Mosquitos from Hell

A few weeks ago D stayed at home with M. When I saw D that afternoon, he was covered in mosquito bites. They eventually became HUGE and RED. To say the least, I felt a little anger towards M because I thought he should have kept him indoors more or at least took notice before they became this bad. I was told to not put anything on them if they appeared to not be bothering D. Of course they weren't... he went about his own business as happy as could be. Now, after staying alone with M for 2 hours on Monday night, he is COVERED in mosquito bites again... from being outside. I counted 9 on him when we were in line at Wal-Mart last night. I took notice of how much they had grown by the time I got him in the bath. He has 4 big ones behind his little ears. They are HUGE and RED. This is really bugging me, and I can now honestly say that I am PISSED. He should not have all of these. I am going to call his pediatrician this morning to see if I can put anything on them. They do not appear to be bothering D, but I am hoping there is something that can be applied to the bites in order to calm down the redness and the swelling. I mean, they look like they should be killing him. I don't know how he is standing it. They are all over his little body.

Our pediatrician just called... he said that D is having an allergic reaction to the bites. He has called in a steroid cream to put on the bites. For all of you that have infants, he said that YES you CAN use Off for Kids. Just make sure to not let it set under the clothes as it can absorb too much into the skin. But yes, you can put the repellant on infants. This is good to know, now that mosquito season is tapering off.