Not trying to gross you all out....
Bad News - DD found a lice in her hair last week. **CRAP** You SA parents know what I mean. Just a wonderful part of childhood and parenting, Right? 
So it has been a flurry of washing and vacuuming and spraying and combing..Arg. Luckily I haven't found any on me or DH or DS. And DD only had a few. Good thing it seems we caught on to the little buggers early. Everyone I know has gone thru this in their life at least once. I remember having them when I was about 10. Horrible because I've had long hair my whole life. Past my waist when I was that age. She's never had them before; we've been able to dodge the bullet all the other times it made the rounds at school.
The thing is it is expensive to treat. I was unpleasantly surprised when I spent $57 at CVS on shampoo, creme rinse and a metal toothed comb. Then there is all the time and water/energy to wash and dry everything. I was saying to my mom,
"How could low income families afford to do this?" My mom countered with,
"Think how hard/more expensive it would be if you didn't own a nice washer and dryer and you'd have to take everything to the Laundromat?"
WOW, I hadn't even thought about that. I realized I totally take my situation for granted. We are very lucky. Even though we're not "rolling in dough" all of our needs are more then met.
So after a short battle this weekend so far DD's head is all clear. 
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Good News - (Actually VERY good 
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Received a check from our previous mortgage holder for $2475! It seems our mortgage broker got the payoff amount just before our October payment posted. So the money is our refunded October payment and the balance from our escrow account.
I am not sure where all this unexpected money will be going. I will put it all in the EF for now. I will absolutely be keeping at least 1k there for the EF goal. I will now check that off in the sidebar.
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Little DS is now five and a half months. Here is a recent picture.
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And ... GO GIANTS!!!
Bad News & Good News
October 26th, 2010 at 06:18 pm
October 26th, 2010 at 06:42 pm 1288118536
October 26th, 2010 at 07:04 pm 1288119893
Odd, I don't know a single person who has ever dealt with lice. I remember getting lice checks in school, but that's it.
October 26th, 2010 at 07:52 pm 1288122740
And with such a cutie to cheer you up!
October 26th, 2010 at 10:03 pm 1288130619
October 27th, 2010 at 01:45 am 1288143937
odd that it cost you so much, over here the combs come free with the shampoo, and the shampoo itself costs no more than $20, even the natural ones. (i recommend neem based products, or a brand called kp24 which is really hardcore if you're getting frustrated... if you get the same products over there).
October 27th, 2010 at 01:39 pm 1288186759
October 27th, 2010 at 02:24 pm 1288189456
Seems like it's going around though.
Very cute picture!
October 27th, 2010 at 03:02 pm 1288191732
I went through lice with my daughters, once with the older and a few timnes with my youngest, who had very thick hair all the way past her waist. Part of the problem with the youngest was sports, baseball helmets, etc. Sorry you are going through it. I still have one of those little combs I use on my dog for fleas!
October 27th, 2010 at 04:40 pm 1288197641
I don't remember it, but my mom has told me that I had lice when I was in Kindergarten. Hope it goes away fast!
October 27th, 2010 at 10:13 pm 1288217625
October 28th, 2010 at 06:21 pm 1288290086
To all of you who have never had lice - you are so LUCKY!
Monkey Mama - I wonder if at a private school families might be hush, hush about them having lice just because of the embarassment?? And I do think boys have an advantage with not long enough hair.
On the cost issue - I don't have the reciept here, but I think I remember I spent $15 on the shampoo, $14 on the creme rinse, $11 on the metal toothed comb with two length attachments and $8 on the mattress spray. The shampoo does come with plastic combs, but they are useless.
Homebody - I did use a flea comb also. They work great.
ScottishGirl - that product is not available in the USA.
My mom is bringing some "Planet Solution", (although I think it has a new name now) this weekend and it will kill lice too. So far **knock on wood** DD's head looks pretty clear.