The Child has nits. I knew it would happen eventually. I suppose I should be glad she got through nursery unscathed really. It’s just such a pain. And I’ve heard that they’re a bugger to shift as well. When I was a kid you could just bung on a bit of nit shampoo, and they were away. Now the critters have become immune to the stuff so you have to spend hours combing with the nit comb, and pray you haven’t missed any. To be fair, my mum used to spend hours nit combing our hair too, but still. The Child hates the nit comb. Well, she did after she’s been sitting in the bath for ages. She was patient for a while at first.
The worst bit was trying to comb my own hair. I don’t have any nice husband or partner to do that for me, given that I’m a scum of the earth single mother (though in my defence I am now a jobseeker. And I’m not even on Jobseeker’s Allowance yet! Who’d believe it eh?). I tried combing through over the bath at first, but was worried I wasn’t getting to all the hair that way. It is so difficult when you can’t see what you’re doing. But when I tried it upright in front of a mirror, I kept managing to get the comb totally tangled in my hair, despite having allegedly got all the knots out. It proved to kill my evening, my patience, and was incredibly painful to boot. Now I’m not sure if I managed to get rid of any lice or eggs in my hair (assuming I had any), but I am certain that I managed to skin a large portion of my scalp. Ouch.
Anyway, I have been pretty vigilant since her school texted with the joyful news that there had been a few cases reported. And so, when I was brushing her hair this morning I had a check as usual. And I saw absolutely tons of eggs in her hair! I didn’t see any lice, but the eggs were all the evidence I needed. They were still dark, so I presume that means they had yet to hatch. Hopefully I got the worst removed today, but I might see if we can do some more combing tomorrow. I predict a battle however, but we’ll see. And I feel as though my head is crawling. I did such a bad job of my own hair earlier, I’ll be amazed if I got rid of any in my hair. I just hope I haven’t got any yet. I’ll soon find out for sure I suppose. Joy.
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