Protecting your child from mosquito bite

Saving your child from mosquitoes is very important. Being a resident of NCR, getting rid of it completely is impossible here. So we try to minimize them and take necessary precautions and measures. I am writing below some practices that I follow to keep my child protected from mosquito bites, I hope they will be helpful for you too.

 

• Keep doors and windows of your house closed during the evening. Even a slight hole in doors/windows can help mosquitoes sneak into your house. Any gap in the bottom of doors should be sealed appropriately. I have seen people using newspapers for it. you can check this for sealing the gap. I have personally not used this product but did a research around it and I think it is a good option.

• You can keep camphor near doors and windows. It will help to keep mosquitoes outside (Don't keep it near your child if her age is less than 2 year as camphor vapors can be harmful for your child)

• Use mosquito spray 1-2 times a week. Spray in corners. After spraying it, close the room for 30-45 min and you should stay outside the room because its vapors can be harmful to you and your child.

• Use anti mosquito racquet to kill mosquitoes. Please keep it away from reach of children. Its shock is very bad. Sometimes there is current even when it is off. So don't even leave it off near your child.

• Use baby mattress with net. My son used it for 2-3 months only because he was more interested to sleep very near to us but many kids are happy to sleep in it even for one year. So it is a very good option to save your child from mosquitoes as long as she sleeps in it happily.

• Use mosquito net in night if your child co sleeps with you. Please kill all the mosquitoes with racquet in it before sleeping otherwise mosquitoes are going to have party inside net. Please choose the size as per your bed size. They are available in different sizes (for single bed, queen size bed, king size bed etc. etc.). If baby sleeps in a separate cot, then you might already  have net attached to it. 

• Use baby mosquito net during the day time. Please buy mosquito net of good quality. Once we bought it from a local store and in few days, its string  got detached and my son just got escaped from being hurt. The one mentioned here is of very good quality, we have personally used it and are still using. After 4-5 months of age, babies start rolling so they don't want to stay in net. If that's the case, you can put muslin cloth over baby to protect them from mosquitoes. Muslin cloth is airy so putting it on their face  will also be fine.

I tried mosquito patches and anti mosquito baby fabric roll-on as well but it didn't work for us. 

What to apply on mosquito bites: 

How hard we try but mosquito somehow find a way to bite and especially our little children. Normally mosquito bite marks disappear on their own in couple of days. But you can apply any of following to prevent itching: 

• lactocalamine lotion or any other soothing lotion.
• Mother sparsh mosquito bite cream. 
• extra virgin Coconut oil - This is a very good oil. I have been using it for my baby's massage in summer since his birth. This is bit costly but totally worth its price.