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boodapug77
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What should I do?
boodapug77
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So my sister just called me to tell me that her kids have lice. They are being treated for it today. My husband and I are suppose to go to her house for Christmas Eve and Christmas day. I am freaking out because I obviously don't want to get lice. And I read that if a pregnant woman gets lice-doctors do not reccommend the medicated lice treatments-its harmful to the baby. So my question is....Should I just stay home??? My husband doesnt think we should risk it. This really sucks because it is Christmas and I was really looking forward to seeing them.
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Re: What should I do?
Keep your hair in a bun while you're there and let it go. Google some alternative treatments to be on the safe side but don't skip Christmas over it.
Didn't you just ask this?
ETA: Nevermind, I see it was over on our BMB. I thought you got a lot of good answers there. https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/70791039.aspx
BFP #1: 6.26.12 EDD: 2.11.13 missed m/c: 7.31.12 @ 12 weeks
BFP #2: 10.1.12 EDD: 6.11.13 Born 6.13.13
Wow, deja vu.
I stand by my answer from yesterday, but hopefully posting here will get you a little bit more variety in opinions.
Tea tree oil wins again.
If you're worried, put your hair up in a bun and don't touch the kids heads.
This is exactly what the nurse tells us to do at my school. Sad they had their hair cut.....was that necessary?
I would not risk it. It really does suck, but you have to put the baby first.
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AND OP -- that's sad that the girls had to get their hair cut. I used to be a stylist and cutting their hair shorter does not get rid of lice because they stay at the SCALP. SO anything short of shaving their heads does nothing.
The kids are with their father this weekend. My sister gets them tomorrow...He buzzed cut Colby and Charlotte had long hair and he cut it into a bob...I guess. My sister threw out their pillows and bought new ones and washed all bedding in hot water...
Another good trick is to coat your hair in Olive Oil and wrap it in a towel tonight. Use the tea tree oil in the shower tomorrow and then soak your head overnight again in Olive Oil. The nits do not like how greasy it is and is a great natural conditioner for your hair.
Being a teacher if I hear that lice is going around I will do this a couple times a week. Knock on wood no live for me.
Good luck and Merry Christmas!
That really sucks he cut their hair. Just because he cut it doesn't mean it stops it.
uh.... Adults are just as likely to get lice as kids... I used to teach Sunday School and got lice twice within three months from kids not being properly treated.
I'm glad that you've decided to go. If the kids have been treated like you said they have been, it is more than likely that the lice are dead and there is no chance that you will get it.
Almost every.single.time we picked up my stepkids from their mom's house over the 5 years they lived with her (before moving in with us this past summer), they had lice. We checked for it immediately every time we picked them up and treated them as soon as we got home. In all of those years, we never got lice.
Even last Christmas, we picked up my stepkids on Christmas Eve. Their mom did not tell us that they had lice and we didn't notice that they had it until Christmas morning. We were staying with friends for the holidays and, when my bff's SO found out that the kids had lice, he freaked out (as so many people do...as you can see by the above replies). I held my 6 year old stepdaughter as this grown man ranted and raved about how he couldn't believe they had lice and were in HIS house with it...that his dog would get it...that he had to clean the whole house from top to bottom now etc. My poor stepkids were mortified and very upset. Even though I was holding my stepdaughter quite close to me as he made a scene, so much so that our heads were very close, I never got lice (and I wash my hair daily...it's always very clean). Because of his reaction, and it being the only place we had to stay for the next few days, we had to take my stepkids back to their mother's house for the next couple of days. It was a very upsetting situation. In the end, no one got lice from the kids.
My stepkids haven't had lice in the last 5 months they've been living with us. However, they are staying with their mom for the next 4 days. I've been concerned that they will come back to us with lice so we're prepared to treat them ASAP (in fact, we may treat them regardless).
I've also been teaching for the last 7 years and have been around countless children with lice. I've never, ever gotten lice. If you take certain precautions, you should be fine. Keep your hair up. Limit close contact with the children. It's not that big of a deal.
I hope you enjoy your holidays and can keep your mind on the reason you will be together with your family and not the fact that the kids HAD lice.
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BFP #2 07/18/12 Baby S born on his EDD 03/23/13
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QuitNits is supposed to be a safe treatment for lice in pregnant and breastfeeding women. But, I see their website is down so I don't know if they've gone out of business or what is wrong with it.
Dude, I wouldn't go even if I wasn't pregnant. Shudder. You could invite them to your house instead, and then at least you wouldn't be exposed to all their stuff (towels, pillows, etc), but it would not be worth it to me to expose myself to that.
I had lice when I was a kid and the memory traumatizes me.