We have actually seen a few (one was actually craling on the baby) but havent seen any in a few days. They were very tiny (sustantially smaller than a brown recluse normally is. We havent seen any for a few days so I'm guessing that it was a newly born litter (or whatever you would call it) and they were roaming to find a home. I know they tend to hide and stay away from humans, but the fact that they are even around really scares me with a new baby in the house (accidents do happen and a bite from an adult spider could kill a newborn). The spiders were too small to identify (I know what a brown recluse looks like). I really dont know what else it could be. The only posonious insects around here are the black widow, the borwn recluse, and scorpions. I cannot imagine not noticeing a scorpion hanging around plus the sting would have to be worse than that. the black widow's poison is a neurtoxin and doesn't cause severe localized inflamation like that. the wound is actually getting beter (not black rot, just redness and the surounding red is going away) but it looked like pictures I saw online of more minor brown recluse bites. I can only assume that those little baby spiders had so little venom that it was only a mild reaction????
Our old landlord/lease said that pest control was the tenants responsibility but our building got sold so maybe the new landlord will spray. If not I guess that I will have to pay for it myself (I don't want to risk it with the baby). My only reservation is that I really don't like spraying poisons allover the house unless absolutlly nessasary. If the poison is one that can become airborn, it could be bad for the baby too????
Fyi I did kill the one that bit me and a few more but they were about 1/4 the size of a grain of rice (I wouldn't have even thought brown recluse if it were not for my bite).