https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:24:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2575047 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:08:25 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2575047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: consumer reports did a study, and only deet or lemon eucalyptus oil (not essential oils of lemon and eucalyptus mixed, but the oil from a lemon eucalyptus plant, Corymbia citriodora) work. Every thing else is b.s and old wives tales. We just got Repel brand. You apply it to the clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2575010 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:01:57 +0000 SweetCaroline 2575010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @snowjewelz: picardin from Sawyer's. CDC says as effective as DEET </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574625 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:50:12 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2574625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the anklet for me and my son in Brazil and it worked well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574622 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:48:28 +0000 MrsBrewer 2574622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use essential oils to avoid pests! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574566 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:05:28 +0000 snowjewelz 2574566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ordered picaridin for myself and DD this summer. Sawyer's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574508 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:22:14 +0000 MrsADS 2574508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks. I am just worried that stuff like eucalyptus, essential oils, etc. will not work. Obviously I don't want anything toxic, but he seems to be a mosquito magnet - like me (I get killed in just a few minutes outside and have big welps) - and for me, nothing but Deet works. </p> <p>I will look into some of this stuff. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574498 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:15:29 +0000 youboots 2574498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the honest company bug spray. It's just essential oils. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574491 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:10:51 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2574491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Consumer Reports made their report on natural/DEET-free bug repellant for the Zika carrying mosquitos public. You can google it, but the one they recommended was Repel Lemon Eucalyptus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574483 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:02:41 +0000 regberadaisy 2574483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: not that insane! A lot of people swear by one of the products in the Avon skin so soft line! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574480 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:01:48 +0000 LBee 2574480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is going to sound flat out insane, but I live in the South and a bunch of moms on my local boards are obsessed with this stuff and say it works: </p> <p>Johnson's Baby Creamy Oil Aloe Vera Vitamin E</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Johnsons-Baby-Creamy-Vitamin-Ounce/dp/B0057ZQA48" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Johnsons-Baby-Creamy-Vitamin-Ounce/dp/B0057ZQA48</a></p> <p>(I've also heard buy it at Walmart and that it's seriously overpriced on Amazon) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574478 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:00:43 +0000 regberadaisy 2574478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will be using bug repellent bracelets on the kids. I've also got mosquito repellent plants planted around our patio. Citronella, lemongrass, Lavendar, catnip, marigold, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574462 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:47:00 +0000 travellingbee 2574462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just read yesterday that you should try to use picaridin instead of deet because it lasts longer and is less toxic for babies. And it is proven to be effective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574436 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:15:48 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2574436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could always try the lemon eucalyptus first. The bug band bracelets are also great (put on the ankle for a baby). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574425 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:56:43 +0000 littlebug 2574425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got Off Deep Woods (25% DEET) wipes for the baby. If I'd been able to find it in stores (didn't have time to order them from Amazon), I'd have gotten Natrapel (20% picaridin) wipes. I like wipes for babies because I feel like I have more control over where the stuff ends up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insect-repellant-for-baby#post-2574415 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:44:04 +0000 MrsADS 2574415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 10 months. We live in Florida. Recently he's been getting covered in mosquito bites after only a few minutes outside. I feel terrible! I really hate to use some kind of bug spray on him, but with Zika and everything it also makes me nervous when he gets 5 mosquito bites in 5 minutes (like yesterday!).</p> <p>Does anyone have any recommendations? I know DEET is the most effective, but ugh on putting that on a baby. What about picaridin? </p>