Stepdaughter's boyfriend refuses to treat head lice

My daughter (17) and her boyfriend (also 17) just had a baby. The baby was 8 weeks premature and is in the NICU. One of the nurses noticed that daughter had nits so I treated her hair in the hospital. She never said a word about itchiness or bugs to me or SO. Daughter told me that boyfriend's hair was also treated in the hospital but we've found out this was not the case. 2 weeks after her baby was born she was visiting baby in the NICU and lice were noticed again on daughter. She was asked not to come back until she had been treated. Mind you I had treated her hair twice since her release. I asked her if the boyfriend had been treated again and she stated that she looked through his hair and found nothing. I'm thinking that was clearly bullshit. Lice isn't and wasnt an issue in our household until the boyfriend came along. She is no longer allowed to go to his home. The only time she sees him is to drive an hour away to see the baby. The boyfriend doesn't shower, wash his clothes, etc and is ignoring his lice issue. I can't keep retreating her hair everytime she is with him. I've gone though my hair and my 6 year olds hair. No nits or bugs to be found. I'm exasperated. Is my only option to keep them completely separated until he does something about his hair? What do I do if he won't treat it?

TL;DR daughter's boyfriend keeps spreading lice, refuses to treat his hair even with premie baby involved.



Submitted December 03, 2019 at 12:48AM

My daughter (17) and her boyfriend (also 17) just had a baby. The baby was 8 weeks premature and is in the NICU. One of the nurses noticed that daughter had nits so I treated her hair in the hospital. She never said a word about itchiness or bugs to me or SO. Daughter told me that boyfriend's hair was also treated in the hospital but we've found out this was not the case. 2 weeks after her baby was born she was visiting baby in the NICU and lice were noticed again on daughter. She was asked not to come back until she had been treated. Mind you I had treated her hair twice since her release. I asked her if the boyfriend had been treated again and she stated that she looked through his hair and found nothing. I'm thinking that was clearly bullshit. Lice isn't and wasnt an issue in our household until the boyfriend came along. She is no longer allowed to go to his home. The only time she sees him is to drive an hour away to see the baby. The boyfriend doesn't shower, wash his clothes, etc and is ignoring his lice issue. I can't keep retreating her hair everytime she is with him. I've gone though my hair and my 6 year olds hair. No nits or bugs to be found. I'm exasperated. Is my only option to keep them completely separated until he does something about his hair? What do I do if he won't treat it?TL;DR daughter's boyfriend keeps spreading lice, refuses to treat his hair even with premie baby involved.

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