OT: Spiders

[daycare]

So my youngest son and daughter have been getting bites/bumps all over them. They are the only ones in the house that have them. At some point all of my children sleep in my bed. I know sounds weird, but they do.; My daughter comes home and naps in my bed after school and my son still co-sleeps with us. the bites appeared about a week ago

the bites are BAD. They are from head to toe. We have done the following:

last month professional exterminator
we have bombed the entire house, changed every single linen, bedding,

carpets professionally cleaned

inspected for bed bugs, no
mites, no

Today they went to the doc and the doc says they are spider bites. My question is why are they the only two getting the bites. Not one daycare kid, my husband, cats or other son has gotten one bite.

I am not sure that I am buying it. Just this morning my son woke up heading out the door and the sun hit his face I could see about 10-12 bumps all across his forehead............................

UGH what else can I do....currently I am trying to find a spider to catch in my house so I can find out what kind it is....

Any advice on how to stop this? What did I miss cleaning wise??

[TwinKristi]

Well it IS spider season so I think it's definitely possible. This is when we have the most spider activity here. My kids all have spider bites too actually. I think I got 1 recently but the kids have them more often and I'm finding more crawling around. None if my DCKs have them either but I think it's more of a night time thing. They crawl around and bite us while we sleep since they like dark cool environments. They sleep in the nooks and crannies of our house and come out when we sleep. LOL
I would probably spray the bedrooms with store bought stuff on the weekend. Spray the perimeter if the room along the floors and ceilings, windows, vents, etc. under beds and wash all the linens and just really move stuff around if have to. If you have a plan with an exterminator explain that you're still having spiders and need a follow up visit or call another one.

[Thriftylady]

Are you sure they are happening at home? Could they be getting it someplace else and it takes awhile to see them?

[daycare]

Well it IS spider season so I think it's definitely possible. This is when we have the most spider activity here. My kids all have spider bites too actually. I think I got 1 recently but the kids have them more often and I'm finding more crawling around. None if my DCKs have them either but I think it's more of a night time thing. They crawl around and bite us while we sleep since they like dark cool environments. They sleep in the nooks and crannies of our house and come out when we sleep. LOL
I would probably spray the bedrooms with store bought stuff on the weekend. Spray the perimeter if the room along the floors and ceilings, windows, vents, etc. under beds and wash all the linens and just really move stuff around if have to. If you have a plan with an exterminator explain that you're still having spiders and need a follow up visit or call another one.

hmm that makes lots of sense.....my new house has a TON of trees around it, unlike my old house...I hate spiders. I think maybe its time to sleep with the cats indoors so they can eat them....

thanks for letting me know this...I don't know anything about spiders....obviously...

[daycare]

Are you sure they are happening at home? Could they be getting it someplace else and it takes awhile to see them?

school would be the only other place, but then it would not explain why no one else had them....i just thought maybe it was my room as this was the common place we all go....

when I am telling my husband about what TK said, about they come out at night, he said that the doc did say that would explain why my kids have them and not DCks..

thanks TK......

[TwinKristi]

LOL Oh I hate spiders. Hate hate hate them!! I have noticed the trend in the last couple years that when we walked by this one house right next to the school that there was always a TON of spiders in the Juniper bushes from when school started til the first rain or frost. Then once we moved here we saw more and more of the juniper bush spiders. One was really big and I hated walking by it!! I was so happy when it rained and he was gone. Remember the Itsy Bitsy Spider song?? LOL
My kids get nasty big swollen bites from spiders and Mosquitos are usually smaller. They usually get a cluster of bites from fleas or Mosquitos. We haven't had fleas in a LONG time. But spider bites I notice in a single big bite or 3's.

[daycare]

LOL Oh I hate spiders. Hate hate hate them!! I have noticed the trend in the last couple years that when we walked by this one house right next to the school that there was always a TON of spiders in the Juniper bushes from when school started til the first rain or frost. Then once we moved here we saw more and more of the juniper bush spiders. One was really big and I hated walking by it!! I was so happy when it rained and he was gone. Remember the Itsy Bitsy Spider song?? LOL
My kids get nasty big swollen bites from spiders and Mosquitos are usually smaller. They usually get a cluster of bites from fleas or Mosquitos. We haven't had fleas in a LONG time. But spider bites I notice in a single big bite or 3's.

yeah the bites are big....my first thought was fleas, I took my cats in to get checked and they came back clear. so I was like WTH....

Yeah I have the potty mouth thing going on...sorry.

so now I can't stop itching all over......

[Thriftylady]

But if it was your bed, wouldn't you and DH have them?

[daycare]

But if it was your bed, wouldn't you and DH have them?

I guess they don't like us.... I don't have any my husband has had 1...my older son also sleeps in my bed at time and he has zero....

I am not juicy I guess....or tasty...

[Thriftylady]

I guess they don't like us.... I don't have any my husband has had 1...my older son also sleeps in my bed at time and he has zero....

I am not juicy I guess....or tasty...

ROFL!!!! Daycare, I really like you!!!!

[daycare]

ROFL!!!! Daycare, I really like you!!!!

, well. I am glad you like me and not the spiders..... BTW I sent you a PM.

I can't stop itching....its all in my head...you know tonight I am going to be sleeping in my car.....

[Thriftylady]

, well. I am glad you like me and not the spiders..... BTW I sent you a PM.

I can't stop itching....its all in my head...you know tonight I am going to be sleeping in my car.....

Aww you live quite far from me, I promise not to bite!!! Heck my car won't even get to mars. Get a lot of kids there?

[AmyKidsCo]

I can't stop itching....its all in my head...you know tonight I am going to be sleeping in my car.....

Now I'm itchy all over too! ::

[Leigh]

I'm the only one at my house that ever gets bit, too! I use Cutter Bug Free Backyard spray in the yard. I spray everything outside with it (even my house, especially around windows, doorways, and the foundation). It really helps keep spiders away around here (as well as LOTS of other bugs!).

[Second Home]

Is there another place at home that your dd & ds go that you normally don't go into a lot . The basement or one of their rooms ? A place in the yard ?
I just find it weird that you and your dh do not get any bites but the kids get a lot . Maybe it is not your room but another area your kids spend more time in than you do .