twotimesblue
08-10-2016, 12:39 AM
We live in SoCal and for all the years I've lived here, I've never been bothered by mosquitos. This year, for some reason, we are inundated with them... and they are aggressive little ba&$#rds. 6-year-old DS1 is getting bitten every night (he's never had a single mosquito bite, even on tropical vacations, before this summer), I'm getting eaten alive, and worst of all, they are feasting on my newborn DD. She had 3 bites on her face this morning :mad:
We've tried all the 'usual' things. Keeping all doors closed (as much as possible - the kids sometimes forget when they run into the yard), we have insect screens on all windows, we don't go outside around dawn or dusk etc etc but these mozzies are daytime biters - my ped says those ones are the ones that can carry West Nile virus and Zika! I'm at my wits' end.
DD is kept covered up all day long (which is miserable, as it's 90 degrees here right now) but they still find an inch of flesh to bite (like her face!) We have no standing water anywhere (the local vector control office came out and confirmed that he couldn't see any obvious sources). DH has sprayed our yard with a 'barrier' spray. We've bought an electric zapper that's supposed to be good for 1/2 acre (our grounds are much smaller than this). Still, we're getting bitten. DD is too young to use any kind of repellent, even the supposedly 'natural' ones, and as I'm nursing I'm reluctant to use anything that could get into my bloodstream and milk.
What do you wise mamas who live in mosquito-beloved areas of the country do? This issue is seriously ruining our summer.
We've tried all the 'usual' things. Keeping all doors closed (as much as possible - the kids sometimes forget when they run into the yard), we have insect screens on all windows, we don't go outside around dawn or dusk etc etc but these mozzies are daytime biters - my ped says those ones are the ones that can carry West Nile virus and Zika! I'm at my wits' end.
DD is kept covered up all day long (which is miserable, as it's 90 degrees here right now) but they still find an inch of flesh to bite (like her face!) We have no standing water anywhere (the local vector control office came out and confirmed that he couldn't see any obvious sources). DH has sprayed our yard with a 'barrier' spray. We've bought an electric zapper that's supposed to be good for 1/2 acre (our grounds are much smaller than this). Still, we're getting bitten. DD is too young to use any kind of repellent, even the supposedly 'natural' ones, and as I'm nursing I'm reluctant to use anything that could get into my bloodstream and milk.
What do you wise mamas who live in mosquito-beloved areas of the country do? This issue is seriously ruining our summer.