It’s finally happened. The event I’ve been dreading since I had my daughters……the unwanted head visitors, nits! Fortunately, so far only one has been infested.

But how could I have missed it? What a terrible mother I must be!

Though now I think back to the middle of last week, yes, she did scratch her head, on the crown, but that was exactly where she’d fallen backwards and hit her head, and we all know nits prefer behind the ears and the back of the neck, so I thought nothing more of it. I should’ve checked sooner and the little blighters wouldn’t have grown so big.

I know they’re only small and apart from biting and itching, they don’t cause any real harm, not like wasps or snakes, say. But there’s just something about the way they move so fast and the idea of something living in my daughter’s head. How dare they set up camp amongst her lovely hair?!