Oh dear - my sister is going to kill me!

Hehehe. You crack me up. You forgot to mention that our niece, who I kindly brought with me to give her mother a break, was infested with nits

I must remind you though it's only the family members that retained the family name that are jinxes on our health. Last time I popped up with Michaela (when your #2 was born) we had no problems but then mum didn't stay with you that time.

So the solution - when you visit wellington give featherston a miss and stay with us instead and when I come up your way we just don't tell the others.

Re: chicken pox - if it is that - she's going to get it at some point so we may as well get it over and done with. Fingers crossed that whatever it is your ones aren't too contagious though as I spent the morning yesterday with a pregnant friend and her toddler (sure she won't appreciate us passing it on) and also visited a friend with a very sick baby last week.

Let us know.

p.s. hope you're managing to get some rest and that the littlies are sleeping well etc despite being sick. Kisses to them from me.

LOL, we have had nits in the past month

Michaela now has spots too. Thanks!! LOL just kidding, she does have spots but the doc says it's not viral. Her temps only slightly high and chest/ears/throat are fine but recently she's decided to give her poor constantly grazed knees a break and has started stubbing her toes (a habit picked up from wigglesfans #2 maybe) anyway while I was busy checking out her spots and arranging an md appt Michaela was ripping her shoes and socks off to reveal a hot, red, swollen toe with a red strip making it's way up her foot.

The doc thinks that the spots and temp are related to the infected toe and she's on penycillin (need spell check) which leads me to a very important question - how on earth do you get a toddler to take 7mls of that vile tasting stuff. It's awful and can't even be disguised in cordial (don't tell the dental health nurse I tried that).

Ugh, I've spent $80 on products so far, plus combs, and it's still an ongoing process. She's clean for now, but who knows when they'll be back.

I used Moov shampoo to kill them, then Electric Blue conditioner to comb the eggs out, then Neutralice every day to help stop her getting them again.

The school don't seem to be able to do much, I went to see the teacher and I was like "Maya has nits" and she was like "Yeah, I know". I was like "hello, when were you going to tell me?" Apparently they're not allowed to check kids hair anymore.

Hi slightly off the topic, but a good home remedy for nits is. Equal parts vinegar (any) and baby oil. Slap it on with a good shower cap or gladwrap... leave and wash out. Continue to do this for next few days until all nits and eggs are gone.

Not only does it work but hair is ultra soft!!!

Good luck,

Nits here too! used Lice Breaker on Fay and Prioderm shampoo for me and I think for the first time in 2 weeks I may be nit free, Fay's was clear last week but she doesn't have as much hair as I do
I hope you get clear soon Emma and find something that gives maya some protection, it's no fun in long thick hair I can tell ya

MrsMojo wrote: Michaela now has spots too. Thanks!! LOL just kidding, she does have spots but the doc says it's not viral. Her temps only slightly high and chest/ears/throat are fine but recently she's decided to give her poor constantly grazed knees a break and has started stubbing her toes (a habit picked up from wigglesfans #2 maybe) anyway while I was busy checking out her spots and arranging an md appt Michaela was ripping her shoes and socks off to reveal a hot, red, swollen toe with a red strip making it's way up her foot. The doc thinks that the spots and temp are related to the infected toe and she's on penycillin (need spell check) which leads me to a very important question - how on earth do you get a toddler to take 7mls of that vile tasting stuff. It's awful and can't even be disguised in cordial (don't tell the dental health nurse I tried that).

Poor wee missymoo! I hope that it is coming right now! #2 wigglesfan hasn't stubbed his toe all week - a world record. We are hoping it may one day regain its rounded shape on the end.

Will she suck the medicine out of a syringe? My boys are really good at that.

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WigglesFan wrote: Poor wee missymoo! I hope that it is coming right now! Will she suck the medicine out of a syringe? My boys are really good at that.

There was no way she was letting us anywhere near her with the syringe. We managed to both hold her down yesterday morning and DH held her head while I squirted liquid into her mouth and she acted like a fountain - spitting it all into DH's face

I rang the doc in the morning to ask if they had any suggestions and also mentioned that the redness had spread up her foot and so the nurse made an appt for us to go back at 4:30pm then 20 mins later at lunchtime she called back to saythat she'd spoken to doc and he was concerned about spread and wanted me to bring her back immediately (way to freak me out).

He's given us something else to try (e-mycin) while has a mild flavour and she only needs 5mls 2 x per day with food. She won't take it from any kind of medicine dispenser so we're hiding it in her milk bottle.

He's not sure if this antibiotic will work and if it doesn't then she has to have an IV.

Oh my goodness - the poor wee lass!

i bet it hurts her too but you can't muck around with blood poisoning.

I agree with daikini - squirt it at the back of the throat to make it harder to spit out. It is a lot easier and less stressful than trying to keep a luer and IV in her!

Keep me informed!