Lousy Weekend

[mysid]

My poor daughter is having a lousy weekend. She knows that I have to go over everything with a fine-toothed comb, but she is getting fed up with my nitpicking. Literally.

Yes, friends, lice. We've been having an epidemic of lice at my children's school, and as of a couple days ago, my daughter E is the latest victim. Now we are washing, steam cleaning, and spraying everything. Die, lice, die.
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[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I'm aware that I'm posting quite late and anonymously (I don't have an acount). For future referance- I remember my own lice experiences, and the chemicals are awful. You can use a mixture of shampoo, lemon juice, and olive oil, spread it all over the hair, and then cover it all with plastic wrap for at least half an hour. It sounds weird, but it kills all the lice. Thank god I'm not in elementary school any more.

[mysid.livejournal.com]

I've heard of using straight olive oil (without the additions) in that way, and I've heard it works well. I just went straight to the big guns and used RID. It worked great, and the current formula isn't unpleasant.

My neighbor (whose children all got lice during this same time period) fussed about with "all natural" remedies. The lice just kept reappearing again and again with her kids.