Only problem is how to kill the nits - or do you wait til they hatch then get 'em?
I sat in the sun with my boys and went through their hair, after giving them crew-cuts with the clippers, looking for nits. If they are attached to the hair strands more than 1cm from the scalp then they are dead already, or hatched, as they need body heat to survive. So it’s the ones next to the scalp that you need to pull off! They are usually found behind the ears, or around the collar-area, but I found some in all sorts of places on their heads.
You don’t need to freak about bed-clothes, as any remaining in the beds die within a few hours due to lack of body heat. The kid’s teacher got right into it and researched nits, sending info home.
The kids have only had the one attack so far (Fingers crossed) and I totally freaked – boiling the bed-clothes and the teddies, clipping all their hair off and running off to the chemist for expensive treatments. Very naive! The research came after the event, as usual...
Birthing Beautifully,
Jackie Mawson.
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Too many Gods;
so many creeds,
Too many paths
that wind and
wind,
When just the art
of being kind
Is all the sad
world needs...
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