Comments on: How I know I’m strong

By: Cleveland Family essay on lice published | Writes Like She Talks

Cleveland Family essay on lice published | Writes Like She Talks — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:41:49 +0000

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By: Malkin doesn't know what she's talking about, let alone who speaks for her | Writes Like She Talks

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:22:30 +0000

[...] written, but, if I were you, I’d wait until October gets posted. It’s fashioned after this post about lice, which I titled, How I Know I’m Strong. Cuz honey – until you’ve battled those ferocious little PITAs, you ain’t no lion or [...]

By: Amy S.

Amy S. — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:40:00 +0000

Your guess is as good as mine on the divine wisdom of lice. Maybe it’s to help us better appreciate a nit-free existence. I love PunditMom — she’s a very prolific and inspirational blogger.

Crossing my fingers that your house is finally de-loused!

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:53:00 +0000

Thanks so much, Amy. I really appreciate it. My husband and I just finished nearly two hours on her! And that was the third time today. Whew. Those critters are so hardy.

Not to be cruel, especially to folks who are more believers than I am, but what is the conventional wisdom on why God created lice? There is one, right?

Okay – enough.

I know – we will OUTsurvive them!

Thanks for the tips and I know I’ll be doing a We are Nit-free post soon.

Also – I visited your blog. I love that PunditMom is at the top of your link list – I just read about her today on my friend Wendy Hoke’s blog, http://www.creativeink.blogspot.com.

Anyway – thanks for reading and commenting. And let’s hear for the nit-free life.

By: Amy S.

Amy S. — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:12:00 +0000

Yup. Been there, done that!!! Ours was on the last day of first grade which meant my daughter missed her end of year party and we had to cancel an overnight trip to a friend's lake cabin.

Take it from someone who survived an infestation AND a relapse, go OVERBOARD in washing and bagging everything your daughter may have looked at. Another tip -- straight ironing. My daughter's hair is thick and curly. Straight ironing her hair helped ensure that we killed all the nits and helped me get a better look at the enemy. It took forever, but my daughter loved the result. I also continued to do quick nit checks throughout the week after the initial nit hunt. It paid off as I usually found one or two that I missed the first go-round.

Good luck!!!