Step 1: Stun the lice by applying the Nick of Nits Cream directly to dry and detangled hair, enough to cover all hair from root to tip. Lather it on like it's going out of style.
Step 2: Stun your friends and neighbours and cover the scalp with the stylish shower cap. The shower cap even has cow horns. Sit back and relax for 10 minutes.
Step 3: Section the hair using a regular comb and then using the MooGoo Head Lice Comb, comb through each section at least 5 times from root to tip. Be sure to wipe the comb clean every time you comb through because they’re quick buggers and they can run back into the hair if given the chance.
Step 4: Next, blow-dry the hair. Blow drying the hair is like an egg-killing heat ray! (I’ve always wanted one of those!?) Be sure to check the base of the neck and behind the ears as head lice run to these spots when they are faced with a heat ray.
Step 5: It’s recommended to use it at least once every 5 days for the next 10 days. And lastly
Step 6: Pat yourself on the back for a job well done, you did amazing. Your technique? Flawless. Your patience and level-headedness? Unmatched. You child’s hair? Clean, fresh, and tenant-free. Well done!
Some tips from veteran mums who have been there (more than a few times)
Don’t trust the “one treatment” promise. The reality is that if you miss one little tiny egg, and don’t follow up, then you have a full infestation a few weeks later. A quick check after a week is better to find those one or two lice that may have hatches.
Apply the cream from the bottom up. Lice run away from the cream while they can. Then comb from the bottom up so you're chasing lice up the hair and onto the scalp and forehead where they are more easily seen.
Screen-time! We are all for limiting screen time. But you need your child to sit still for about half an hour. If you have a method other than shoving an i-pad in their line of sight, all power to you! For this parent, nit time is screen time and everyone wins.
Its not so bad. It is bonding at its most primitive!
