The parasite no one wants to talk about... not even me!

So, it's been a rough few days.  After having an awesomely fun trip at the apple orchard.  My six year old daughter came down with a high fever, which means saturday night and sunday weren't so much fun.  Then Monday came.  And as I'm brushing her hair I find LICE!

I KNOW!  We all remember how when we were kids it was like the worst thing that could happen.  Imagine my surprise to find my daughter got it!  I was so embarrassed!  But quite honestly, it happens.  No matter how clean you are.  And there is nothing to be ashamed of, just make sure your child doesn't tell the whole school, because it's no fun to get made fun of something that you got from someone else.

So I've been doing laundry all day every day since Monday and I'm still doing it.  When you find out your child has lice, you need to wash everything they could have possibly come in contact with in warm water.  Toys, stuffed animals, bedding, clothes, etc.  Vacuum everything!  Get the anti-lice spray (open your windows) and spray the crap out of your furniture.  Also buy the pesticide with the metal comb and make sure you get every louse and nit.  Because if you miss one, it starts all over again!  If you can't wash the toy stick it in a plastic bag and wait 3-4 weeks for the louse bugs to die off.  Throw away your hair brushes, it's worth buying a new one.  Unless you have a sanitize button on your dishwasher.  Then run it through that... nothing will survive that.

It totally sucks, believe me.  I'm so sick of doing laundry and vacuuming.  I'm just glad I noticed before we went on vacation.  Can you imagine coming home to a bug infestation????  GROSS!

Also if you do have a kid that gets this.  Grow a pair and tell the school!  Because if you don't, it could come back to your kid again!  I notified the school and the teacher.  They did a lice check and thankfully everyone was in the clear!  Which makes me think she got it from her hair cut or the parent took care of it without telling anyone.  SEE WHAT I MEAN???  If you want to prevent lice from spreading, then suck up your pride and tell someone.  Because that's all you can really do!

I hope you found this helpful!