Dont Let the Bed Bugs Bite

Since B has turned 4 we've gone through lots of trials an tribulations. The bobo withdrawal. The constant beating up of his sister. But one of the highlights was the arrival of his bog boy bed. If you've been reading my blog for awhile you'll remember I never wanted B to leave his crib. The idea of my son wandering the apartment at night scared me worse than an alien abduction. But as he approached 4 I knew the time had come to let him out of his jail and give him free nightly access to the potty (among other things) as I hated getting up at 4am to take him to said potty. The arrival of the bed was joyous and highly anticipated. But over the past few days the bed has not been a joyous one. I began to notice little circular bites on his arms and legs. Yesterday he just sat on the floor scratching. His teacher took one look and proclaimed "Bed Bugs!"

Bed Bugs!!!! Good lord I thought and quickly googled them and this is what I found. Aekkkkkk!!!!! Excuse me while I have a nervous breakdown.

No way!

I ran home in the middle of the day and looked at every nook and cranny of that mattress. I vacuumed the walls washed everything put everything in zippered vinyl bags. And waited for the night. By the way I found no bed bugs. No brown bed bug feces smears (EEEEEEEKKKKKKK) no nothing.

Before he went to bed I made a diagram of his bites just to make sure no new ones would appear. At two in the morning I started to get the hebe jebbies. I imagined those bed bugs crawling over my skin. I imagined dust mites walking on me and just started to itch and itch and freak. I snuck into B's room with a flashlight and examined the bed. I looked at the walls I looked at the floor. No bed bugs.

I went back to bed and tried to put the fact that in two years your pillow and mattress becomes 50% heavier due to dust mite poop. And the fact that the average north American swallows 20 spiders a year in their sleep. (Yes I know I need to keep away from google.) I tried to sleep and eventually fell into a fitful snooze dreaming of large bugs taking over the world.

In the morning I stripped B down and checked him all. He was clear no new bites. I think its ok. I however will be rocking in the corner for the rest of the day.