This fear became a reality the other day when my oldest was itching her head. Daddy doesn’t normally respond to his children’s needs but my daughter was very persistent that her head was itchy. Upon inspection I noticed bugs crawling in her hair, which I obviously responded by jerking back and yelling like a little girl, “Gross! You have bugs in your hair. Get AWAY!” This sent her into a full blown panic attack which left her emotionally helpless and in need of a hug. And of course me being the father I am, I immediately pushed her away and said I don’t want lice, that’s gross. Daddy dropped everything and started phoning Mommy right away to come home and handle this emergency. Afraid Mommy might not respond to head lice with such urgency and tell Daddy to be a man and finally do something for once, I called and acted like it was a big crazy family emergency and hung up on her coworker. Mommy rushed home in a panic and Daddy said with a sigh of relief, “Our daughter has lice, do something.”
6 Comments
August 26, 2009 at 2:21 pm
We had a head lice epidemic in our house several months ago too. It was really nasty! The hardest part was trying to get my daughter (18mo at the time) to sit still long enough to get it dealt with. Then just when the coast was clear, or so we thought, my nephews came for a visit and infested them again! They were the originators of it in the first place and apparently the first treatment didn’t work 100%. Bugs are just gross period lol
August 26, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Oh my God I HATE Head Lice!…I shave all my kids heads…no hair = no Lice.
August 27, 2009 at 12:47 am
Yep, we shave our kids heads too!
LMAO @ Family emergency call!
August 27, 2009 at 11:19 am
I hugged my 5 month old son yesterday and was projectile vomited on… all down the t shirt and trousers… lovely smell of sour milk…. looking forward to the lice!
Terrified Dad
August 27, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I’d think the proper way to deal w/lice was to shave half the child’s head, light the other half on fire, and then stab at the bugs jumping to the other side w/a fork.
August 29, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Way to manage the sitch!