So apparently LO inherited my insane sensitivity to bug/mosquito bites, and sadly our new house seems to house the entire town's mosquito population in our backyard. I set up her kiddy pool yesterday afternoon and in the 10 minutes we spent out there, the entirety of which was me watching for mosquitos and getting them off of her and myself, she has about a dozen bite marks (mostly on her face, poor thing, I put her rash guard on, but she even got a bite through that) and I only have a few less. Luckily they don't seem to bother her like mine do, but she looks horrible!

How do you fend off these beasts without DEET? I just don't feel comfortable keeping LO and I covered in DEET, but the "all natural" spray I tried last summer when I was pregnant basically did nothing. I feel like we need mother/daughter bee keeper suits to go outside!

We don't have any standing water in our yard, though there are a couple puddles in the alley a little ways from our house. I don't know why it's so bad in our back yard! We're getting it redone (it's a hot mess) so maybe that will help? Does planting lemongrass, etc really help?