It’s that time of the year again. I can’t believe the mosquitoes are out already because of all the rain/storms here. I can’t tell you how much I hate mosquitoes and how much mosquitoes just LOVE me. I’m like a mosquito magnet and unfortunately my son is too. My husband is lucky because they just don’t seem to like his blood type.

Since I don’t want to use any product with DEET because of the kids, I had to look for a more natural alternative. What I’ve found and read was most effective was Bite Blocker All Natural Insect Repellent Herbal Wipes. It’s $7.99 from drugstore.com and there is also the Bite Blocker Spray (found here also). I found the spray to be a little hard to use because at times it comes out in thick white chunks and not misty liquidy spray.

So anyway, this weekend we went outside and of course mosquitoes swarmed around. I didn’t use the wipes and got bit and ran inside the house. My son used it and didn’t get a bite the whole time he stayed out. I saw our grandma sitting out there with mosquitoes just hovering around her and they stayed about 7 inches away from her, but one finally did land on her. It didn’t get to bite her since I practically screamed out “MISQUITO IS ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!”.

So anyway, I don’t know how well they work, but I have read somewhere that they are better than some with DEET. I’ll try and find that site later.