Ok-the lil buggars are resistant and the more poison you use, the stronger they get, so in my opinion, it's best to start with this plan and NOT use poison. Plus - of course it is better for your Sweetpea.
Katie's Lice Killing Plan
The supplies you'll need you can pick up at Walgreens and at Sprouts or Mother's market (or any health food store)
Supplies:
First, even if YOU see nothing, you MUST have a nit comb. DO NOT get the flat metal ones, they shred the hair, pull it and make Sweetpea cry. You need one with round tines.
it gets every single lice egg *nit* out. They sell then at Walgreens, sometimes the handle is a different color, and they go by different names, that doesn't matter, it's the metal part you're paying attention to :)
1 regular sized bottle (any brand) baby shampoo OR Prell
1 bottle tea tree oil 2oz
1/2 cup olive oil - any brand
1/4 cup coconut oil - any brand
1/2 cup liquid fabric softener - any brand
emptry spray bottle
little dish of rubbing alcohol
white cloth
MIX TOGETHER IN SHAMPOO BOTTLE:
shampoo, bottle of tea tree oil (reserve and set aside 1 tablespoon of it) 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup coconut oil (a lot of times its solid-ish, melt it before mixing.
MIX TOGETHER IN SPRAY BOTTLE:
1/4 cup olive oil, the reserved tablespoon of tea tree and (this sounds nuts, but...) About 1/2 cup liquid fabric softener, mix all this with 1-1 1/2 cups of warm water,
shampoo the hair and rinse well.
Then put on a movie for Sweetpea...while the hair is still wet, spray the mixture in the spray bottle onto the hair in small sections and comb out any lil vermin, constantly rinsing your comb in the dish of alcohol and wiping it on the white cloth. It's VERY important that you don't shake any any of these eggs lose!
When you're finished, rinse the hair out well, then have Sweetpea stand in the shower - she can wear a bathing suit if she's too old too old to go nekkid - but no other clothes. And blow dry the heck out of that hair - ON HOT and HIGH!
You wanna wash with this shampoo once a week for a month or so. As for blankets, pillows and stuffies, lice can't live off of their host, so save your money and your lungs, tie stuff up in trash bags and set out in sun for 48 hours. Or in the dryer on high for 30 mins.
Once I had done my routine, I would take a big ol' bottle of extra strength, jersey shore style gel, and a crap ton of teeny tiny rubberbands, actual plastic ones. I'd saturate the hair with gel then put in little pony designs all over their heads then blow dry it crispy. Lice like clean hair, squeaky clean preferably that they can grip and climb.Greasy, dirty hair (contrary to popular belief) and coated with gel hair doesn't give them anywhere to go!
So, I hope you found this informative and helpful...I have passed this in many times and its always worked, if you think you got them all with posion, they'll be back with vengeance.
Take care!!
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