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Monday, November 7, 2011

They all need to die...

I went 35 years without ever seeing a real live louse. 35 long, wonderful lice-free years. We even made it through my oldest daughter's first 2 years of public school without incident. Looks like the third year was the charm for us... I have been battling those tiny, disgusting f*#&s for WEEKS now! We treat them, their heads are clean, we go long stretches of time without seeing any creepy-crawlies and then out of nowhere. MORE!!! I am not dealing with it very well, I don't want to hug my own children because I am afraid that they have bugs on them that will then get on me. I have been itchy for almost a month now, my scalp hurts from me constantly digging at it, even though every time my husband checks, I am completely bug free. Who knows how much longer this will go on, or how much longer I can deal with it before I need to be institutionalized. I may just shave all of our heads and throw out everything soft in the house. We will see.... By the way, trying to get a two year old to sit still so that you can pick tiny little bugs out of her hair is one of the MOST difficult things I have ever done. It is mentally and physically challenging and leaves me exhausted; don't even get me started on trying to wash the pesticides and such out of her hair...

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  1. Omg, that is horrible. I have found by using tea tree oil shampoo and conditioner has avoided this mess... I heard about it a while ago... it is the only thing I can think of that might help avoid the buggers coming back. They prefer clean hair, so I hear. lol. I've never had a problem with them, but I think it's because I've always used coconut oil or hair product since I was a kid. :-/ I'm so sorry, honey! I hope you get your sanity back soon. <3

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  2. I bought tea tree oil shampoo and conditioner a few days ago! I don't think I have had it long enough to notice an effect though. I am crossing my fingers!!

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  3. That really, really sucks! My favorite is still DL's suggestion of flat-ironing them to death! lol!

    ...Celine

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  4. I think my girls will all have very straight hair tomorrow!

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  5. I am so sorry. It really is like a living nightmare. G had them last spring, but somehow the rest of us went unscathed. I seriously would have lost my sh*t if they kept reappearing. I will say that I went a little insane and threw almost everything away or bagged it and threw it on the tiled laundry room floor for a month. Until he went two weeks with no reappearance, I washed his sheets every day in hot water, and he sat in a special chair that was draped with blankets that I also washed every day. But again, I was lucky that he wasn't two, can and will follow directions and has a limited amount of hair. Lots of hugs.

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  6. See now THAT is a way to keep it from spreading! I wish I had that as an option.

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