My son is 15months old and he got his first mosquito bite yesterday, we went for a walk and i seen the mosquito's and i smacked them to get them off of his legs but today the bites are really big and red! i haven't notice if he was itching them as far as i know he wasn't but they are bad looking he don't seem to even care that its there, but i was just kinda wondering if bug bites look worse on kids for some reason, and what if anything can i put on it?? or should i just leave it alone? ARGH! i need advice please......

It is probably fine, especially if it doen't seem to be bothering him. I know of a couple of people, even an adult, who are sensitive to mosquito bites and get huge marks from them. If he seems to be itching them, I'd try putting something on it or keeping it covered- you don't want to have him scratching himself until he has an open sore. Just keep an eye on it, but I'm sure it will look better in the next day or two.

I noticed that my son has 3 on his back, and I think they look so much worse than mine, too. I think it's just b/c they have such little perfect bodies, and we hate to see anything bad happen to them! I'm with lovin', I'm trying to watch them to see if they swell or get super red, but so far they are normal!

I do think bites look worse on little ones.. Check out this pic of my daughter when she was about 1 1/2 in Fiji.. http://elliotts.eachday.com/items/35...-mosquitos-fed
I just put calamine - type lotion on so the itching wouldn't bother her too much and she was fine.

Ohhh, poor thing, trace!! my youngest had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic this Feb, and he had welts that looked like that all over his body. I almost cried looking at him.

My daughter is mildly allergic to mosquito bites and hers used to get big, red, hard and ooze after she scratched them.

Check with your pediatrician first, of course, but we were advised by a pharmacist to avoid bananas (because of potassium) for about 3 weeks before mosquito season throughout the season and to take chewable B6 tablets for the same period. We were told that excessive potassium in your system can actually attract mosquitos while B6 repels them. Apparently each causes your body to give off a specific odor that we can't detect but mosquitos can. B6 is one of those vitamins that your body expels the excess rather than storing it as fat.

Some pediatricians may not support this but it is unlikely that they will have a problem with you trying it and it really works for my daughter -- she rarely gets bitten anymore. Obviously, this doesn't help for the bites he already has (though I've found Benadryl's bug bite stick to be helpful for those) but it may help you to reduce the number of additional bites.

Keep in mind that it takes about 3 weeks for the body to dispose of any excess potassium or to build up B6 (which is why you should start this about 3 weeks prior to the season) so it may take that long to see improvement in the number of bites.

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I too am mildly allergic to mosquito bites.. i remember getting bit by one on vacation with my grandparents right behind my knee, and it swelled. it looked like someone had cut a baseball in half, slightly flattened it and stuck it on my leg. It was hard, red, and burned a lot.
Another vacation ( vacations arent good for me apparantly) to Disney in Florida.. we got there and the first place we went was the medics office.. because i was bit in the hand and it also swelled up. the doctor hasnt "diagnosed" me as allergic, but after it happening all the time.. it was kind of easy to figure out.
If your'e really concerned, just talk to your doctor.... that's what they're there for!
Do they make bug repellents for kids that are safe to use? If so, get some for when you go outside. They may even have it with sunblock or somthing, so it'd be killing 2 birds with one stone.

Hey thanks everyone! they are still there but they are going away, slowly! and that really isnt good news on the bananas! i did not know that but my son will not start his day with out one! i've tried other things but he will not do anything or eat anything else with out his banana! so that kinda sucks! but all well so thanks again

glad to hear they are looking a little better. myself and my 5 year old get skeeto bites they swell like a mo fo the first day then the next day they are fine. my hubs and daughter have no swelling issues with skeeto bites.

I'm in the middle of a lifelong battle with these little buggers. They love me. The love me like a $1.99 all-you-can-eat buffet. It's Mosquito Thanksgiving when I'm around.

So, I've picked up a few methods for driving them away, most of them chemical-free.

Any of these oils tend to repel mosquitoes: Rosemary, Clove, Cinnamon, Lemon, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Cedar, Lavender, or Geranium. I use a q-tip and make a ring around my ankles, knees, wrists, elbows, and dot behind my ears. My favorites are Cedar and Peppermint...

The only thing is, it doesn't last very long (a couple of hours at the most), so I have to bring the oil with me when we go out. It's worth it to not be slathered in DEET, though! And if I do get bit, I treat it with Tea Tree Oil.

I use this on my year-old daughter, too, but I dilute the oil w. water so it doesn't irritate her sensitive skin.