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nits on a baby HELP
My 4 month old has nits in her hair. Her big sister (22 mo) has lice
and nits. I'm brushing DD1's hair with a fine comb every day and get them out still they persist. I haven't tried any household or OTC cure yet. Please suggest what I can try on an almost two year old and a 4 month old. Thanks. |
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Ick. Use a nit-comb or use your hands to get ALL the nits off them, every day. Oil their hair after the daily de-nitting. (Any oil will do. Canola oil smells pretty neutral.) Check yourself and daddy, too, as nits have a nasty habit of travelling. Wash ALL places where the kids' hair may have been. Winter jackets. Clothing. Scrub the playroom. The whole nine yards. Wash their sheets and blankets etc .... I think hot water with bleach is sufficient? A dry cleaner for things that can't be washed. Stuffed items that can't be washed I THINK can be put in sealed bags in the freezer for a few days to kill the nits, but I'm not 100% certain about that. Good luck. --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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"Beth Kevles" wrote in message ... Wash ALL places where the kids' hair may have been. Winter jackets. Clothing. Scrub the playroom. The whole nine yards. And don't forget the carseats, car, all furniture, pillows, rugs, etc. HD |
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Clisby wrote: wrote: My 4 month old has nits in her hair. Her big sister (22 mo) has lice and nits. I'm brushing DD1's hair with a fine comb every day and get them out still they persist. I haven't tried any household or OTC cure yet. Please suggest what I can try on an almost two year old and a 4 month old. Thanks. For your older child - are you just combing? I don't think that's likely to do any good. (I went through a long-drawn-out lice episode when my daughter was 6.) If I were you, I'd use Nix (OTC) and then daily comb-outs; or, if you really want to avoid the OTC treatments, saturate your child's hair with olive oil, leave it overnight, then shampoo and comb out. For the 4-month-old - to be truthful, I'd probably shave the baby's head. Otherwise, you could try the oil treatment there, too. Clisby I would not use chemical headlice treatments on kids that young -- no way. We recently had lice on a 9 YO and a 6 YO; I cannot imagine having them on babies (I also have a baby, but luckily, she never got them). I think you really need to clean clean clean and then be persistent with the combing out. Do you have an excellent lice comb? Search the web for products; try www.headlice.org FWIW, we did use the chemicals on our older kids and my son was cured with that but my DD, who has a lot more to start, was not. Rather than repeatedly chemical-izing her, we moved on to the olive oil tretament regimen (saturate head with the oil, cover with saran and then a towel, send to bed. Next a.m., comb out with lice comb, wash. Repeat every 4 days for 3 weeks. The oil smothers the live lice. Nothing kills the eggs, so you do it over every 4 days to smother any newly hatched live before they can lay eggs. However, this metghod would not seem do-able for kids the OP's kids' ages. They could choke on the saran, and it's incredibly messy. Combing out is a HUGE pain, but supposedly it works. I agree with Clisby about eliminating the baby's hair; I'd even cut the toddler's extremely short. Good luck!! |
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Clisby wrote:
[snip] For your older child - are you just combing? I don't think that's likely to do any good. (I went through a long-drawn-out lice episode when my daughter was 6.) If I were you, I'd use Nix (OTC) and then daily comb-outs; or, if you really want to avoid the OTC treatments, saturate your child's hair with olive oil, leave it overnight, then shampoo and comb out. For the 4-month-old - to be truthful, I'd probably shave the baby's head. Otherwise, you could try the oil treatment there, too. In the UK, head lice have become so resistant to the OTC chemicals that they are no longer recommended. What I would do in your situation is to wash kiddo's heads, and apply hair conditioner lavishly. Then comb, then rinse. I'd repeat that daily, until two days after you see no adult headlice. Then repeat every three or four days, until they have been clear of lice for at least three combs (ie at least ten days). -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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Nevermind wrote: However, this metghod would not seem do-able for kids the OP's kids' ages. They could choke on the saran, and it's incredibly messy. Combing out is a HUGE pain, but supposedly it works. I agree with Clisby about eliminating the baby's hair; I'd even cut the toddler's extremely short. You don't have to use saran wrap, though - you can use a shower cap. Or, for that matter, you can put down towels in the kid's bed and not "wrap" the head at all. It's just messier to clean up. Clisby |
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Rather than
repeatedly chemical-izing her, we moved on to the olive oil tretament regimen (saturate head with the oil, cover with saran and then a towel, send to bed. Next a.m., comb out with lice comb, wash. Repeat every 4 days for 3 weeks. The oil smothers the live lice. Nothing kills the eggs, so you do it over every 4 days to smother any newly hatched live before they can lay eggs. However, this metghod would not seem do-able for kids the OP's kids' ages. They could choke on the saran, and it's incredibly messy. Shower caps work, but I think you could get away with an old, regular newborn cap for the baby, and an old bandana on the toddler. This is also a good send-off for any crib bedding you got as gifts that you didn't like the pattern of, as well as your oldest pillow cases/sheets for the toddler. Clarifying shampoo (used 3 or 4 times while washing up in the morning) helps get rid of most of the excess oil. Combing out is a HUGE pain, but supposedly it works. l wouldn't stress over the comb-outs with kids these age; you won't get cooperation for long enough to see every hair anyway. But if you're doing the every 4 nights for 3 weeks straight faithfully, you'll smother all live lice initially and then each new crop of live bugs as they hatch, before they have time to mature and reproduce. (shudder) I agree with Clisby about eliminating the baby's hair; I'd even cut the toddler's extremely short. Me, too. Good luck, Lori G. Milwaukee, WI |
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