And then we had a bug problem. One afternoon, Grace complained that her head was really itchy. So I took a look through her hair and let out a small scream when I found live lice. Gross. Having dealt with lice before (when we took in 3 little girls for 3 months, they all had lice) I immediately began to panic. I had memories of picking through hair for hours and hours and never getting rid of the lice problem. But this time I was a little more prepared. While I ran to the store for some lice killing shampoo (which DOES NOT work. Never buy it. It is a waste of money. ) Aaron looked through Lucy's hair and found lice. So for the next week we spent 2-4 hours a day combing through hair picking out lice and eggs. The girls were really good sports about it all. One night I tried putting olive oil on their hair and then had them sleep with it on their hair. (because lice can hold their breath for 8 hours!) They were so excited to wear shower caps to bed. Glad they found some amusement in it all. Meanwhile I had to wash and dry everything possible in my entire house, vacuum daily, and put everything that could not be washed in garbage bags for 2 weeks. After a week and a half I am proud to say we are lice free!
And since I did not send them to school for a few days, Jake enjoyed the extra company all day long!
4 comments:
Exciting! The school was probably glad you kept the girls home...I'm very glad you got rid of the lice though.
Oh Yikes! The last time you dealt with that was enough to last you a lifetime! I'm sorry you had to go through it again, but glad it's gone.
Getting lice is my biggest fear teaching kindergarten!!!! I got lice in kindergarten myself and I remember the yucky shampoo and my mom picking through stuff. I am so sorry!
cute shower caps! glad that's over!!!
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