A bed bug tale...

It is 9:oo at night and I am comfortable in my bed thinking of going to sleep when a little visitor comes into my room. Ava, my recently turned 5, little girl comes in telling me, "I can't sleep."

The rest goes a little something like this:
mom-why can't you sleep honey?

ava-there are little things biting me in my bed

mom-what kind of little things?

ava-there are bed bugs in my bed

mom-bed bugs? hmm..one bed bug or more?

ava-there are ten bed bugs in my bed

mom-are they big or little?

ava-they are so little, like smaller than the tippy part of your pinky nail, only I can see them

mom- so i can't see these bed bugs in your bed?

ava-nope, only I can

mom- does it hurt when they "bite" you?

ava-yes...like this (ava pinches me :)

mom- hmmm, I would not like that...maybe those bed bugs are asleep now.

ava-nope mom...they do not sleep, they don't even take naps, they stay awake

mom-well maybe I can go change your sheets and wash them

ava-they won't work mom..they will just hop up and be on the new sheets, they have very strong legs

mom-what if we turn the ceiling fan on and blow them off?
ava-mom...i told you they have really strong legs and they will just stay on the sheets

~~~by now ava is in my bed thinking she is going to snuggle and sleep with me. I know daddy will be coming up soon and hopefully he can get her to bed (ha!) ~~~

mom- ava, you know you can't sleep in my bed until you are grown up
ava- i know mom, i will be too big and there isn't enough room for you, me, and daddy when i am big like you
mom-so how long will these bed bugs stay in your bed?
ava-until I am about 6 years old, they like 4..hmm 5 year old girls like me.
mom- well i am not sure what to do..we will just have to wait till daddy comes upstairs.

Daddy caves in and lets Ava sleep with me and he goes to the guest room :)
(he really can't sleep with a little one who ends up with her legs and arms all over you, facing the wrong way in the bed)

thought i would share.