Going out into nature or just walking in the park with a child, each parent thinks, first of all, about the safety of their child. On the fresh air except mass positive emotions there is a risk of being bitten by mosquitoes. Meeting these insects is unpleasant for adults, and what can we say about the delicate children's skin, which often responds to the bites of bloodsuckers with an allergic reaction.
Most efficient way child protection - the use of repellents. Mosquito repellent for children is produced in different forms... The composition of various aerosols, creams, pencils, bracelets can include both synthetic substances and natural ingredients. This article will focus on repellents and fumigators. What are they like? How to use them correctly? Read on for the most effective remedies.
Transfer of funds
Repellents keep mosquitoes away by repelling them, and fumigators kill in the air with vaporized insecticides.
- Spray Gardex Available in 100 ml bottles. Contains essential oils of citronella and geranium, as well as aromatic substances. All ingredients provide delicate protection. When applied to open areas body spray lasts 2 hours. Can be used by children after 3 years.
- Spray Mosquitall "Gentle Protection"... Designed to protect children and adults who are prone to allergic reactions. Volume: 100 ml. The active ingredient is DEET 7.5%.
- "My Sunshine"- baby cream for mosquitoes. Country of origin: Russia. This mosquito repellent can be used on children from 1 year old. It has a pleasant smell, hypoallergenic. Approved and recommended by the Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery of the Russian Ministry of Health. It is applied by adults on the face and open areas of the child's body, no need to rub. Lasts up to 2 hours. The application can be repeated if necessary.
- Milk spray Glorus... Designed for the gentle protection of the sensitive skin of children aged 2 years and older. Easy, convenient and economical to apply, does not stain clothes. Contains aloe vera.
- Cream "Our mom", 100 ml. This natural remedy from mosquitoes for children contains clove oil, chamomile and yarrow extract, which repel bloodsucking. It is also used after bites to relieve itching and soften the skin. Recommended for children from 18 months.
- Mosquito Oil Mommy Care Mosquito... Country of origin: Israel. Volume: 50 ml. The oil consists of natural ingredients and does not contain chemicals, so it can be used from birth. The mixture of organic oils included in its composition dulls the sense of smell of insects. The product contains essential oils of citronella, sweet almond, rosemary, mint, cedar, clove and geranium.
- Anti-mosquito plates "Raptor Nekusayka" used in electrofumigators. Provides gentle protection against insects indoors. They contain a natural insecticide - pyrethrum, which acts on mosquitoes as a strong nerve agent. At open windows it is allowed to leave the device switched on overnight. Can be used in the presence of children over 3 years old.
- Liquid set Fumitox "Nezhenka" for children, 30 ml. The manufacturer recommends using the fumigator product from the moment the baby is born. One bottle is enough for 45 nights, the liquid is odorless. The tool must not be used in rooms less than 13 m 2.
DEET-based synthetic repellents provide first-class protection. But the concentration of the chemical indicated on the package should not exceed 10-15%. Only such funds can be selected for children.
It is allowed to use for babies from 3 years old. Apply with hands to open areas of the body. The duration of the protection is 2 hours.
Reviews:
I recently bought such a cream. The smell is pleasant, leaves a light aroma on the skin. I apply it to the child before a walk on the hands from the wrist to the elbow and on the legs. We walk for two hours, and during this time no one bites our daughter. The result satisfied me.
Maria, Moscow
I have a positive experience of using cosmetics from this company, so I decided to take a cream for my baby. We recently turned one year old, and already it is possible to smear. I've heard a lot different opinions about the remedy, both positive and negative. It helps someone, but not very much for someone. We often walk for a long time, but the cream does its job perfectly. And the price is also pleasing.
Olga, Chelyabinsk
I bought the oil after the child had already been bitten by mosquitoes. But after its acquisition, the insects really stopped noticing the baby, and he sleeps peacefully for an hour in a stroller. It's amazing. The smell of the product is pleasant, the bottle is convenient, with a spray bottle, and is economically consumed. I think we will have enough for next summer.
Irina, Voronezh
My daughter is allergic to almost everything. Therefore, the purchase was treated responsibly. I wanted to buy a safe product, and it met my expectations. We smear with great pleasure. For children with sensitive skin, this is the best thing in stores.
Tatiana, Moscow
Precautionary measures
Before using repellents, be sure to read the instructions. Do not spray aerosols indoors to avoid inhalation. Parents should independently apply products to young children, and supervise the use of older children. In the children's room, it is better to connect the electrofumigator to the network for several hours before going to bed in the absence of the baby.
When buying repellent for their children, parents want to get good remedy from mosquitoes. Modern market offers a fairly large range of anti-mosquito drugs. The instruction will help with the choice. Usually, the manufacturer indicates the criteria (age restrictions, hypoallergenicity) by which it is possible to determine whether a product is suitable for a child or not.
Leaving for a few days in nature, you need to take care of the means that repel blood-sucking insects. Everyone remembers, but small insects called "midges" are much more dangerous than mosquitoes. She has a very small size, is capable of hiding under clothes and is active during the day. A large number of midges can literally eat the skin and get to live meat. Therefore, when visiting beautiful untouched places in nature, you will have to take care of means that repel not only mosquitoes, but also midges.
So far, no one has managed to make poison for mosquitoes with mosquitoes. Insects prefer fresh blood. To poison bloodsuckers, you need to poison yourself, so by far the most effective method pest control remain.
On a note!
Repellents can be purchased at the store, but chemical substances often contraindicated in young children. Adults with allergies sometimes cannot use the comforts either. But mosquitoes and midges can be scared away with folk remedies.
Folk recipes
Not quite a folk remedy for mosquitoes and midges in nature - Vietnamese. Not quite popular, because the ointment is manufactured industrially. It is intended for the treatment of colds, but a large number of essential oils in the composition of the ointment allows you to use it against insects.
But for children with an asterisk, you can prepare a weakened ointment at home: the baby cream is squeezed into a clean container and a little balsam warmed up in a water bath is added there, everything is thoroughly mixed. This ointment will keep mosquitoes away, but will not damage your baby's skin.
On the street or in big company it is better to use softer oils that resemble the smell of perfume:
- pink;
- tea tree oil;
- vanilla;
- eucalyptus;
- aniseed;
- wormwood.
For some people, strong odors can trigger an asthma attack, so essential oils should be used with care.
On a note!
Vanilla oil only helps to ward off midges, mosquitoes do not react to it.
How to cook
Folk remedies are not difficult to prepare. Sometimes you don't even need to cook anything. Tea rose and tea tree oils can be applied to skin in the same way as perfume: inner side wrists, neck, behind the ears. These aromatic oils do not harm the skin and cause allergies in few people.
It is not difficult to make a remedy based on essential oil at home. More concentrated aromatic oils are “diluted” with cream or water. Add a few drops of oil to a neutral cream / 100 ml of water, mix thoroughly and use to protect exposed parts of the body. The water suspension is applied from a spray bottle to clothing. Midges and such smells fly around a "tasteless" smelling person until the essential substances evaporate. Usually within 2 hours.
Other folk remedies
In the absence of aroma oils in the house, you can prepare a decoction or baby cream from the available spices. As a home remedy for mosquitoes and midges, a decoction of vanilla pods or clove buds has worked well. Disadvantage folk ways the fight against mosquitoes and midges is that the formulations can only be used fresh.
Clove decoction
Vanilla
You can cook in several ways. Depends on the form in which the spice is in the house:
- Boil the vanilla pod in a glass of water and insist. Use in the same way as for clove infusion.
- Pour 2-3 sachets of vanillin powder into 0.5 l of water, stir, pour into a spray bottle and spray on clothes. Throw away the clogged spray bottle.
- Mix the same 2-3 sachets with vegetable oil (150 ml). Apply the mixture to exposed parts of the body.
If you do not use a spray bottle, but simply wipe the skin with a solution and apply the suspension on clothes, this is a popular homemade remedy will get rid of annoying insects for a few hours. And the light smell of vanillin will not irritate others.
There are two unpleasant moments;
- it is necessary to use vanillin after sunset, as it attracts bees and wasps;
- vanilla powder does not dissolve in water, and soluble vanilla sugar is not effective, they cannot be confused.
Invented on the basis of folk vanillin. A tube of baby cream is mixed in 20-30 g of vanillin and mixed thoroughly. You will have to store it in a jar in the refrigerator and use it after dark. You can take a jar of cream with you to the countryside. When using this ointment on children, the cream should not be rubbed into the skin. It is gently applied to the skin of the child.
Russian folk remedies
Vanillin is a southern spice, and mosquitoes have been living on the Eurasian continent since the time of glaciation. Our ancestors also suffered from mosquitoes and midges. To protect themselves from the bloodsuckers, they used their own home remedies:
- tansy;
- sagebrush;
- wheatgrass.
Wormwood is a southern herb and is not available in every region. A bitter broth of wormwood allows you to effectively get rid of the midges, which gnaw on the skin. Mosquitoes are more difficult because they pierce the skin and only smell can scare them away. The aroma disappears in a couple of hours.
The traditional folk remedy with wheatgrass is very interesting. Wheatgrass is a malicious weed that can grow in any climatic conditions. Gardeners really do not like this herb. The more unexpected is the fact that with its help you can protect yourself from bloodsuckers.
This folk remedy is ideal for children of all ages without causing an allergic reaction.
On a note!
When weeding, you do not need to throw away the wheatgrass roots, they will be useful for preparing a decoction.
The recipe for a decoction of wheatgrass is also simple:
- 100 g of washed wheatgrass roots (according to other sources, the grass or the whole plant) is finely cut and poured into 1.5 liters of water;
- the broth is boiled 3 times until the liquid acquires a light yellow color;
- cool and wipe hands and body with broth.
The more saturated the wheatgrass decoction, the better. Mosquitoes with midges avoid this folk remedy for several hours. The advantage of wheatgrass broth is that it is almost odorless and will not irritate others.
What is not suitable as repellents
Any strong-smelling product may seem to work to repel mosquitoes and midges. Therefore, among folk recipes there are often recommendations to use. In fact, this substance evaporates quickly and does not protect against attacks by bloodsuckers. But it is necessary to have it in the first aid kit when going out into the countryside. Ammonia is the main component in the composition. You can also use it in its pure form.
People who spend summer weekends in the country, in the forest or near water bodies, villagers and mothers walking with strollers have to suffer from annoying bloodsuckers. The bites of midges and mosquitoes are very painful and cause an allergic reaction in many. Within a few minutes after the insect sucks blood and flies away at the puncture site, edema develops, burning and itching appears. A collision with a cloud of midges is fraught with even a rise in temperature.
To avoid encounters with these Diptera, measures should be taken in advance. Of the folk remedies for mosquitoes and midges, crystalline vanillin is considered the most effective in terms of protection.
How and why vanillin products work
Mosquitoes and midges are guided by their sense of smell when choosing a victim. They find warm-blooded prey by trapping heat and carbon dioxide. They are attracted by the odor generated by bacteria living on the skin. If human skin smells good for insects, then they cannot stand the aroma of vanillin. This natural repellent with a specific odor acts on the nerve endings of the olfactory organs of bloodsuckers. Therefore, you should not think for a long time about whether vanillin helps against mosquitoes, but just take and try it in action. After all, buying a bag of vanillin is much cheaper than buying a synthetic insect repellent.
Recipes, cooking methods
If you don't know how to make vanillin mosquito repellent, then you've come to the right place. Collected here best advice about the use of this fragrant substance.
Vanilla cream is considered the most reliable remedy for bloodsuckers. When you mix the powder with baby cream, you get an excellent repellent that lasts about two hours. Thanks to him, you can safely work at the summer cottage or walk with your child. The recipe is quite simple: squeeze a portion of baby cream onto the back of your hand, pour a quarter teaspoon of the powder from the bag on top and stir well. Apply the resulting cream with vanilla to protect against mosquitoes with your own hands on open areas of the body and on the partings in the hair.
Vanillin, diluted in water and applied to the skin, also gives good results. But for this you need to know how to dissolve vanillin from midges and mosquitoes so that it works. Vanillin crystals dissolve poorly in cold water and surfaces float for a long time. Therefore, the water must be slightly warmed up, fill a small bottle (about 0.3 l) with it up to half and add one packet of vanillin there. Shaking well, you can use a product that can be stored perfectly for 2-3 days.
To protect infants during a walk, it is recommended to soak ordinary gauze with the resulting solution and hang the stroller with such a canopy. Adults are better off using spray bottles for ease of application. The remedy works for about 25-30 minutes. At night, for a restful sleep without insects, you can stir vanillin in a cup of water and put it near the bed.
To obtain an effective remedy for mosquitoes, vanillin in a 1: 1 ratio is mixed with water. It is enough to take 1 tablespoon of powder and water. In the resulting mixture, you must add 1 teaspoon of any shampoo, stir well and spread on open parts of the body.
The second option is without water. A pack of vanillin must be combined with 2 tablespoons of shampoo, applied to hands and feet. The product is easily washed off. Therefore, you can work in the garden and then take a shower.
The smell of vanilla essential oil repels insects even better than plain vanillin. When diluted, it can be safely applied to the skin. For 10 g of the base (cream, cosmetic milk), 4-5 drops of oil are taken. Causes mild coldness when rubbed into skin for 1 to 2 minutes, which is a natural reaction.
If there is no essential oil at hand and there is no time to conjure over solutions, but there are a couple of bags of vanillin, then you can just sprinkle it or pour it into your pockets. After rubbing into the skin, the powder is invisible; traces of flour remain on the clothes.
Caveats
With proper use, vanillin is a harmless remedy, but individual intolerance is possible. The essential oil should be used with caution in pregnancy, epilepsy and hypertension. It increases the sensitivity of the skin to light, that is, it is a photosensitizer. Therefore, after application to the skin, direct sunlight should be avoided. Vanilla oil is a highly concentrated phyto essence and should never be used undiluted. Prolonged use can cause headaches.
In order for children not to suffer from, effective prevention of contact with blood-sucking representatives is necessary, active methods of fighting mosquitoes and midges both within the boundaries of the house and on the street during walks and being in the fresh air. Today, in almost any store you can find a lot of insect bites, including children's ones, but can they be used safely, are they effective? We will discuss with you all possible methods of dealing with bites and scaring away annoying insects from mechanical primitive methods in the form of tree branches and fans, which you can simply wave in front of you, up to modern electronic devices that cleanse the area from bloodsuckers within a few meters of the dwelling. So, everything is in order.
How to protect your child from mosquito and midge bites?
In general, in each locality, the administration at the beginning of the season should allocate funds from the budget for the treatment of natural sources of mosquito breeding in certain months. The treatment is carried out in a totally safe for people, but killing mosquitoes drugs on the territory of lakes and rivers, swampy areas and damp, cold rooms, forests and parks. For the effect to be, the events must be regular and global. If in large cities this is also carried out, then in small settlements you have to rely only on your strength. Therefore, individual bite prevention and insect control within the same home and family come to the fore.
It's worth starting with simple tips, which will help reduce the likelihood of contact with insects at times. So, it is important:
- Refuse to open windows or doors wide open in the evening with the simultaneous inclusion of artificial light. Mosquitoes fly towards bright and warm rooms.
- If it is necessary to open doors with windows, it is worth equipping them with special mosquito nets, and in places where they constantly open (doorways), nets are additionally treated with deterrent compounds.
- For evening walks, you should choose clothes for yourself. light color and monochromatic, bright riot of colors on clothes or dark, black colors actively attract insects. Whenever possible, should remain open minimal amount parts of the body.
- When going outside in the evening, do not use cosmetics and perfumes with strong and sweet smells, they are also a mosquito bait.
It is important during evening walks to select routes that lie as far as possible from swampy and wooded, humid places and areas of constant irrigation (lawns, paths in parks, roads). In windy weather, walks will be more comfortable due to the fact that there are fewer insects due to air movements.
Clothes for children during walks must be treated with special repellent compounds, and after the child reaches the age of one year, repellent drugs can be used, which are applied directly to the skin of the body. Naturally, it is better not to apply any chemical compositions and repellents, but sometimes there is simply no choice - if children are acutely and with allergies react to insect bites, they choose the lesser of two evils.
If the child has been bitten, it is important to strictly and carefully monitor so that he does not scratch the bite site. It is important to cut his nails short, wash his hands constantly and treat the wounds with safe means.
Folk remedies for protecting a child from mosquito bites
Today shops offer many devices, methods and methods of repelling insects, fighting blood-sucking insects. Each of them, especially with regard to use in children, has its own undoubted pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, and therefore it is worth starting with the safest available methods and folk methods:
- A simple and inexpensive mixture helps with midges and mosquitoes - vanillin powder, infused in vegetable oil or mixed with baby cream. It is applied to the clothes or skin of children before walking. Attention! For children with skin pathologies or allergies, this method is not applicable!
- For almost any toddler, especially early age sleeping and walking in the stroller can be applied to the corner of the cradle, stroller, napkins that are put in the stroller, a little clove oil or eucalyptus.
- Natural repellents for sensitive skin for children and adults can be made with a mixture of vegetable (olive), tea tree and clove oils. The mixture is made up in a proportion of 50 ml of base ( olive oil) 30 drops of tea and 5 drops of clove oil. All this mixes and shakes well, worn in a dark glass bottle. The composition is used for application to skin and clothing.
You need to be careful with any essential oils applied to the skin of children. They must be diluted with baby creams or body milk, otherwise they can cause burns from contact with the sun at the places of application.
Some plants have natural property scare away insects (midges and mosquitoes). Of the most famous natural repellents include the citrus family, lavender, thyme, or geranium. If you burn candles with natural citrus flavors in places where children and adults stay, they scare away insects because of the odor unpleasant for bloodsuckers. Sprays and aerosols with lemon or geranium extracts can be used.
Work actively and safely aroma lamps with essential oils - lavender, lemon, clove or mint. If there are no such devices and essential oils, buy a couple of lemons, cut them up and stick dried clove buds used in cooking in the center of the pulp. They need to be put on a window or in a room, window nets should be impregnated with these compounds.
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The easiest and safest remedies for children, especially babies and allergy sufferers, are mosquito nets
... They can protect both the baby's room and his means of transportation - strollers, cradles. But this is not an ordinary synthetic mesh or gauze stretched over frames; today modern window screens are used, often in combination with window frames. All opening windows and doors must be equipped with such nets, they are ideally adjusted to the size of the canvas, they let air through well and wash, preventing insects from entering the dwelling.
For use in cots, mosquito nets (canopies) are sold, mounted on special racks or hanging brackets. But these are not the same canopies with which the cribs of children in stores are originally equipped. They do not fit snugly, leaving spaces through which insects can easily penetrate to the baby.
Bed curtains they also sell for adult beds, but when buying, you need to strictly monitor the size of the structure so that it covers the entire perimeter and up to the floor. If this is not done, there are loopholes for insects through which they penetrate and bite, then this whole structure will lose its functional meaning.
There are also options tension mesh , which is attached to the sides of the crib, but it is used only in children up to six months, until they learn to get up in the crib.
Street walks require special mosquito net , which is tightly pulled over the stroller or carrycot. Often, manufacturers themselves complete their products with such an additional bonus, and then these nets are ideally adjusted in size. But it is quite possible to make such a mesh yourself, using an elastic band in the drawstring where it fits to the stroller so that the mesh does not rise from the wind and does not create holes for mosquitoes to access inside. A similar mesh is needed for a carry cot or cradle car seats.
note
All nets are suitable for babies who most time they sleep and do not tear off the net when moving, for those children who have grown up, it will be useless.
Features of the prevention of mosquito bites in children
When the child is not yet a year old, almost the only method of dealing with midge and mosquito bites is to use mosquito nets on a crib or stroller. Various remedies applied to the skin can be hazardous... At home, fumigators (devices that repel insects, powered by a network or batteries) can be used with windows open in the house, and folk safe formulations can be used on the street. After a year, the range of drugs that help against insect bites expands significantly, you can pick up sprays, creams or other formulations to protect the skin.
Often the choice stops at repellents - These are agents that scare away insects from the skin and prevent them from biting. Funds are divided into physical and chemical. The first include devices that create uncomfortable conditions for the activity of insects, scaring them away from the child and a certain space. Chemicals are applied to the surface of the skin or sprayed into the air, repelling midges and mosquitoes.
Chemical mosquito repellents for children
With such funds, no matter how attractive they may seem, you need to be extremely careful. With any type of application, they partially penetrate into the body of children (resorbed from the skin, inhaled by the lungs when applied). Therefore, it is important to choose the most effective against insects, while the safest for the baby himself, means.
In order to maximize the protection of the child, while there are practically no risks of poisoning, it is important to know some rules when choosing repellents and applying them. So, it is important:
You cannot smear children with chemical repellents for prophylaxis, every time you go out for a walk, if there are almost no wind and mosquitoes outside. The remedy will do more harm than a single bite. It is worth determining the degree of "harm-benefit" individually.
How to choose the best mosquito repellent for your baby
No matter how much the parents would like, there is no perfect repellent plan. It is worth choosing strictly individually, taking into account the number of manufacturers and the active ingredients in their composition. V the drugs are based on several active substances:
- Substance-3535
- DEET (often in combination with dimethyl phthalate to reduce toxicity)
- ACREP repellent
- Byrepell.
They differ in toxicity and effectiveness depending on concentration. active substance Basically, they are approved for use on the territory of our country, and are part of most chemical repellents.
Any means based on DEET or substance-3535 works for up to 3 hours, they are not effective against midges, stinging and biting insects. The concentration of DEET in adult forms of drugs of more than 40% is unacceptable, and for children it is no more than 7-10%. It is also important that the drug contains prolongers that reduce toxicity and enhance the duration of the effect.
The maximum duration of protection for chemical repellents is up to 4 hours. If there are promises of a duration of 8-10 hours or more, either this is a deception, or such drugs are not certified in the Russian Federation and can be dangerous to children.
Preparations based on ACREP effective for 4-5 hours, scaring away mosquitoes and midges, other insects. But they are irritating and can cause itching and redness in people with sensitive epidermis. Such compositions are not suitable for children.
Rules for the use of chemical repellents in children
Whatever drugs you choose for the child, it is forbidden to smear or spray them on the body of the crumbs from head to toe. It is important to dress the child as much as possible for the weather conditions, and treat the remaining open areas of the body with the drug. After 2-4 hours, it is important to rinse the child in the shower or wipe the skin with baby wipes, and then reapply the product (if necessary!).
note
When choosing a drug, you need to focus on the minimum allowed age of the product, and under no circumstances should you violate the instructions. Adult products should never be used for children if they are not yet 12-14 years old.
Compared to children's products, adult repellents are more toxic. In children's forms, the concentration of repellents is reduced, but plant repellents and products that care for the baby's delicate skin (natural oils, decoctions, infusions and herbal extracts) are additionally introduced. Chemical components are introduced only in maximum permissible safe concentrations.
Most chemical products are allowed from 1 year. Most of them are used from 5 years of age and older. For pregnant and lactating women, only children's forms of drugs are also acceptable.
The market for repellants for children today is very large, so it is important to carefully study the composition on the label and the data on the age of use. It is worth giving preference to those manufacturers who are known and have proven their effectiveness over the years of use in children.
Among the most famous and popular are Taiga, Moskitol, Moskidoz, Komar-OFF, Gardeks, Baby-DETA, Glorius, Picnic-Baby and many others. It is important to look at the permitted age on the packaging and select the most convenient forms of application.
The choice of the form of the drug for children
Today, there are many options for repellents for children on sale - cream, balm, body milk, sprays or gels, aerosols and much more. It is important to select the most convenient forms of use, based on age, type of rest and many other factors.
So, repellents in the form of a balm, gel or milk, cream can be easily applied to the skin, they are relatively economical, and often do not leave marks on clothes, which makes it possible to treat crumbs with them as well. When applied, they create a thin layer of a substance that does not give unpleasant stickiness, does not disturb skin respiration and does not resorb into the deep layers of the skin and blood. Most of the products also have a caring effect and allow for nutrition, hydration and anti-inflammatory, anti-itching effect, have a neutral or pleasant scent. The part also has additional protection from the sun's rays, having in the composition of the sun protection factors SPF.
A convenient form of application is repellent pencils. They won't spill in your bag, are comfortable to travel, but won't work on large surfaces. They are intended for spot application on hands or feet. These forms are as safe as possible, they are not sprayed or inhaled by children.
Lotions and emulsions are convenient to apply to skin and clothing, and are usually produced as sprays and roller molds, they are evenly applied without getting your hands dirty and covering large surfaces.
Baby wipes are available with repellent formulations, which are convenient for applying the repellent to the face, neck and hands, simply by wiping the skin. It is worth buying them individually wrapped so that the composition does not erode or deteriorate from frequent opening of the pack, and does not lose its protective properties.
Aerosols in cans are concentrated, they act for a long time, but usually have a pungent odor and can penetrate into the respiratory tract when sprayed. Aerosols are not used in children, and they are also not allowed to be used in rooms where there are children. They are used to apply repellents to the surfaces of mosquito nets, curtains and window frames, tents and clothing. Spray aerosols from a distance of 25-30 cm without inhaling vapors. Children's clothes are not processed on themselves, but only on hangers.
Mosquito repellent bracelets: will it help children?
Today, you can often find new items - mosquito repellents in the form of bracelets, impregnated with various compounds. They do not have toxic compounds, plant extracts and essential oils, hypoallergenic formulations are usually used. Manufacturers position them as products for use in children from birth. It is recommended to put them on the handle or leg of the crumbs, to hang them in the stroller; according to the instructions, they work from several days to a month.
However, no real data on the effectiveness of such devices, described after tests in test laboratories, have been found, so one can only take the manufacturers' word for it. According to the reviews of those parents who used the bracelets, both the average effect and the complete uselessness of such devices are indicated. Some of the bracelets also have a strong irritating odor, which is dangerous for children with allergies.
Correct use of repellents
For any tool to be safe and effective, it must be fully and correctly applied. It is important to carefully read the entire instruction, taking precautions, given that many modern children are allergic. Before using the product for the first time, it is important to test for the sensitivity of the drug, which is carried out before using the repellent on the entire skin of the child. It is important to smear some of the preparation on the elbow or knee area. If during the day any skin or respiratory, other manifestations of allergies occur, you can not use similar funds- it is dangerous. In the absence of any reactions, it is important to apply the funds to the skin very thin layer, massaging movements and evenly, without rubbing the drug into the epidermis.
It is unacceptable to get the product on damaged skin, acne, wounds), in the mouth and eyes. You need to be careful with the application of repellents to the brushes, children often pull them into their mouths and on their faces. If you sweat, the drug may run off into the eyes and mouth. If possible, it is worth treating clothes, and skin only if absolutely necessary.
You can not exceed the number of applications per day, which is indicated in the instructions, you can not use the remedy for prophylaxis, every time you leave the house. When returning home, you need to immediately bathe the child, washing off the funds from the skin with soapy water.
Among other things, it is important to take into account the weather during the use of the drug and combine the use with other drugs (cosmetics and perfumery, sunscreen). In hot weather, you should not select preparations that are oily and with a strong odor, they only attract insects. Products for children should not be kept on the skin for more than 3 hours, real time actions can vary significantly from humidity and temperature, wind and activity of children, the number of insects and the very skin of children.
The purchased product is not always suitable for the baby right away, repellents are effective on an individual basis, often you have to go through several options before finding the perfect remedy.
Protecting the nursery and the child at home: scarers
To ensure the protection of children in children, other means are used - these are scarers and fumigators. The first are devices that work on the principle of insects' natural dislike for ultrasound, they do not contain any chemical compounds, do not form a smell and do not fill the room with evaporation of substances, they are permissible for use on the territory of children's rooms, kindergartens and residential buildings.
The basic principle of operation of these devices is to generate sound signals that are inaudible to humans, but are not carried by mosquitoes, they fly away as far as possible from the sound source. Such signals are not dangerous for pregnant and lactating women, as well as for children of any age, animals and fish in the house. The devices are silent, a slight squeak is heard only when the devices are brought close to the ear, but they do not affect the health or the functioning of the equipment. Two types of repellents are used:
- Stationary
- Portable (mobile).
Stationary usually work from the mains, they are placed in a room where children are, there are many options for models, they differ in prices and characteristics, area of impact and additional functions(up to scaring away rats and mice). They can also have built-in night light functions and complement the interior.
Portable devices usually have batteries or accumulators, they are used for the street and strollers, the range rarely exceeds 1-2 m. They usually take the form of key chains, bracelets or brooches, pendants with funny pictures or animals. Combined models appeared, operating from the mains and batteries, accumulators, but their price is high due to the large range of action.
Insect control agents: fumigators
Previous devices are used to repel mosquitoes, but fumigants (fumigators - devices) are used to kill insects. They got their name from the Latin word fumigo - to fumigate, smoke, these are chemical compounds that, when evaporated or smoked, smoldering, lead to the destruction of mosquitoes and other groups of insects within a certain radius of exposure.
This includes electrical appliances - fumigators that work from outlets and use plates with applied agents or bottles of solutions. They are applicable for horizontal and vertical sockets, they have a swivel mechanism, as well as light indicators, so it is simply impossible to turn them on incorrectly.
According to the principle of operation, everything is simple - there is a heating plate inside, which leads to evaporation from a special bottle or an impregnated plate with a substance that leads to the death of insects.
The plates are impregnated with solutions with a color indicator; as the substance evaporates, it turns white. On average, the plate lasts up to 12 hours, then it is changed. The device starts working in 15 minutes as the composition is completely heated and evaporated.
Liquids have a specific composition, are poured into glass or plastic container inside which the heating rod is lowered. When turned on, it heats up and evaporates the drug, leading to an active effect. It works up to 90 nights in continuous night mode. The containers and the device have such a device that babies cannot disassemble or damage them. Even if the kid unscrews the bottle and tries to put it in his mouth, he is treated with bitter additives, which discourages the desire to play with the device.
As it evaporates, a composition is released that has a smell or aromatic fragrances, or is completely odorless. All formulations certified in the Russian Federation will be safe for children. But for allergy sufferers and babies, it is better to take odorless products so that there is no irritation to the aromas. In a nursery, the fumigant is used 2 hours before bedtime and no closer than 1 m from the bed. If a child coughs when turning on the device, immediately turn it off and ventilate the room.
Children are allowed to use the Moskitol device and plates, liquids for 45 and 60 nights, Fumitox devices (Nezhenka) and Raptor fumigators with their compatible plates.
Alena Paretskaya, pediatrician, medical columnist