Day 15 - Raised the bed

 Raised the bed - put metal plates underneath the bed stands and put a layer of vaseline on the plates.
Now we use fresh set of clothes that have run through the dryer before hoping onto the bed.
Clothes that were used during the day DO NOT go up on the bed.
Get up in the morning and leave the night clothes on the bed.

The bed is a protected island

From bedbugger.com - 5 step process1) Vacuuming
2) Contact treatment (Pro Aerosol)
3) Residual treatment (Tempo and Ficam D)
4) Heat treated the keyboards, mice etc. using a Packtite unit
5) Place out CDC 3000 monitors to act as an attractant ....

Mattress tab from bedbugger.com - discusses which particular mattress to purchase and findings from running a product test
 http://bedbugger.com/encasements/

A choice to consider is going with an all plastic air mattress, not one with fabric like sides. it is more difficult for the bed bugs to climb up.

http://lewchem.com/encasements.html

These are some inexpensive mattress encasements - not sure how good they are 

To order CDC 3000 monitors -  Stern Environmental Group  phone (201) 319-9620 or toll free 1-888-887-8376. They apparently don't sell the CDCs yet - but only the night watch