After about 10 days or so of Abby having an itchy rash on her underarm and elbow and Steve starting to get one on his hand, we decided yesterday that we had better take Abby in to the doctor's office to see what was going on. It was a very disturbing discovery - scabies, caused by little mites burrowing into her skin. Eewwwww............................
So, 24 hours later we have either closed off or washed everything that was made of a soft surface (clothes, toys, furniture, bedding) and steam cleaned the floors and hard surfaces. It may be overkill, but we don't want Olivia picking up her own infestation. A lot of things that Abby had worn or touched also got ironed, just to be safe. We figured in a week we'd bring the other stuff out, vacuum it or wash it and put it back away since the lifespan of a mite is apparently 3 to 4 days if it doesn't have it's human to feed on (yucky, ick, ick, ick!). So we are having an experiment in living without comfortable furniture. And we wrapped all our mattresses in plastic, since we are pretty certain that Abby picked up her "den" of mites from the hotel bed on our trip to Fargo.
On a positive note Abby is doing great potty training for her number ones. The number twos... not so much. But, at least she is either telling us or going herself when she needs to pee. That is a big improvement.
1 comment:
Yeah for Potty training, boooooooooo for mite's. Oh Jen, I wish I could help you with all of this. We never had those critters, but I bet I could help you beat them out!! Sounds like you are on the hunt, and have the upper hand:) Sorry for Abby's miscomfort. She is probably as grossed out (Or More) than you are. God Bless you my wonderful family:) GG
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