It's the call every parent dreads. Actually, it's one of the calls every parent dreads, but we're not going to think of things like car wrecks and "can you come down to the station and post bail."
The voice on the other end of the line goes something like this:
"Since you guys were over here playing yesterday -- and the girls were trying on lots of hats and playing with fake cell phones and taking turns rubbing their warm, moist scalps against the same surfaces -- I should tell you that we have lice."
This is the part where you, receiver of said phone call, start scratching your head (not out of confusion, but because it suddenly itches really bad) and wondering whether you could just get rid of the kids you have and start over with certified lice-free ones. Instead, you thank the caller, pretend like it's no big deal at all -- and sure! We'll get together again real soon! -- and start what will be a never-ending laundry cycle.
Now, my family was lucky enough to have been spared any actual bug or egg spottings. And that despite getting plenty of emails, calls and notices of lice going around the one daughter's preschool and the other's elementary school. Somehow, we've managed to dodge infestation.
Over at MomLogic, one family hasn't been so lucky.
Anybody have experience with chemical-rich lice shampoo and the tiny little silver comb? And does your head itch just reading this? Because mine did the entire time writing it.
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