Thumbs up on the tea-tree oil, dad!

There was a lice outbreak at school this week. I don't want to nit-pick, but I was one of the parents who was called in to take my child home.

On the way home from school, we stopped at the Herbalist, an apothecary in the northeast part of town (I think it's Ravenna, but maybe Wedgewood). Along with Tea Tree shampoo, I picked up a bottle of hair oil - jojoba and almond infused with rosemary, lavender, tea-tree, bay, and sage. It is wonderful stuff.

We did a "treatment" at home, which consisted of soaking her hair in the oil overnight, washing thoroughly in the morning, and then about 1 hour of combing and seeking, seeking and combing. I didn't find anything, and was even wondering (nay, suspecting) that the staff at school had made a mistake.

This morning we went to school, and D. from the office found 6 nits. I didn't remember them being THAT small! They were tiny, but unlike the random other specs in there, these were unmistakeably attached to a hair. I was a little embarrassed that I had not found them myself. D. showed me how to do it, and now I know, and will try to remember this time.