https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 00:46:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preventing-mosquito-bites#post-172537 Tue, 29 May 2012 16:55:38 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 172537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about some Avon skin-so-soft oil? It repels bugs without the deet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preventing-mosquito-bites#post-172528 Tue, 29 May 2012 16:49:02 +0000 sulli301 172528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: ouch! oh no! I bought one of those little pocket fans that you can clip to your jeans &amp; that way there was no chemical spraying (deet!) involved...it worked well last summer &amp; I will do that again this year. Babyganics sells a deet free bug spray. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preventing-mosquito-bites#post-172477 Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:53 +0000 Lozza 172477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like a terrible parent- we were out in our backyard yesterday with LO's baby pool and sand-and-water-table, and today LO is COVERED in mosquito bites. I didn't get any; neither did any of the (six) other adults who were around, and I didn't notice any bugs around either, so it honestly never occurred to me to worry about protecting LO (plus, DH and I were kind of in and out of the house while other family was watching LO outside).<br /> Bug sprays make me nervous on a kid who still puts anything in his mouth (especially his hands, which he also rubs all over the rest of him, so even if I skip applying bug-repellent to his hands, he'll still end up ingesting some).... but are there alternatives to just making him play outside in a long-sleeved footie sleeper just for coverage?<br /> Also, once he's got the bites, any suggestions of how to make them less annoying? Do I go out and get calamine lotion to rub on his legs?<br /> Ugh. Stupid bugs. </p>