It can be really difficult as a parent when your child is scared out of their mind and there seems to be nothing you can do about it.
This is what we were going through for the past six months with my poor daughter, who was absolutely terrified to sleep in our new house.
I should say, the house itself is quite old, but we just moved in a few months ago. The entire time that we’ve lived here, our daughter has been unable to get restful sleep at night because she says she hears strange sounds coming from her walls. Oftentimes, she ends up in our bedroom crying in the middle of the night about ghosts and goblins. I never wanted to believe that she was having night terrors, but we didn’t have another explanation… at least until our last HVAC appointment. When we moved in, the heating and cooling system had recently been inspected and upgraded so we were confident in the cleanliness and quality of our indoor air. At first, our energy bills were extremely low and we had no problems with the air quality throughout the house. Over time, however, the air quality started to decrease and our energy bills were rapidly increasing. I called the nearest heating and cooling company and arranged a professional HVAC diagnostics appointment. The HVAC technician who arrived was very knowledgeable and patient, and he did a very thorough inspection of our furnace and air conditioning unit. Both air handling appliances appeared to be in good working order to him, so he took a look at the air ducts as a final measure. That’s when he found the mice. Apparently, the air quality control appliances had been updated, but the air ducts had definitely never been cleaned. This whole time, my daughter was being terrorized by the sounds of mice in her ductwork and the ghosts of lying realtors.
