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Sep
2 Year Old Bad Mosquito Bites. All children are more sensitive to insectmosquito bites and tend to get the hard red swelling. With bites the swelling can be pink as well as large especially age 1-5 years. I suspect it was a brown mosquito es. For children 6 months to 2 years old use only up to 10 DEET once per day only when necessary.
Use protective clothing that covers his arms and legs. Any perfume or deodorant that contains aluminum chloride also works wonders and eases down the itch and swelling. Wash the bite area a few times a day and apply antibiotic ointment such as bacitracin polymyxin Polysporin. My son does this and used to really bad at 2. You need to protect your toddler from mosquito bites. These patients develop redness and swelling within hours of a mosquito bite.
You need to protect your toddler from mosquito bites.
Age-Appropriate Use of Repellent For children 6 months to 2 years old use only up to 10 DEET once per day only when necessary. 2yr old with 1025 fever stomach pain no other symptoms. For children 2 years to 12 years old use up to 10 DEET no more than three times per day. She had at least 20 mozzie bites all over her body. My kids who are 2 and 3 years old have a terrible reaction to mosquito bites. They tend to bite more and are bigger and faster than the mosquitos you see in the height of summer.