Comments on: Yet more people who are yet to discover bed bugs exist

By: Bed bugs and marketing (again) | bedbugger

Bed bugs and marketing (again) | bedbugger — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:43:37 +0000

[…] talked in the past about the continued use of bed bugs in children’s television, videos and toys, and store names–all places where people would never want to conjure up […]

By: bed bugs not fun anymore (part 2) | bedbugger

bed bugs not fun anymore (part 2) | bedbugger — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:50:40 +0000

[…] blogged in the past about “bed bugs” being a bit outdated as code for kiddie […]

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:13:19 +0000

That’s lovely Dennis. I think you missed our point. Your child has more chance of being bitten by actual bed bugs than being eaten by a dinosaur, abducted by aliens, or meeting a talking car. I hope that never happens, but maybe you could give that a moment’s thought.

Why don’t we have kid’s shows about polio, which I hear is coming back, or scabies? Head lice? Is any of this sinking in? Sorry if we seem a bit sensitive. If you got bed bugs, you’d get it.
All the best!

(Note to others, is this “My BedBugs Show” some kind of cult, or what?)

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:39:23 +0000

There’s kid’s shows about dinosaurs, aliens, trains, cars, indians etc…… Why not Bedbugs!! My kids love the show and it entertains them for 1/2 hour each day allowing time to myself. I love it too!

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:15:04 +0000

ML– I think you missed my point. I realize the show’s a few years old. In 1997, bed bugs were not a serious epidemic as they are now, here in North America, and in many other places around the world. But bed bugs were never cute or fun, and have existed and plagued humans since your ancestors were wearing furs and sleeping in a cave. And a Hoover is a vacuum. Look at the photo above to see it. Unlike dinosaurs and sloths, bed bugs are unlikely to take up residence in your toddler’s crib when the au pair comes back from a skiing vacation.
Thanks for stopping by!

By: M.L

M.L — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:32:41 +0000

Someone NEEDS TO GET A GRIP!!! I did a google search on this show and apparently the guy who created “My Bedbugs” did it in 1997. Also in my research I could not find a Hoover anywhere. This seems to be a very good educational children’s program that has been honored with some very prstigious awards. How are lions,dinosaurs and bears OH MY, monkeys and sloths acceptable DON’T THEY BITE? GIVE THIS SHOW A BREAK

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:17:11 +0000

HI Caitlin,
I can get behind that, actually. My point is that these shows and toys seem to have been developed before bed bugs “came back”. I doubt the kid’s show and books would have made their cute creatures bed bugs in light of the current media focus on the real bed bugs. I could be wrong, though.

By: Caitlinator

Caitlinator — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:53:46 +0000

I dunno. Maybe I’m just a heartless nonbeliever, but I don’t see the harm in portraying bedbugs as cute. The toys and games are clearly different from REAL bedbugs and it’s kind of a relief not to be constantly pelted with the message of all the evils of bedbugs. Sometimes I think taking a problem TOO seriously can make it worse, and the toys and games to me are a sort of ironic, yet welcome relief. I also don’t think the intent of the toys or games is to belittle the seriousness of the problem of real bedbugs. Sometimes you take a scary concept and make it cute and nice so you can face it if and when the time arises. (Think, “Eensy Weensy Spider,” though I don’t think that ever actually helped me over my fear of spiders…)

By: jessinchicago

jessinchicago — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:29:23 +0000

Parakeets-

So sad, so true, so funny.

Jess

By: parakeets

parakeets — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:17:56 +0000

We had a scavenger hunt around the neighborhood collecting items bed bugs might need or like.

…mmm, bedbugs like mattresses. Bedbugs like used furniture. Bedbugs like bedding. Let’s bring these home! The bedbugs might like them. We can get even more bedbugs this way.

The kids then changed into their pajamas and slippers and lay down with sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows and watched a movie while waiting for their parents to pick them up. My 4-year-old daughter really wanted a sleepover party but her friends were too young for that, so we did this bed bug party as a compromise.

….oooh, maybe the sleeping bags and blankets pillows might even have bedbugs in them! [as they probably would in our houses]. Wouldn’t that be fun? The kids could itch and dance and compare their bites to see who got the most.

The kids stayed until bedtime, dressed for bed, and tucked into sleeping bags, then went home and woke up in their own beds. but they all felt like they had had a sleepover.

….and the kiddies went home, taking their little hidden souvenir surprise bedbugs with them (if they hadn’t already gotten some at school) and effortlessly tucked the little bedbugs into their own beds at home and never were without bedbugs again. Even their mommies and daddies got to share the goodies everyone brought home from the bedbug party.