I'm guessing that pretty much every parent knows what these combs mean... it is back to de-lousing the hair of our children again. It feels like this is a losing battle, as it is something that the whole school needs to be rid of. If one kid has it, then it is bound to break out again... sadly enough, we know that there is at least one family in the class of our older child that just doesn't care that their kids have hair lice! So much for communal thinking!

Anyway, as you can see... these are our combs of choice. Actually, the one on the left (the red TERMINATOR!) is the best one... the other one is a bit of a cheap knock-off and it really shows when you are using it. We now have a fairly regular regime of tea-tree oil hairspray to help repel the lice, and some other shampoos and conditioners to break down their shells and egg glue.

However, this week, the week before school returns, we deicided to have one day with the nuclear option (the poison shampoo). This we don't do too often, as it is quite tricky to do, especially with the little one. Plus, the lice start to get resistant if you use it too often as well...

Patient Zero

We believe that this is the source of our lice ingress. She goes to a school (well, that is pretty much enough!), but in addition she has really thick and long hair... a recipe for sharing the nasty little buggers... and then a right pain in the arse for locating and removing eggs and lice. I have started a daily routine of also searching for eggs, and just cutting out the affected strands (plus a couple more of collateral damage). I figure, she has more than enough hair that I should be just aiming for the single strand of hair if the risk is that I lose it!

The innocent victim

WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN????

We believe that this is an innocent bystander that has gotten caught up in this mess... however, if she isn't cleared of the infestation then we are back to square one. Unfortunately, she is also the much trickier one with respect to getting her to stay still... however, Peppa and Kikker are our friends! Plus, she has much less hair!

Our reward

We did the best we could... time to keep a further vigilance, more repelling spray and maybe another nuke blast next weekend! We have to also treat ourselves just in case...

However, school starts up tomorrow... and I just know that the kids are putting their heads together!

WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE PARENTS????