Comments on: Turns Out We are Dirty People http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/ ... you know the ones. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:55:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Janey http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-51860 Janey Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:25:49 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-51860 We went through that a few years ago. NOT FUN! By the time they were discovered, half of the lower elementary in my daughter's school had them. I had them too--that really freaked me out. We washed and washed and dried and froze and sprayed and vacuumed everything, and I mean everything, in the house. Look at it this way--your house will never be so clean! LOL! I kept our hairbrushes and daughter's hair bows and thingies in the freezer for a year or so after that. And if you are around other people, you can get lice. They can and will live anywhere someone's head touches--a airplane headrest, a chair in a doctor's office, a headrest in a rental car--you get the picture. It happens, and it can happen to anyone too--not just kids and not just kids in schools. We went through that a few years ago. NOT FUN! By the time they were discovered, half of the lower elementary in my daughter’s school had them. I had them too–that really freaked me out. We washed and washed and dried and froze and sprayed and vacuumed everything, and I mean everything, in the house. Look at it this way–your house will never be so clean! LOL! I kept our hairbrushes and daughter’s hair bows and thingies in the freezer for a year or so after that.

And if you are around other people, you can get lice. They can and will live anywhere someone’s head touches–a airplane headrest, a chair in a doctor’s office, a headrest in a rental car–you get the picture. It happens, and it can happen to anyone too–not just kids and not just kids in schools.

]]> By: Brooke Lorren http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29029 Brooke Lorren Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:47:41 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29029 I've heard that cleaner hair is more likely to get lice. They don't like to stick to an oily head.<br /><br />My kids haven't had it yet... we're homeschoolers, and since my kids are biracial, they're less likely to get it (my daughter has to use conditioner every day, lice don't like that).<br /><br />I had it when I was in boot camp though. That was embarrassing. I've heard that cleaner hair is more likely to get lice. They don't like to stick to an oily head.

My kids haven't had it yet… we're homeschoolers, and since my kids are biracial, they're less likely to get it (my daughter has to use conditioner every day, lice don't like that).

I had it when I was in boot camp though. That was embarrassing.

]]> By: Dana Seilhan http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29030 Dana Seilhan Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:27:26 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29030 When I was a kid, my stepmom was the biggest clean-freak you ever saw. I was doing household chores by the time I was 7, and by the time I was in middle school she was doing a stint in Kirby vacuum sales and we had the floor model in the house for a while, so she would check my work by listening for grit being sucked up--if she heard any, I had to vacuum the room again. THAT level of clean-freak.<br /><br />My little brother and I got head lice anyway. So no, it's not you. :)<br /><br />Check this out though--when I was little, another "sign" of a "dirty" or "neglectful" parent was cradle cap. I had it bad. This was used against my mother in a custody dispute. (She wasn't Mother of the Year anyway, but not for that specific reason.) Well, it must be genetic. My daughter has it now. Doesn't matter how often I wash her hair, it comes and goes as it pleases. I'm glad the experts have figured out it's just a skin condition now. Less for me to worry about. When I was a kid, my stepmom was the biggest clean-freak you ever saw. I was doing household chores by the time I was 7, and by the time I was in middle school she was doing a stint in Kirby vacuum sales and we had the floor model in the house for a while, so she would check my work by listening for grit being sucked up–if she heard any, I had to vacuum the room again. THAT level of clean-freak.

My little brother and I got head lice anyway. So no, it's not you. :)

Check this out though–when I was little, another "sign" of a "dirty" or "neglectful" parent was cradle cap. I had it bad. This was used against my mother in a custody dispute. (She wasn't Mother of the Year anyway, but not for that specific reason.) Well, it must be genetic. My daughter has it now. Doesn't matter how often I wash her hair, it comes and goes as it pleases. I'm glad the experts have figured out it's just a skin condition now. Less for me to worry about.

]]> By: thehorizontalyoyo http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29031 thehorizontalyoyo Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:51:52 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29031 As a kid, I had lice once - in 6th grade - and it was found by the hairdresser.<br /><br />My children have had lice once - WHILE THEY WERE HOMESCHOOLED! If you thought only dirty people got lice, I figured only kids who went to public school got lice. Nope. My daughter has my hair...so it's thick...and it was long. And it was *really* hard to get rid of. But we did.<br /><br />The kids are in public school now - and I do random lice checks. No lice. Go figure. As a kid, I had lice once – in 6th grade – and it was found by the hairdresser.

My children have had lice once – WHILE THEY WERE HOMESCHOOLED! If you thought only dirty people got lice, I figured only kids who went to public school got lice. Nope. My daughter has my hair…so it's thick…and it was long. And it was *really* hard to get rid of. But we did.

The kids are in public school now – and I do random lice checks. No lice. Go figure.

]]> By: Anonymous http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29032 Anonymous Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:33:28 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29032 Oh yes, we are dealing with it too in my daughter's class right now. And, no, it is not dirty kids! Our school is full of clean kids whose parents are doctors, lawyers, plastic surgeons, and self-made millionaires. Last year I don't think one 1st grade girl was exempt from it. Most of us have found the oilve oil shower cap overnight along with the nit pick are the best way to eliminate them. Of course I also bagged all pillows and stuffed animals for at least a month. By Texas state law, schools do not have to report the incidences to parents. We, as parents, have been fighting for our school district to at least notify us so we can be pro-active in examining our children's heads. So sorry. I know it's not fun. Before I read your post, I had just gone through my daughter's hair with a nit comb! She's used to the routine by now. Oh yes, we are dealing with it too in my daughter’s class right now. And, no, it is not dirty kids! Our school is full of clean kids whose parents are doctors, lawyers, plastic surgeons, and self-made millionaires. Last year I don’t think one 1st grade girl was exempt from it. Most of us have found the oilve oil shower cap overnight along with the nit pick are the best way to eliminate them. Of course I also bagged all pillows and stuffed animals for at least a month. By Texas state law, schools do not have to report the incidences to parents. We, as parents, have been fighting for our school district to at least notify us so we can be pro-active in examining our children’s heads. So sorry. I know it’s not fun. Before I read your post, I had just gone through my daughter’s hair with a nit comb! She’s used to the routine by now.

]]> By: Mom to 5...Daughter of the King http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29033 Mom to 5...Daughter of the King Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:51:56 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29033 Oh, we dealt with this a couple of years ago....TWICE!! I hope this is your only experience with it.... Oh, we dealt with this a couple of years ago….TWICE!! I hope this is your only experience with it….

]]> By: Liz http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29034 Liz Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:23:41 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29034 Oh honey...I don't envy you. I've dealt with headlice at least once per school year since my (now 7th grader) was in Kindergarten. I HATEEEEEEEEEEE it. It's such a huge pain in the neck to treat everyone's heads, all the bedding in the house, all the upholstered furniture, stuffed animals, hairbows, brushes & combs, the works... and then do it all over in a week. Yuck yuck yuck!<br /><br />Here's a cyber hug for ya from Texas! Oh honey…I don't envy you. I've dealt with headlice at least once per school year since my (now 7th grader) was in Kindergarten. I HATEEEEEEEEEEE it. It's such a huge pain in the neck to treat everyone's heads, all the bedding in the house, all the upholstered furniture, stuffed animals, hairbows, brushes & combs, the works… and then do it all over in a week. Yuck yuck yuck!

Here's a cyber hug for ya from Texas!

]]> By: Angel http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29035 Angel Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:40:56 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29035 My sister when she was living with me got it, It apparently like clean heads! But I find it horrible that the school didn't send you a letter of warning! My sister when she was living with me got it, It apparently like clean heads! But I find it horrible that the school didn’t send you a letter of warning!

]]> By: Jane Anne http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29036 Jane Anne Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:45:41 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29036 Oh, that was one GREAT story. My kids haven't had lice (crossing my fingers here) but it sure goes around at my son's school. You will get a kick out of this: <a href="http://owenhome.blogspot.com/2009/01/small-town-conversation.html" rel="nofollow"> Small Town Conversation</a><br /><br />Also, Check out my <a href="http://gravityofmotion.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-me-monday_26.html" rel="nofollow"> Not Me! Monday Post</a> Oh, that was one GREAT story. My kids haven’t had lice (crossing my fingers here) but it sure goes around at my son’s school. You will get a kick out of this: Small Town Conversation

Also, Check out my Not Me! Monday Post

]]> By: BluRayn http://wearethatfamily.com/2009/01/turns-out-we-are-dirty-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29037 BluRayn Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:32:23 +0000 http://localhost:8888/kristen2/?p=595#comment-29037 Oh my! I haven't ever had to deal with lice but the dentist thing....we're doing that around here, well, Mommy & Daddy are. *I* have a few cavities, apparently due to not going to the dentist in a long time, my bad, but hey, no insurance! Anyway, DH was in the same boat but he only has one, go fig! LOL But kids...having none? Priceless!!! Oh my! I haven't ever had to deal with lice but the dentist thing….we're doing that around here, well, Mommy & Daddy are. *I* have a few cavities, apparently due to not going to the dentist in a long time, my bad, but hey, no insurance! Anyway, DH was in the same boat but he only has one, go fig! LOL But kids…having none? Priceless!!!

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