mozzie bites.......lots of them

[danita]

my poor DS is covered in mozzy bites.when i picked him up from day care today he was covered..mozzy seem overly attracted to him anyway he always gets bitten but ive never seen him this bad he looks like he has chicken pox only they are big and swollen ( hes allergic ) . they are everywhere all up his legs arms face and hair line the only place free is his belly...

he defiantely had repellent on i could smell it plus i put it on before we left the house, i have given him antehistmine (sp)? and plastered on calamine lotion...


what else can i do to relive his itichies???????

[~Lashes~]

boor bugger i get like that with mozzie bites aswell, huge red lumps, as i got older they became less (or i just got better at getting them b4 they get me!) i use to put ice on the realy bad ones, stingoes works to, alternate between the both (calamine and stingoes) and it should help. make sure his nails are short with the cut edges filed away so its hard to scratch, it hurts more to scratch, but once you start, you cant stop!!
hope this helps.

[Pandora]

vinegar, brown if you have it.
I use this to relieve the itch.

[danita]

thank u i will be trying al remedies hes so itchy..... they are really bad in Darwin atm.

any good remedies to prevent them in the 1st place i currenty use Bushman cream and family care repllent i think thats what its called??


i also heard if u recenty eaten a banana they are more attracted to you??? has any one ese heard this

[*Efjay*]

Poor kid. Sounds like your daycare needs to check where the mossies are breeding? Maybe send him in light cotton long sleeves & pants to help keep him covered up?

[danita]

wow im getting tired there were alot of spelling mistakes in my last post sorry girls

[~Lashes~]

apparently a few drops of lavender oil works, few drops on his skin (id test first make sure there was no reaction) there isnt a wetlands or swamp near by? i use to live near wetlands growing up, and they bred like wildfire in the muddy water almost year round.

[danita]

thats the problem in darwin nearly all day cares and schools are built onn swamp land and there is not much we can do they r certainly breeding like mad atm

[Rouge]

My son is severely allergic and he swells up like the elephant man. He got bit on his foot the other day and the whole foot blew up like a balloon. He doesn't seem to get itchy but moreso the skin feels like it's going to break to so we have to resort to antihistamines. It's not fun at all. I would suggest sending along a sunscrean that has insect repellent in it. That is what we do. We also have to have antihistamines there as they are worried it could develop into anaphylaxis and to help with the reaction instantly.

[Olive]

we find a cream call soov works well for the itch