Treating when they are not there is...

the wrong thing to do.  This is why lice are getting resistant to the treatments available.  While the lice themselves are hard to see, the nits are not.  If you don't see any nits or lice, then your child doesn't have them.  I would just keep a close daily watch and only treat if there is an infestation.  Additionally, if you child DOES get lice, you have to do much more than just wash the hair with Nix.  You have to literally tear your house apart vacuuming everything, bagging up stuffed toys for 2 weeks, washing all the bedding in hot water, etc.  And don't forget the seats in the car.  I would simply start by finding out what the daycare's policy is for lice.  Before we moved the school our kids attended had a very politically correct lax policy on head lice.  They told me that it wasn't fair to exclude children from school just because they had nits (lice did warrant a call to the home).  But in my mind, if there are nits, there HAS to be lice, right?  They would let kids stay at school who literally had nits falling out of their hair.  It was DISGUSTING.  What boggled my mind was how a parent could not see that sick mess in their child's hair and not do anything about it.  I could see the mess from 10 feet away.

• head lice - Mom-CMT
  • head lice - Becky
    • head lice - Becky
  • Treating when they are not there is... - SM
    • If you treat when they are not there, they dont get resistent becuase they are not there to get resi - no name
  • head lice - Boomer
  • I wouldnt go get him. Just treat him tonight even if he doesnt have it - no name
    • I know several kids who have had head - Janice
      • School nurse - Boomer
      • Found this regarding smothering agents.. - SM

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