Re: cleaning, tips and nits.

[Guest guest]

Yup! In the grot-hole we call the study. I filled the boot of the Serena

to the ceiling 4 times and took it to the tip! Oh, virtue virtue )

I even threw away the desk ) DH FINALLY (after 4 years of nagging)

agreed that the revolting old desk he 'recycled' from a skip when his local

branch of Abbey National was being refitted sometime in the early 80s could

be chucked out. I grabbed the car keys and was on the way to Ikea almost

before the sentence was completely out of his mouth, and 'forgot' to take

my mobile, so he couldn't ring and tell me he'd changed his mind ) My

fastest ever Ikea trip... to Warrington and back in 2 1/2 hours, and round

the store in 45 minutes. Desk chosen, purchased built and installed within

5 hours of DH's agreement. If that doesn't teach him, nothing will )

And I've had 22ish lice out of DS since yesterday ( Have shorn his

beautiful curls: from 3 inches of curly blonde halo to a no. 4. I

wept!! He still has loads of eggs but hopefully now it's shorter, he'll

tolerate me picking them out. We did a tea-tree in baby oil soak and

comb-through for everyone. DD1 and I slept with the solution still in, and

I washed the babies' out after 3 hours. Then shampoo and conditioner

comb-through. Picking out everything I saw before, during and after. I've

ordered some Folicell from one of the sites Jo posted up yesterday which I

hope will arrive tomorrow as the eggs in DS' hair will continue to hatch

for days. Anyway, DD2 seems clear (I think her hair's too fine) DH is

clear (hair too short), DD1 and I have slight infestation, DS is

alive. DD1 and I are just back from the hairdresser - her hair has gone

from mid-back to collar-length: a bit longer than I wanted to keep it, but

it'll make it a bit easier, and mine's gone from shoulder to ear-length. I

*hope* we'll be through this in a week or so (

Ho hum, better go and cook tea...

Vicki

however know that Vicki has done a 27

>boogie fling on one room resulting in 4 car loads of stuff reassigned

>into the wider market system (or was it the dump, Mrs V?) and also on

>Josh's head but expect she will be posting about that...

[Guest guest]

>

> And I've had 22ish lice out of DS since yesterday

Picking out everything I saw before, during and after.

>

> Ho hum, better go and cook tea...

>

> Vicki

>

Oh dear - poor you! DS had lice once last term for the first time - I

caught four. His school phoned the moment I got home and insisted I

collect him at once - we spent the day encased in nit shampoo!

By the way, for tea - are you having what DS calls " Flied Lice? "

Ruth

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I didn't think school and nurseries etc were allowed to " exclude "

children for head lice these days.

Certainly not around here anyway.

Todman

Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5)

Mum to , 3¾

> Oh dear - poor you! DS had lice once last term for the first time -

I

> caught four. His school phoned the moment I got home and insisted I

> collect him at once - we spent the day encased in nit shampoo!

[Guest guest]

>I didn't think school and nurseries etc were allowed to " exclude "

>children for head lice these days.

>Certainly not around here anyway.

They had head checks at DD's school before half term. Their policy 'in

the event of live lice being discovered.....is to telephone parents for

immediate action'.

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Sue

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Sue W wrote:

> They had head checks at DD's school before half term. Their policy 'in

> the event of live lice being discovered.....is to telephone parents for

> immediate action'.

I think that must only happen in private schools at the school nurse is not

allowed to do that in state schools (well not around here anyway).

Trisha

SAHM to 3 boys

Jack 8, 6 and Isaac 2

[Guest guest]

>

>By the way, for tea - are you having what DS calls " Flied Lice? "

Groan )

Vicki

[Guest guest]

> I didn't think school and nurseries etc were allowed to " exclude "

> children for head lice these days.

> Certainly not around here anyway.

> Todman

> Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5)

> Mum to , 3¾

>

> > Oh dear - poor you! DS had lice once last term for the first

time -I caught four. His school phoned the moment I got home and

insisted I collect him at once - we spent the day encased in nit

shampoo!

Talking of Head Lice, DS had one this morning which I caught. This

school is altogether more sensible and didn't exclude him, thank

goodness - the one that did closed last term if you remember .

Ruth - itching myself at the memory of that hapless Head lice this

morning - YUK!

[Guest guest]

> > They had head checks at DD's school before half term. Their

policy 'in

> > the event of live lice being discovered.....is to telephone

parents for

> > immediate action'.

>

> I think that must only happen in private schools at the school

nurse is not

> allowed to do that in state schools (well not around here anyway).

>

> Trisha

> SAHM to 3 boys

> Jack 8, 6 and Isaac 2

>

>

Yes - possibly it IS only Private Schools - but it is a useful idea

when a child is infested to be able to send them home - otherwise the

whole class will be infected and reinfected and reinfected... Better

to stamp out each really bad infestation immediately it is found - ie

if there are more than one or two which can be caught each morning if

necessary - by covering the head in Lice Shampoo in the morning at

home and washing it out the next morning. Most teachers will send

home work so the child doesn't miss out.

I think so anyway - there is nothing worse than keeping your own

child's head clear only to find that someone else's child has been

spreading them for a week before anyone said anything. Lice just

spread over and over again unless they are excluded.

Ruth

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> I think that must only happen in private schools at the school

nurse is not

> allowed to do that in state schools (well not around here

anyway).

We have the school nurse doing nit checks - and yes it is a

private school. They were appallingly bad at DS1's previous

school (state primary) - no obvious policy in dealing with them,

so all the teachers had their own rules - some would phone

immediately they found them and insist the parents pick up their

child from school, some would put a note on the classroom door

warning parents that a case had been found and other didn't do

a thing about it (even if they knew their was a case in their class)

so DS1 was always picking them up. DS2's nursery refused to

put up any info about them (I offered to photocopy some info

sheets as DS2 was getting infected at Nursery) - as they would

be thought of as a 'Dirty playgroup' - oh purlease!!!

Caroline

(veteran nit comber)