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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got rid of them!! It was huge pain in the ass.

We picked them up at a hotel. THey were only in my daughter's room. We bagged everything...EVERYTHING!, sealed the mattress, steamed every inch of the furniture/carpet, washed/dried, emptied the closet, removed everything from her walls, used diatomaceous earth in nooks and crannies, etc. It wasn't until we got rid of the bed frame and dresser that it all stopped. We rewashed and steamed in between all of the above steps over a 3 week period. She lived out of bags for 2 months.

Oddly enough, we kept the mattress. The bites slowed considerably after we sealed it in one of these: http://www.amazon.com/SLEEP-ALLERGEN-PROOF-Mattress-ZipCover/dp/B002UBMM4O/ref=sr_1_9?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1345298752&sr=1-9&keywords=bed+bug+mattress+protector
I encased all the other mattresses in the house, too.

Good luck! If they are all over the house already, you'll need professional help. Also, be warned that taking the steps we took could lead to a full-house infestation. We didn't really have the money to get pro help and decided to try to handle on our own and move to the pros if it got worse. I recognize there was some risk in that decision. [/quote]

I'm glad your problem seems to have passed, but the risk in your decision to treat this yourself (and to treat only part of your home) was not only to your own family, but also to anyone who comes into contact with your stuff in any public place.[/quote]

I was very careful about anything that came in and out of our house for months. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and that limited what kinds of chemicals could be used. I checked prices of pest control companies and we could have paid for it, but then would have been unable to make the mortgage payment. I'm not in the same HHI bracket as most DCUMers. One treatment would have been half my monthly income. [/quote]

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