Fleas - help please!

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My mum's cat, which was staying with us, went home a week ago and now my husband and one of my daughters have flea bites! I believe the fleas turn to biting people when the cat is unavailable. Of course I want to kill them off but our youngest child is only a month old. Is there a spray that can safely be used in the same house as a baby? The baby has not been bitten, at least so far.

You have to go to the vet and ask for a special flea spray.
Then spray the whole house, wait an hour, and go back in, opening all the windows. This is the only sure way of getting rid of the fleas, I'm afraid. Also, lots of hoovering helps ( put a flea collar in the hoover bag ).

You can get companies that come and spray the house for you, they cost slightly more than treating it yourself (I paid about £10 extra), but the added advantage that they will retreat for free if it doesn't work.

You have to get a Bob Martin Flea Fogger - used to be able to get it in Tesco - it's an aerosol you set off in a room and leave for a while.Really safe, though you'd probably open the windows for a while afterwards & keep the baby out of the way for a couple of hours. Do one room at a time if necessary
In my experience you could be spraying the furniture from now until doomsday but may never get the fleas - this thing does everything at once
If the bites are really bad, take an antihistamine tablet
My sympathies, been there!