i'm not happy, lice

It doesn't matter if they play inside or outside because your child could get head lice just by being near the other child because the lice jumps off of one onto another. Some advice for you though, put her pillow in the dryer for 20 minutes to kill the remaining ones and anything else that can stand the dryer for that long without damaging it. Good luck.

Here is what I posted in the other discussion about lice. Hope this helps. I got this off the what's good for you site. Head lice only live in hair where there's a plentiful supply of blood, but you can't catch head lice from dogs or cats because lice only live on a diet of human blood. Meanwhile, Marae's mum, Rhonda has freaked out and flung herself into the usual damage control frenzy; stripping beds, and vacuuming floors and anywhere she suspects the dreaded lice might be lurking. Is she doing the right thing? Can head lice live in pillowcases and bed sheets? "That's another misconception actually, because the head lice can't live on doonas and pillowcases and things like that," says Dr Webb. "You're much better trying to spend the time removing the lice from the children's hair rather than overdoing the laundry and cleaning the house." In fact, lice can't last a day off a human head. So what's the best way to get rid of head lice, once they have moved into your child's hair? There are stacks of head lice treatments to choose from, but Glenis says that the best treatment of all is — wait for it — ordinary old hair conditioner. "You put lots of conditioner on," says Glenis. "Just get a cheap one and put a lot of conditioner through the kid's hair." Apparently, the slimy conditioner clogs up the lice's breathing apparatus and stuns them for about twenty minutes. "What we're looking for is not so much the eggs but the live critters themselves; the adults, the louse," says Glenis. "You'll see them when you start to comb through the hair." Coated with conditioner, the poor old lice are too dopey to swing like Tarzan from hair to hair and you can catch them with a fine-toothed comb. Very fine combs with long, rounded stainless steel teeth work best. Comb every part of the head four or five times. "You just wipe the comb on some kitchen paper and if they've got eggs or lice, you'll see them," finishes Glenis. How simple is that? Better still, you can do this for every head lice attack because it's so chemically mild, the hair conditioner won't harm a single hair on the child's head. "The comb and conditioner method is the one we prefer the most because there's no chemicals involved," says Dr Webb. "It's a bit time-consuming, but studies have shown that it's really successful"

I am so sorry this happened. Lice is not something you can play around with. I hope you checked your head and your daughters head very good. You may want to check with your childs doctor and see if he things you should treat her scalp even though you do not see anything. Make sure you use extremely hot water and a strong disenfectent. You are not the first to face this problem and you will not be the last. Lice is not just for the people that do not bath, it happens to a lot of people. The most important thing is to catch the problem and cure it. Some one on here was talking about this problem a few days ago. I am sorry this happened because I know it is a lot of work and you must stay on top of it. Just because you do not see anything today that doesn't mean you wont tomorrow. I would keep checking for a day or two just to make sure. I am surprised that this woman did not keep her daughter away from yours. The woman should know how hard this is to get rid of. I don't think I would be letting the kids play together for a long time after this. Good luck.

That is so rude of the mom not to tell you until after the girl had been all over your house!! I would be super pissed!!! I hope your daughter doesn't get it, and doesn't mind ebing without toys for awhile!! Sorry!!

I don't know if it'll help or not but when we had foster kids we found out the best thing to get rid of lice was white vinegar. We washed their heads with it (you let it sit in the hair for 15-25 minutes) and washed all of their bedding and such with it in the washer. We also mixed up a spray bottle and sprayed down their beds and stuffies. It worked great and we only had 1 or 2 kids that had to be "shampooed" more than once. By the way, it smells terrible but it worked great. Have a great day!! AT PEACE WITHIN

That person would not be permitted in my home again. That's just rude and inconsiderate. That's the same as exposing someone's kids to other sick kids and not telling the parents until it's too late to prevent the illness from spreading. A few years ago, we took my son to a birthday party for a friends son who is a year younger than him. There were some other kids there. About an hour into the party, while all the kids were playing together, one girl's grandmother informed us that her granddaughter was afraid she wouldn't be able to come because she'd spent the night throwing up and still had a little bit of a fever. All of the kids at the party ended up getting sick. My son was sick for over a week... fever, vomiting, diarrhea, the whole nine. The host and the birthday boy both also got incredibly sick. Everyone called that grandmother and told her off for willfully exposing everyone to her sick granddaughter.

eww yeah thats kinda something you need to know about. I know I would be fuming mad if that happened to me. I get that it's embarrassing to tell people but in that situation you need to tell someone.

What is it with people? I guess some people just have no common sense or something. I can imagine how upset this has made you. I'd be giving her an ear full. I'm sorry you have to deal with this. I'm sure your daughter isn't to happy about not having anything to play with. UGH

I would be very upset. She should of told you from the start. But, why is your daughter not able to play with her toys? You don't have to bag all toys when head lice pops up. Only stuff animals and they only have to be in bags for 3 days. They don't survive that long off a host. And most stuff animals can be washed. Vacuuming is a good idea and washing all the clothes that the girl came in contact with and maybe even bed sheets. I hope it all turns out fine.

For the love of Jesus, why would a parent do this? Why would she bring her daughter to play and not tell you? This parent was so inconsiderate! You likely will need to treat your daughter's hair. Watch it very closely for the next day or two. I remember very well my children coming home during the first weeks of school having caught headlice at school. There are so many restricitons in place now that it is a bit better (a minimum distance between the pegs on coat racks and whatnot) but I'm sure it is still a big problem.

It is very controllable thing to do. You have done the right thing cleaning the stuffs and the dress that the carrier wore. You shouldn't be upset anymore just make your daughter's hair as clean as possible by frequent shampooing and maybe from time to time checking it every now and then. I have that case in my son and I think he got it from her school. What we did was to have his hair shorter since lice cannot live in short hair lucky my child is a boy its okay for him to have a very short hair. :D It just took about a week or two before the infestation really disappeared with the help of a medicated shampoo for lice infestation.

ah lice...lol, my younger daughter (who has thick awesome hair) picked up lice a couple of times when she was young... well i will tell you, some parents dont care or just treat the hair a little bit and think the kid is fine, they dont go to the root of the problem (so to speak) at the school my daughter attends, volunteers do lice checks every other week and the child gets sent home. in many cases, the parent just washes the kids hair and sends them back to school...this kills the live ones, but not the eggs

Very sorry to hear this. But try to think frm the others side also, no mother likes to tell anything bad about her child unless it's unavoidable.