DD has been coming up with little red itchy bumps at night, my first thought was (eek!) fleas or bedbugs, as we have cats and her bed was a secondhand gift from a (very clean!) friend. But we sprayed the entire house with an insecticide, all the cats are frontlined, and the 'bites' aren't every night, she gets half a dozen or so about once every three or four nights.
Went to the doctor yesterday, he said they don't appear to be bites but also don't look like any skin condition he's aware of. He suggested that she sleep in our spare room for about a week, different bedding and my pyjamas. That will pin it down to whether it's bites or not.
After we got home, DD and I were chatting (she's 14), and it suddenly occurred to me that a quicker way of finding out for sure, is for her to sleep with me and for DH to sleep in her bed. He (like DD) is slightly allergic to bites, so if he's bitten overnight and DD isn't then we'll know for certain there's something there; if DD still comes up in the bumps and DH doesn't, then we know it's something else.
DH was out last night, got home at 9.45pm and we sort of sprung it on him. DD was already in our bed but not asleep yet. DH didn't seem too bothered but went off to bed just after 10 so I didn't get a chance to chat properly to him. He didn't look too impressed though.
My mum thinks IABU to ask him to sleep in a room where he's going to potentially get bitten as "he needs his sleep, he goes to work". My friend said her DH would hit the roof if she asked him to do this.
It just seems the quickest and easiest way to find out for sure if there actually is something biting DD, and if DH is bitten even once we will know and can do something about it.
AIBU?