It has hit. The lice infestation. My darling almost 7 year old daughter came home from school with lice. It is horrible. Those tiny little critters just seem to multiply by the minute. So, yesterday afternoon, I treated her hair.
First she did not like the smell. I don't blame her, the smell is awful. Then she asked me what the foam did to the lice. This is where i totally messed up. I told her the foam killed the lice. She started to cry. She said they were animals and we don't kill animals because they are our friends. I spent the next 20 minutes telling her that it was okay to kill head lice because they are not really our friends and are quite annoying.
Then she had to wash the foam out. It got in her eyes. She was quite annoyed.
Then came the bit I was dreading, the lice comb. With a lot of tears from both of us I finally had her lice free, until the next time an infestation hits anyway.
The main problem with lice is that some parents do not seem to treat their child's hair. This annoys me a great deal. I have much more fun stuff I could be doing in an evening (you know, such as the dishes, picking up after the kids and folding laundry). So to all parents out there, please please treat your children when they have lice. And for those who do treat their children and are faced with yet another infestation, you have my sympathy.
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