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My daughter got them last year in second grade. She also got a reaction from the Nix, and I was reluctant to try anything else on her. I did some searching on the web and found that over-the-counter Denorex, which is a dandruff shampoo, kills them. There are two different kinds of Denorex, and you have to get the one with coal tar in it, it is stronger.
Anyway, we washed her hair with it and let it sit in her hair for about 5-10 minutes. It does tingle/sting a little bit, but much better than the Nix. When we rinsed her hair, I can't tell you how many of those things just fell out!!! I used the lice comb, and she only had a few unhatched nits that I could find. I washed her hair every day for a week, just in case there were any left, and we never found another one.
The other thing we do EVERY DAY now is to spray her hair with tea tree oil. You can find this at Wal-Mart or any drug store, either where they have vitamins/supplements or actually in the lice aisle. Put a 4-5 drops of the tea tree oil in a spray bottle full of water and spray this on her hair every day before she leaves in the morning. You don't have to saturate her hair, just kind of mist it. For some reason, lice hate the smell of this stuff, and it repels them.
I know how frustrating this is, and I only had one child to treat while you have 3! Good luck with this.
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We had the same experience last year - mt
