14/06/2026
NIT GATE 🐜
You know how I like to keep things real here parenting 3 kids 5 & under & so it would be remiss of me to not share…
*picture this*
It’s the night before the pop up, it’s been gruelling loading / unloading / setting up. I get home at 8pm, have some dinner & start getting the kids ready for bed. Our big girl comes & sits on my lap, she gives a really big doubled handed scratch on her head…
Me *jumps up* ‘why did you just scratch your head like that?’
Her ‘my head really itches’
Me *lifts the hair by her ear* ‘ADAM! There’s nits!’
I literally ran to Asda & at 9pm I was waking my children up to give them the full treatment which I then made them sleep in after a very tough comb through (it’s hadn’t spread just on the one child thank god 😂)
I THEN made Adam do his beard (he has no hair on his head, but you know you can’t be too careful!) & do my hair (preventative!) I slept in the treatment & had to wake up at 5:30am to wash it out & dry my hair in the kitchen without a mirror as to not wake anyone up 🤪
So my loves, if you encounter nit gate - know you are not alone in this hell & here is what I did to eliminate the baddies:
First nit treatment, if you check the ingredients all treatments are basically the same & all come with a comb but there can be £10 different between them! We used Asda’s own at £5.50.
Spray & set for 30 minutes & then section the hair & comb through. Get all those dead bodies out & eggs (I’m making this sound easier than it was, a crying 4 year old who said it kept hurting & was flipping her head around 🙄)
Sleep in the treatment & wash out the next day, comb through again for anything you missed.
Get the Vosene Kids Head Lice Prevention spray for £2.50. This is also conditioner so use this for the days following to comb through to protect all your hard nit removal work.
REPEAT FOR A WEEK
WARN EVERYONE! I swear all the Mums think I’m a lunatic anyway but sending this picture to them all at 10pm on a Friday solidified it 😂 It spreads like wildfire! So tell everyone, don’t be ashamed! Because it will come back if someone misses it.
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