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Comment on How I battled head lice and won by Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms

Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:21 +0000

You go girl! I too am a fantastic nit picker. Some of the best advice you gave in this post is to buy that lice comb preemptively. Because you know it is usually between 8pm and 11pm when you realize the bastards have invaded your domain.
Now excuse me while I go off to compulsively scratch my head.
Ellen

Comment on How I battled head lice and won by JD Bailey @ Honest Mom

JD Bailey @ Honest Mom — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:47:10 +0000

Duh, right. Pinning now!
I’ve never been to where you are. I hope I have an excuse someday!!!

Comment on How I battled head lice and won by The Bearded Iris

The Bearded Iris — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:48:15 +0000

Pin it now, look at it later, and start saving my plane fare. I would pick your children’s nits in exchange for a personal tour of your city. (Never been to Boston!)

Comment on How I battled head lice and won by JD Bailey @ Honest Mom

JD Bailey @ Honest Mom — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:52:48 +0000

When my 7yo with Rapunzel-like hair comes home from school with lice and I’m freaking out online about it, remind me of this post, okay?

And I may just need to ship you up to Boston to zone out and nit-pick.

Comment on How I battled head lice and won by Angela

Angela — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:48:11 +0000

Washing the kid’s hair with Dawn dish soap should help cut the oil, it’s what I use to spot treat my clothes when I eat something really greasy.

Also, there was a lice outbreak on Homecoming weekend when I was in 7th grade, everyone in the school had to be checked, and if you had lice, you had to use the icky scary shampoo and get rechecked before they’d let you into the gym that evening.

Comment on Aw, nuts. Or, how puppies and testicles are related. by Does your bathroom smell like a truck stop men’s room? | The Bearded Iris

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:38:11 +0000

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Comment on How I battled head lice and won by The Bearded Iris

The Bearded Iris — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:33:54 +0000

Oh you poor thing! That is awful. Lice can be VERY hard to remove if you don’t break the life cycle and kill the new hatchlings consistently. Sad that kids can be so mean…I bet MOST kids get lice at one time or another. They are very easily spread in school environments. Totally not your fault, honey.

Comment on How I battled head lice and won by Momchalant

Momchalant — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:40:39 +0000

When I was younger, I had lice on and off for two years. Yes, TWO YEARS. It was horrible. My mom almost shaved my head but I refused. I had everything from mayonnaise to olive oil in my hair, picking those little suckers out daily, sometimes multiple times a day.

I honestly can’t remember how we beat it but to this day, people from my elementary school still know me as the girl that had lice. I had lice for so long the school had weekly checks. Ooops.

Comment on How I battled head lice and won by Debbie M

Debbie M — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:03:44 +0000

Steps my mom used in teaching me about tampons:
1) Made sure I learned how to read.
2) Handed me a box.

It’s possible she also told me why she liked tampons better than pads, or maybe she just said this was her favorite way to handle the situation. I do have a vague memory that she asked me aloud later if those would be acceptable and I was pleased to say yes. Tampons just seemed more macho, no, that’s not right, more studly, no, not right either, more courageous than pads.

As you can see, I was not scarred by this method. My mom and I were both pretty big readers, though–we like learning by reading.

Comment on Diary of a Sexually Maturing Leopard Gecko by ExoticPetsHQ

ExoticPetsHQ — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:43:45 +0000

Very entertaining read! Thank you.