my 7 week old has a mosquito bite on the side of her head .. im covered with them so its nothing new to me.. most nights if its nice out we all sit in the garage and watch tv .. and for some reason im the only one that gets bit, and not just one or two i must have about 10 bites on my legs.. my mom,dad, or fiance almost never get bit at all .. but anyway i wasnt concerned in the beginning, it doesnt bother her, shes not acting any different and when you have a bite and u dont scratch it it goes away pretty quickly.. well this ones been there for a week and it doesnt look any smaller, shes not scratching at it.. if u touch it it doesnt bother her.. she has her 2 month check up in a little over a week.. i dont want to be one of those moms that freaks out over every little thing.. but i also dont want to be like o0h shes fine only for the doctor to say o my god why didnt u call.. what do all of you think.. no big deal, or call the doctor??
-also is there anything i can put on it.. i was thinking like cortaid or neosporin but i wasnt sure if any of those things are ok to put on a babies skin.. do they make like a childrens neosporin or something like that?
If she is having no other symptoms, and there is no itching I would not worry. Babies and toddlers usually have a bigger reaction to bug bites, and the reaction will decrease with age.
My ped told me to dab liquid benadryl on bites for my daughter. He said that it can be absorbed thru the skin enough to stop the itching but not enough to make her dopey.
Dab a little Witch Hazel on it, it will make the itch go away.
Bite Care from Boiron works like a charm!!!
I will tell you that you should NOT EVER out any ointment or gel or any other medication on this baby until you have asked either a pharmacist or pediatrician. Those meds are formulated for older kids and most say none under 6. Just be cautious.
The second part of this is my little soap box. So far in Oklahoma 8 people have died this summer from West Nile Virus so please just consider doing something better about protecting everyone when they are outside. I think there are many ways to prevent them from finding you tasty.
My MIL went to Alaska for an extended vacation one summer. She was told the mosquito's were like hummingbirds up there, huge! She started taking Vinegar pills a few weeks before she went. The insects would land on her skin, walk around even, but would not bite her. She would take a paper towel and rub down her skin and it would come away looking like she had scooped up some mud.
There are other foods and supplements you can add to your diet too. I just worry about the baby not being able to use any sprays or take supplements. I think that planting a ton of citronella around might deter them too. Just consider that this is not just something that goes away but that might just be an insect that carries a nasty disease with it.
An antihistamine.
(The swelling, redness, and itching is cause by an allergic reaction to the mosquito bite. People have varying degrees of allergic reaction to mosquitos. My cousin isn't allergic at ALL! Sniff. I'm so allergic each bite is about the size of a pancake, and even them just landing on me causes a quarter sized welt.).
Alternatively, especially early on, taping a copper penny on the bite will also help neutralize it to begin with, but won't stop the allergic reaction once it's set in, it only stops it from spreading by the copper reacting to the mosquito "venom". Personally, I wouldn't tape a small coin on an infant, but it's a cool trick for when they're older.
Just use regular neosporin on infants. But, no, that won't help the bite... unless the bite is infected. Neosporin is an antibiotic ointment. Benedryl cream, otoh, is an antihistamine ointment.
For an immediate effect, give him a garlic pill. Since I sarted taking a garlic pill, I have been almost ignored by mosquitos.
I had a house on the border of a 400 acre park. The park was in Arkansas and it had springs, ponds, and a creek. The mosquitos were so numerous you could actually see swarms of them. They were like a cloud of mosquitos. I bought a large bugwacker. (get half acre or larger size) Hang the bug wacker between your house and the source of the mosquitos. Place the bugwacker about face high. I had a 100 foot extension cord and that enabled me to hang the bug wacker about 75' from my home. I went to my local butcher and bought some fresh beef liver and I asked for extra blood. (Yes, the butcher looked at me like I was crazy.)
I put the liver, the beef blood and its styrofoam tray and attached it to the bottom of the bugwacker. I then plugged the bugwacker in. The next morning, I couldn't see the light in the bug wacker for all the mosquitos in the grid. I unplugged the bug wacker and cleaned out the grid. Then I plugged it back in. Over the next two weeks, I cleaned two or more cups of mosquits out of the bug wacker grid EACH DAY ! By the end of two weeks I could see just a little of the bug wacker light. At the end of the month, I could walk around outside after dark and not be constantly bothered by mosquitos.
No mosquitos = No mosquito bites or west nile virus. If you get your neighbors together and everyone set up bug wackers like I described above, you'll find the change amazing. Then you can enjoy the weather outside, instead of in the garage.
Good luck to you and yours.
If she is not trying to scratch it then just leave it alone, if it seems itchy then try some vinegar or a dab of tea tree oil. My daughter and I get very large bumps from mosquito bites and sometimes they do last for a week or so. I do not freak out about west nile and you shouldn’t either but if you are concerned then call the doctor.
Also California Baby makes a bug spray that is ALL natural and safe for babies and infants so pick some up, you should be able to find it at Target in the baby section with the bath stuff.
