My daughters (4) friend also 4, lives across the road. its great. they are close, the parents are easy to talk to about general things. The problem is they have NITS. We moved into this house 8 weeks ago. Have never had to battle with nits before. but for the last 6 weeks i am non stop treating hair every week to give my poor girl some relief. I know it has come from across the road because when i first noticed the nits on my daughter i rang them and told them how sorry i was and that daughter must have picked them up at Kindy. (she started there the week before). they informed me that they infact had nits and were struggling to keep on top of it. my question is, is it rude for me to buy the nit treatment and comb for them and give it to them? i have family coming at christmas and the last thing i want is them also getting nits. please help.
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Honestly? Yes it would be rude. If it were me, I’d just stop letting the kids interact or letting your child go to their house - I’m working under the assumption that that is how your little girl is being reinfected?
Honestly when my youngest started at daycare and my oldest at her previous school they got nits ALL THE TIME. I was CONSTANTLY going through their hair and really did struggle to keep on top of it. If someone had given me a nit comb and treatment I would have said "You don't think I've tried this already??? Really?" Tbh the ONLY thing I found that helped was the change of school for my oldest! She used to go to a big school and now it's a tiny Catholic school and she hasn't gotten nits since and my youngest moved daycare rooms as well and neither of them get them anymore (fingers crossed it stays that way!)
I'm going to be honest, if someone gave me lice treatment and comb I'd find it a bit condescending and accusatory, and did they really think I haven't tried this already lol? Also, you haven't know them that long, I think it crosses a line slightly.
It only takes 1 missed egg to completely re-infect yourself, so the other little girl may not even be the cause (though, I agree it is the most likely scenario).
Like I said I don't think you're entitled give them the treatment stuff but I think you're well within your rights to decline play dates until they can keep it under control.
Trust me this will not be the first time dealing with nits lol
If someone gave me nit shampoo and a comb id say thank you....one less bottle i have to buy. Id also bitch abd talk about how shit nits are and how annoying and hard to treat they are. With 5 kids nits have gone through our house a few times and i think off all the $$ ive spent on shampoo. Now ive made my own spray up. Every day my girls brush their hair with spray of tea tree oil, baby oil and water. They ALWAYS have their hair tired up tight for school. If they go to a friend's house and i know the kid has nits ill tie the hair up with a plat and hair spray it. If you have a child visiting your house and they have night tie their hair up and spray it. If the parents say anything tell them its cause the kid has nits.