, and is the most common parasite children come into contact with. Just be glad its not round worms, which are the next most common.
you are best to use cheap conditioner and put loads on and comb her hair through with a fine comb. a doctor told me that, as a lot of the bottles of stuff you can buy dont actually work and you can repeat with the conditioner as many times as it takes. dont be disgusted as its far more common than you think
go to the doctor with a child that young, the prescription stuff works much better than the over the counter stuff, my kids had it too but not that young, you will have to put all the child's clothes and bedding in the dryer on hi heat to kill what might be in those too.
First of all - don't stress. I know its horrible, but EVERY child gets head lice at some point in their lives. It may even make you feel better to know that head lice are only attracted to *clean* hair (its true I assure you)
Pay a quick trip to your chemist and they will give you a solution to rub into her head. Everything will be fine in a matter of days.
You really shouldn't use anything on a baby that young without a dr's knowlage and suggestion. there are of course shampoos and whatnot but really I don't think they are good for skin so soft and precious as a 16 month old, they are very harsh. If I was you i would call a dr. and get a suggestion. My six and a half year old got head lice once and we didn't use a shampoo but we did get a comb that has special electronic waves that go through and zap the lice dead and then it pulls out the eggs. She got completely rid of the lice within two days and we kept combing for two weeks to be certain they were gone. Had to wash all bedding and boil all brushes and stuff but they never came back.
Hedron or full marks x
dont worry!
its just head lice, every child will get it at some time in their life, its not your fault and sometimes its not the other childs fault either, things happen.
take a deep breath and calm down.
just go to the pharmacy and talk to them and they shold be able to help you.
My little girl had headlice a few weeks ago - I was horrified and disgusted too. But, just deal with the issue and don't make a big fuss of it in front of her! They don't mind whose head they live on, in fact, the cleaner the better, according to some people.
There are loads of things you can buy over the counter - I used Full Marks lotion which you put on when the hair is dry and leave on for 10 minutes, then comb through with a fine tooth comb. It gets rid of live ones and their eggs. Make sure you wash it really welll afterwards and continue to comb for about a week, every day. They'll soon go.
I'd advise you to tell your friend that your daughter won't be playing with her kids until she gets the situation sorted.
RIT is the best stuff to use. It comes with a special comb. and starts working the second it goes on your daughters head.. it comes with spray for her sheets, stuff animals and her clothes.. its the best stuff trust me.. about her kids.. Dont let your daughter around the children with lice until the mother does something about it.. and if she doesnt offer to do it for her kids
keep on wet combing every time you wash hair with a nit comb and lots of conditioner
i am surprised that you let your child play there knowing her kids have nits ! dya think they were gonna avoid ur daughters head coz she was clean - anyway dont buy stuff from chemist it doesnt work - get some really rich conditioner , thicken it on her hair and leave for a bit b4 combing thru with a nit comb. This will get them out coz they cant stick to the hair shaft . Then to prevent reinfestation spray regularly with tea tree oil - good luck !
Boots do a really good natural remedy for head lice,I'm not sure what its called but it will be a lot milder on your baby's skin.Plus head lice have become immune to a lot of the chemicals in normal treatments.I work in childcare and this is a very common problem,especially when some parents don't treat the problem like the lady you were talking about.Good luck,it may take a few treatments,and make sure to comb through your daughters hair with a fine toothed comb regularly
theres quite a few head-lice treatments available just go to the chemist and either look for them on the shelf or ask at the pharmacetical counter.
After you have treated your daughters hair it may be worthwhile getting an electric nit comb. I had a similar problem with my daughter at nursery and bought one of the electric combs and combed her hair with it each evening, it worked pretty well in preventing her getting infested again.
simply shave the childs head and paint it blue, like they used to in the war, tho that might have been for impetigo, nevertheless it will serve as a warning that your child is infested and others will keep clear. also a crash course in english may benefit when you ask your gp for best treatment
at that age the hair is very thin & fine & if blond or light you can see the little animals remove then by hand and comb them out with a nit comb without cemicals but if hair is dark you may have to get cemicals to remove them when they are removed KEEP THE FERREL kids away from your kid
Well stop being disgusted.o.k.
Then if you are stressed go to a doctor.and make sure you have done your best for the child.Not nice to call the other mother a tramp!.her poor children only have her as a mother?.so really you need to stop trying to be perrrrfect..and disgusted.
Try and help that poor woman, get her kids over to your place,give them a treatment.say you all will have 'fun'-today washing each others hair..Oh! .sorry you may find that disgusting, but your a mother.help them too.?
Hey you are right thisd is not funny and not easy to get rid of I had some children infect my children. The best way that Ifound to get them out of little ones hair is smother their hair with mayonaise. I asm serious . It is safer due to no chemicals and it works .Leave it in for about 30 minutes and at least that long then shampoo their hair., It will also leave her hair very shiny and the eggs cannot even stick to it. You will have to clean your house including shampooing your carpets. Wash all of her bedding in hot water with a little bleach and all her stuffed animals inthe dryer for at least 4o minutes. Then make sure that you report the other mother so she can get her children cleaned up this can make them very ill. Pleas help the other children as well I have been there also it is ot easy or fun but needed. I hope this helps.
Ok, well no question this is upsetting, but should be solvable.
1) Stop putting your baby in contact with any other children till this is solved. This will prevent re-infestation (passing the bugs from one head to another).
2) Go to the pharmacy get some RID or other product. Ask the pharmacist if you can use it on a baby, and remember to keep it out of the babies eyes. If the pharmacist is unsure go and ask your baby doctor.
3) Get rid of any cloths or cribs etc. if you have any doubt about their being infested.
4) Find some nicer folk for your baby to hang with.
Relax, children always get head lice it's part of growing up the cleaner the hair the better the lice like it, but they are relatively harmless. all pharmacist's sell a shampoo and a comb that will get rid of them
The problem with pharmacy treatments is that the lice become immune to them. You need to condition the hair add some teatree oil. Then comb through the hair with a nit comb onto newspaper or something. Do this for 3 nights. Then check the hair everyday for two weeks. If you find anything within that time start the process again. You must have two weeks lice free, this includes eggs as the lice are still alive in the eggs and ready to hatch, before you can stop checking everyday. Hope this helps.
There isn't much you can do if other children that she plays with keep getting them.
If you go to the drugstore and buy something over-the-counter it could potentially be harmful because I believe that they recommend the product for certain ages. Your child's pediatrician can prescribe the best thing for your child. He knows your child best (besides you) and he'll know what's got the best effect to treating it (prescribed medicines are much more effective than over-the-counter remedies). I've also known parents to shave their children's hair because children under two hair may not have a lot of hair and will grow back fairly quickly. This method is also cheap and effective. However, some parents wouldn't want their daughter to go around bald either. I recommend taking your child to the doctor because he'll give you the best treatment. Also remember to disinfect everything that your child has come in contact with to prevent the reoccurance or spreading of lice again.
Head lice is like roaches, anybody can get them, it's keeping them that makes you nasty! Although I can't remember the name of it, there is an all natural remedy for head lice. It smells nice, and there are no pesticides or harmful side effects. You can even leave it on for hours, if you want, which is good, because that makes it easier to get the eggs out! Just call the pharmacist, and ask about it. They can tell you the name. Remember to re-treat in a week, so she doesn't get it back. Also, it is a proven fact, that lice like clean hair over dirty hair. It is harder for them to attach their eggs to oily hair shafts.
don't panic head lice only like clean hair. use tea tree oil mixed with the shampoo helps they don't like the smell of it . make sure all the family is treated then the lice wont be carried from person to person
16 months is a little young for some of the shampoos on the market - they're quite toxic and they don't always work very well.
I use a battery operated comb that zaps the lice - you use it on dry hair every day for about two or three weeks (just to be sure). It beeps continuously, but when it finds a headlouse it stops beeping and zaps it dead. You just wipe it off on a tissue and carry on. Your child won't feel a thing. My one is called a Robi-Comb and I got it at the chemists. It cost about the same as the shampoo, but with no mess.
You will also have to treat yourself and everyone else in the house.
You will also have to machine wash all bedding, pillows, hats, scarves, coats and clothes, including soft toys she may be burying her head into. You also need to thoroughly wash all hair care stuff - brushes, combs, slides, hairbands, clips etc.
Then use the comb once a week. If there's an outbreak of headlice in families around you, they can be back to visit unless everyone who has them is treated.
Good luck!
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Answers:
This comes from personal experience. My daughter, can attract a head lice with in a fifty mile radius. She bathes every day. The house is clean. The laundry is kept up as is her bedding. I know its NOT because of MY house. Because of this Ive got bunches of experience in this feild.
You can, and I know this sounds really weird, but lice cant hold on to slippery things. You can put vegitable oil in her hair, soak it down, and make her stay that way for about 8 hrs. The vegitable oil will suffocate the lice. Also you can call your doc, and they can call in prescription things at the pharmacy. Oft times though, the prescription from the Doctors office, smells aweful. Anytime your daughter is around you, she will reek of this medicine that you have to leave in her hair for an alotted amount of time.
You also want to get a really fine toothed comb and comb her hair through, comb it through with the oil in it if thats what you so chose to do. Also comb through the hair, IF you decide to go with your doctors advice.
All bedding, pillows, clothing, toys must be washed or put into bags. Pillows can just simply go through the dry cycle. The heat kills the lice.
It doesnt matter if the hair is clean or dirty, the lice will be attracted. They like to burro in, and make a home. Right behind the ears on the head is where they often love to reside.
Also to prevent lice, make sure that you put conditioner in your childs hair, every time you bath her. Lice have a hard time holding on when conditioner is used, and so will jump to the next person.
If your daughter is in day care, make sure her bag is not near anyones that has lice. Make sure that other caps are not used around her, and what ever you do, do not allow your daughter back at the place where she contracted the head lice. Inform the mother that you wont be back until this problem is resolved.
If lice is let go long enough, infestion of the home can happen. Also because your daughter has head lice, its easy to spread them to you. Lice do jump. They feel warmth and go to it. They also stick onto things. It takes, or should take a total of 3 wks to totally beat them. After the first ..dousing in meds, ( everyone in the house needs treated) and cleaning of bedding and toys and such, make sure you do it again a week later, and then another week later to make sure youve gotton them all
Nits, which are the lice eggs, are stuck to the hair. Thats how lice do it when they lay them. Thats why a very fine comb should be used. Usually you can get a plastic one at your nearest pharmacy. I would go for the metal ones though they work much better. Comb her hair with this comb morning and night. for the next week or so. That will help rid her of the lice, and help her stop itching.
Good luck. I hope I have helped.
Your pharmacist will be able to recommend the best treatment for your daughter - there are many available but it depends on age, scalp health and conditions such as asthma.
Don't be too stressed, this is a very common condition that is treatable.
Its only head lice and she won't get seriously hurt from it. Don't panic and just go to the chemists and you can get shampoo for it there. It'll all be over in a couple of days.
Good Luck!!
Go down to your local drug store and they have OTC shampoo especially for head lice.
Here's a good tip. Learn to speak english. I hope you don't talk to your daughter that way, she might end up as stupid as you.
How about going to your daughters doctor? Try the shampoo section at Walmart. They have stuff there. Read the labels and it will tell you what ages are safe.
It will take 10 days to two weeks of daily treatment and vigilance to get rid of them. Here are some recommendations from the Harvard School of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on what you need to know and do:
* Treat only when necessary. A person should be treated only when active lice and unhatched eggs are spotted. Talk to your doctor or school nurse before deciding what treatment is best for your child and family. Effective treatment involves a two-step process - killing the adult lice and removing the remaining nits.
* Do it yourself. Manually removing nits and lice from the hair shaft with special combs is an effective way to treat lice without chemicals. The hot, dry air from a hair dryer may also be effective, but be careful not to scald your child's hair or scalp.
* Watch your use of chemicals. Specially formulated, over-the-counter shampoos, rinses and lotions containing pyrethrin can be used in certain circumstances. Use these products according to the directions when head lice are first discovered and then again in a week to 10 days, if necessary, to kill any remaining eggs that may have hatched. Prescription-strength insecticides such as lindane and malathion can be used when over-the-counter treatments are unsuccessful. However, medicated formulas are not a panacea because some lice may be resistant to insecticides. Health experts do not recommend using certain chemicals on pregnant women or children younger than 2.
* Be wary of alternative treatments. Pollock of the Harvard School of Public Health opposes the use of antibiotics that some doctors are prescribing (trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole) and says there's no proof that hair gel, olive oil or commercial products using natural substances are effective in smothering the parasites.
* Soak combs and brushes in hot water (130 degrees F) for at least 15 minutes.
* Machine wash all clothing, towels, bed linens (including pillow cases) and blankets in hot water and dry for at least 20 minutes on the highest heat cycle of your clothes dryer. Make sure you do the same for any head gear, hats, caps, and the like.
* Store all other exposed items that cannot be machine-washed, such as stuffed animals and dolls, in tightly sealed plastic bags for two weeks. Lice cannot live longer than that without human contact.
* Vacuum any affected areas (rugs, furniture and mattresses) and discard the vacuum bag.
Use plenty of conditioner and comb through with a small toothed comb repeat every two days for about a week and keep checking Dailey. All kids suffer from time to time you just have to keep on top of the problem
Anyone can get lice. Even rich people, even clean people. All you have to do is come into contact with a person who has lice, or a surface with recently dropped adult lice, and that will take up residence on your own head.
Its part of life. its no more disgusting than a misquito, although it does need to be dealt with.
I would go to your pharmsist, or even your doctor and get a shampoo that is safe for a child so young.
You will need to treat all the fabric surfaces in your house, and vacuume all your carpets and floors. Bedding, stuffed toys, pillows.
You will also need to pick through every strand of your daughters hair and pull out every nit, egg, and adult louse.
Chances are it will not be the only time your child gets head lice, at some point she'll be in school, a great breeding ground for lice :)
This is part of being a parent, and is the most common parasite children come into contact with. Just be glad its not round worms, which are the next most common.
you are best to use cheap conditioner and put loads on and comb her hair through with a fine comb. a doctor told me that, as a lot of the bottles of stuff you can buy dont actually work and you can repeat with the conditioner as many times as it takes. dont be disgusted as its far more common than you think
go to the doctor with a child that young, the prescription stuff works much better than the over the counter stuff, my kids had it too but not that young, you will have to put all the child's clothes and bedding in the dryer on hi heat to kill what might be in those too.
First of all - don't stress. I know its horrible, but EVERY child gets head lice at some point in their lives. It may even make you feel better to know that head lice are only attracted to *clean* hair (its true I assure you)
Pay a quick trip to your chemist and they will give you a solution to rub into her head. Everything will be fine in a matter of days.
You really shouldn't use anything on a baby that young without a dr's knowlage and suggestion. there are of course shampoos and whatnot but really I don't think they are good for skin so soft and precious as a 16 month old, they are very harsh. If I was you i would call a dr. and get a suggestion. My six and a half year old got head lice once and we didn't use a shampoo but we did get a comb that has special electronic waves that go through and zap the lice dead and then it pulls out the eggs. She got completely rid of the lice within two days and we kept combing for two weeks to be certain they were gone. Had to wash all bedding and boil all brushes and stuff but they never came back.
Hedron or full marks x
dont worry!
its just head lice, every child will get it at some time in their life, its not your fault and sometimes its not the other childs fault either, things happen.
take a deep breath and calm down.
just go to the pharmacy and talk to them and they shold be able to help you.
My little girl had headlice a few weeks ago - I was horrified and disgusted too. But, just deal with the issue and don't make a big fuss of it in front of her! They don't mind whose head they live on, in fact, the cleaner the better, according to some people.
There are loads of things you can buy over the counter - I used Full Marks lotion which you put on when the hair is dry and leave on for 10 minutes, then comb through with a fine tooth comb. It gets rid of live ones and their eggs. Make sure you wash it really welll afterwards and continue to comb for about a week, every day. They'll soon go.
I'd advise you to tell your friend that your daughter won't be playing with her kids until she gets the situation sorted.
RIT is the best stuff to use. It comes with a special comb. and starts working the second it goes on your daughters head.. it comes with spray for her sheets, stuff animals and her clothes.. its the best stuff trust me.. about her kids.. Dont let your daughter around the children with lice until the mother does something about it.. and if she doesnt offer to do it for her kids
keep on wet combing every time you wash hair with a nit comb and lots of conditioner
i am surprised that you let your child play there knowing her kids have nits ! dya think they were gonna avoid ur daughters head coz she was clean - anyway dont buy stuff from chemist it doesnt work - get some really rich conditioner , thicken it on her hair and leave for a bit b4 combing thru with a nit comb. This will get them out coz they cant stick to the hair shaft . Then to prevent reinfestation spray regularly with tea tree oil - good luck !
Boots do a really good natural remedy for head lice,I'm not sure what its called but it will be a lot milder on your baby's skin.Plus head lice have become immune to a lot of the chemicals in normal treatments.I work in childcare and this is a very common problem,especially when some parents don't treat the problem like the lady you were talking about.Good luck,it may take a few treatments,and make sure to comb through your daughters hair with a fine toothed comb regularly
theres quite a few head-lice treatments available just go to the chemist and either look for them on the shelf or ask at the pharmacetical counter.
After you have treated your daughters hair it may be worthwhile getting an electric nit comb. I had a similar problem with my daughter at nursery and bought one of the electric combs and combed her hair with it each evening, it worked pretty well in preventing her getting infested again.
simply shave the childs head and paint it blue, like they used to in the war, tho that might have been for impetigo, nevertheless it will serve as a warning that your child is infested and others will keep clear. also a crash course in english may benefit when you ask your gp for best treatment
at that age the hair is very thin & fine & if blond or light you can see the little animals remove then by hand and comb them out with a nit comb without cemicals but if hair is dark you may have to get cemicals to remove them when they are removed KEEP THE FERREL kids away from your kid
Well stop being disgusted.o.k.
Then if you are stressed go to a doctor.and make sure you have done your best for the child.Not nice to call the other mother a tramp!.her poor children only have her as a mother?.so really you need to stop trying to be perrrrfect..and disgusted.
Try and help that poor woman, get her kids over to your place,give them a treatment.say you all will have 'fun'-today washing each others hair..Oh! .sorry you may find that disgusting, but your a mother.help them too.?
Hey you are right thisd is not funny and not easy to get rid of I had some children infect my children. The best way that Ifound to get them out of little ones hair is smother their hair with mayonaise. I asm serious . It is safer due to no chemicals and it works .Leave it in for about 30 minutes and at least that long then shampoo their hair., It will also leave her hair very shiny and the eggs cannot even stick to it. You will have to clean your house including shampooing your carpets. Wash all of her bedding in hot water with a little bleach and all her stuffed animals inthe dryer for at least 4o minutes. Then make sure that you report the other mother so she can get her children cleaned up this can make them very ill. Pleas help the other children as well I have been there also it is ot easy or fun but needed. I hope this helps.
Ok, well no question this is upsetting, but should be solvable.
1) Stop putting your baby in contact with any other children till this is solved. This will prevent re-infestation (passing the bugs from one head to another).
2) Go to the pharmacy get some RID or other product. Ask the pharmacist if you can use it on a baby, and remember to keep it out of the babies eyes. If the pharmacist is unsure go and ask your baby doctor.
3) Get rid of any cloths or cribs etc. if you have any doubt about their being infested.
4) Find some nicer folk for your baby to hang with.
Relax, children always get head lice it's part of growing up the cleaner the hair the better the lice like it, but they are relatively harmless. all pharmacist's sell a shampoo and a comb that will get rid of them
The problem with pharmacy treatments is that the lice become immune to them. You need to condition the hair add some teatree oil. Then comb through the hair with a nit comb onto newspaper or something. Do this for 3 nights. Then check the hair everyday for two weeks. If you find anything within that time start the process again. You must have two weeks lice free, this includes eggs as the lice are still alive in the eggs and ready to hatch, before you can stop checking everyday. Hope this helps.
There isn't much you can do if other children that she plays with keep getting them.
If you go to the drugstore and buy something over-the-counter it could potentially be harmful because I believe that they recommend the product for certain ages. Your child's pediatrician can prescribe the best thing for your child. He knows your child best (besides you) and he'll know what's got the best effect to treating it (prescribed medicines are much more effective than over-the-counter remedies). I've also known parents to shave their children's hair because children under two hair may not have a lot of hair and will grow back fairly quickly. This method is also cheap and effective. However, some parents wouldn't want their daughter to go around bald either. I recommend taking your child to the doctor because he'll give you the best treatment. Also remember to disinfect everything that your child has come in contact with to prevent the reoccurance or spreading of lice again.
Head lice is like roaches, anybody can get them, it's keeping them that makes you nasty! Although I can't remember the name of it, there is an all natural remedy for head lice. It smells nice, and there are no pesticides or harmful side effects. You can even leave it on for hours, if you want, which is good, because that makes it easier to get the eggs out! Just call the pharmacist, and ask about it. They can tell you the name. Remember to re-treat in a week, so she doesn't get it back. Also, it is a proven fact, that lice like clean hair over dirty hair. It is harder for them to attach their eggs to oily hair shafts.
don't panic head lice only like clean hair. use tea tree oil mixed with the shampoo helps they don't like the smell of it . make sure all the family is treated then the lice wont be carried from person to person
16 months is a little young for some of the shampoos on the market - they're quite toxic and they don't always work very well.
I use a battery operated comb that zaps the lice - you use it on dry hair every day for about two or three weeks (just to be sure). It beeps continuously, but when it finds a headlouse it stops beeping and zaps it dead. You just wipe it off on a tissue and carry on. Your child won't feel a thing. My one is called a Robi-Comb and I got it at the chemists. It cost about the same as the shampoo, but with no mess.
You will also have to treat yourself and everyone else in the house.
You will also have to machine wash all bedding, pillows, hats, scarves, coats and clothes, including soft toys she may be burying her head into. You also need to thoroughly wash all hair care stuff - brushes, combs, slides, hairbands, clips etc.
Then use the comb once a week. If there's an outbreak of headlice in families around you, they can be back to visit unless everyone who has them is treated.
Good luck!
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