Natural mosquito repellent recipes?

Question

My poor 2 month old baby boy is getting bitten like crazy. I'm using bounce sheets to keep them away in and around his crib, but I'm looking for some all-natural recipes I can make at home for when we go out!

Answer 1

i heard lemongrass essential oil works pretty well, just add 20 drops of the essential oil to 2/3 cups of water and 1/3 cup of alchohol

Answer 2

I use original listerine (the amber coloured liquid) on myself and my family whenever we are out and so far no bites at all. It cost me about 3.00 for a bottle of the generic brand and I put it into some smaller squirt bottles. Just spray on your exposed skin and they stay completely away.

Answer 3

close all the doors and windows fill the neem leaf smoke for 2 minutes and open all the doors and windows for 2 minutes then close all no mosquito will be inside the room

Answer 4

There is nothing better like mosquito preventive net. We are using only that from long time successfully.

All other methods might be harmful for health but it is totally harmless.

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Answer 5

Bounce does not work.

According to the FDA, lemon eucalyptus oil (from a species of eucalyptus, not a mic of lemon and any old eucalypt) is effective at repelling mosquitoes.

But for a baby, draping a mosquito netting over the crib is the easiest and best.

Answer 6

I found a nice product just this week called Beat the Deet. It's in a silver aluminum can and it's made in Canada. All natural oils/ingredients.

I'm not doubting the effectiveness of the Listerine as mentioned by someone, but where I live now, the street people drink it, which grosses me out on the smell now. I can't even use it anymore. (I used to wonder why, when passing the homeless, they would have such fresh breath....)

Answer 7

Because it's a baby, try to get the most natural Vitamin B complex you can. Also mix some fresh garlic into his/hers milk formula. But just little and watch the child reaction first. If the baby isn't using a formula, but the real stuff, well it's up to you to eat it.