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Ugh . . . Lice
shmokes:
Well, if this spray crash recommended does the trick, I definitely will recommend it to you. It was easy to apply. It's not gooey, and it's not toxic. It's also very inexpensive. $10 at Walgreens and it includes the little nit comb (a good one with metal teeth).
Dervacumen:
FWIW, Yes, you do need to clean all bedding as part of the first treatment. But the stuffed animals, not so much unless the kid sleeps with it (them) a lot. Although this wasn't necessary, we used this as a forced excuse to do a deep clean of the house, which we really should have done anyway. We did clean the sheets and towels vigorously, though, and with segregation. In summary, segregate all the linens and stuffed animals that are in use, place them outside in plastic garbage bags so they don't get wet or damaged, then put them in your washing machine and wash them in series before you put them back in use. Then, do it again in a week. Oh yeah, and in between, give your kid a RID shampoo. It's a hassle, but if you take advantage of the outside of your home as a storage area for possibly infected material it helps a lot. The lice sure aren't going to get inside.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: stu33 on February 13, 2012, 04:24:37 pm ---Oh man...bad memories there...I still have a couple sealed up garbage bags in my attic of stuffed animals from my daughter's room from the last infestation, at least 6 years ago...pretty sure the bugs/eggs are dead by now...
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Uh, y' think? There is no reason to keep that stuff unless of course you want to.
SavannahLion:
Yeah, we've been hit before. It's a long story but I can guarantee you it was a ---smurfing--- nightmare because it was compounded by the absolutely half-witted thinking of my step-daughter's biological father. We practically had to brow beat him into cooperating with the whole process because we were in danger of constantly being re-infested, no thanks to him. I think my wife and I ended up losing about a combined weeks worth of work because the school wouldn't let her back with their "no-nits" policy.
Those mattress "bags" seem to be a big help in the overall process. Most people buy them to make it easier to deal with urinating in bed by young kids or antique people but we now use them on every mattress the kids sleep in along with the guest beds. It reduces lice penetration.... so to speak.
--- Quote from: crashwg on February 13, 2012, 12:03:15 pm ---We went through this a few months back with our three girls (talk about "Ugh") and the most effective and easiest product we've found was this:
http://www.licefreee.com/products/licefreee-spray!/
Good luck.
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That looks mighty interesting.
jennifer:
Just reading this thread makes my head itch....
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