{"id":19095,"date":"2020-08-15T14:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T21:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=19095"},"modified":"2020-08-15T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T21:42:55","slug":"bedbugs-round-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2020\/08\/bedbugs-round-1-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedbugs: Round 1.5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So. Bedbugs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think so as in I am being bitten in the night (Emmett is VERY itchy) and I have ruled out fleas and mosquitoes, so we are left with bedbugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After extensive research … I dunno! I have seen none of the signs: rusty blood\/bedbug poop spots… on sheets or my bright, white mattress. But, I’m not sure what else it could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first thought mosquitoe bites, but so many and overnight and no waking up to the whining of them … plus, at this point of Summer with heat and dry, it is very RARE to have mosquitoes here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fleas … rare also, plus Auggie and Emmett are both on Flea\/Tick preventative. AND I brushed them both on a white sheet … nothing. AND Auggie had his yearly checkup on Friday … flying colors and all of that plus no mention of any skin anomalies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s left? Revenge of the spiders ( I am not a spider fan and if they make an appearance inside … history), or bedbugs. Considering the regularity of the bites (nightly) and amount ( a LOT!) … I am left with bedbugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever, I decided bedbugs. I first laundered all bedding and hoped for the best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sill being bitten, I decided on a DRASTIC course of action: Full on steam clean, throw out some old pillows\/bedding, launder or dry at high heat all other stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bedroom mid steam clean. Steam\/heat is recommended. I steam cleaned the mattress, the platform base (I have a platform bed, no box springs) … platform is slats with plenty of air! Anyway, I took my bedroom apart and steamed the platform, the mattress, baseboards, walls, ceiling trim, floor, furniture … the bedroom was steam cleaned after an all over vaccum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Airing out after the steam…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Same thing in the “boys room” which has a mattress\/box spring day bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of mouse poop, dust, etc. behind the day bed … but no evidence of bedbugs ???<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT, I did find a long lost toy…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lousy photo, but Emmett was thrilled at the toy find and has been keeping it close :)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All of the pillows and bedding got tossed outside. Per my reading, it is very easy to allow for the little buggers to transfer, hence … everything outside. Some things will be trashed, but some are to be laundered and dried at HIGH HEAT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yikes! Well, I have high hopes for no transference inside … We will see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The boys’ room: vacuumed, steam cleaned and awaiting laundered bedding … while currently being blocked off to at least Emmett. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kind of crazy. This is my first issue with overnight bites and considering the woods, dust, pets on everything … I don’t know what lead to this catastrophe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As in the boys’ room, my bedroom awaits clean bedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this works, but per my reading it sometimes takes multiple cleanings. I’ve ordered some residual bedbug stuff, some bed leg traps AND an ultrasonic device…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned. We’ll see how the fight goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So. Bedbugs? I think so as in I am being bitten in the night (Emmett is VERY itchy) and I have ruled out fleas and mosquitoes, so we are left with bedbugs. After extensive research … I dunno! I have seen none of the signs: rusty blood\/bedbug poop spots… on sheets or my bright, white […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19095"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19107,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19095\/revisions\/19107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}