valkyrie
12-06-2022, 06:23 AM
A few weeks ago, we moved into a new construction house. I told my husband that pest control isn’t in our budget, and we agreed that we’d learn more about the chemicals involved and/or wait until bugs actually became a problem.
Four days ago, a pest control guy knocked on the door and fast talked my husband into spraying inside and outside our home. We have family who fall on all sides of this: pest control is fine because bugs aren’t people; pest control is deadly and you should use essential oils instead; pest control is unnecessary except in acute infestation (the option I grew up with).
AAP and EPA seem to say don’t do it unless you have to.
I think husband should call back and cancel future services. Do I need to do anything special to protect my crawling-everywhere-and-putting-everything-in-his-mouth aged baby? (Maybe related: I’ve been coughing at bedtime and feeling wheezy—first noticed it about 48 hours ago, and it’s getting sloooooowly worse. But there are a lot of new things in my environment, gas appliances, LVP flooring, new carpet, etc, so I hesitate to blame the pest guys.)
Four days ago, a pest control guy knocked on the door and fast talked my husband into spraying inside and outside our home. We have family who fall on all sides of this: pest control is fine because bugs aren’t people; pest control is deadly and you should use essential oils instead; pest control is unnecessary except in acute infestation (the option I grew up with).
AAP and EPA seem to say don’t do it unless you have to.
I think husband should call back and cancel future services. Do I need to do anything special to protect my crawling-everywhere-and-putting-everything-in-his-mouth aged baby? (Maybe related: I’ve been coughing at bedtime and feeling wheezy—first noticed it about 48 hours ago, and it’s getting sloooooowly worse. But there are a lot of new things in my environment, gas appliances, LVP flooring, new carpet, etc, so I hesitate to blame the pest guys.)