Mosquito Bites

If you are anything at all like me, you can go outside to check your mail and end up with fifteen mosquito bites. Mosquitoes LOVE me, unfortunately! I am an absolute baby when it comes to mosquito bites! As soon as I get a bite, I want to itch it, and lay on the floor and throw a tantrum. I want to just yell at the mosquito bite to stop itching, and I just can't do anything. I am probably the biggest baby when it comes to mosquito bites! So with all this experience with mosquito bites, I have decided to share my best solutions for helping them not itch. 

The first thing I always do is try to wash the area where I was bit. Taking a shower, or just gently rubbing my arm or leg with a washcloth. If that does not help, then my absolute favorite thing to do is dab a TINY bit of toothpaste onto the bite. In the picture you can see how much I used. Its not a lot, just dab a little bit onto the bite, and let it dry. In the morning, or later in the day, you can clean the toothpaste off. I do not know exactly why this helps, but I think that the minty part of the toothpaste cools the bite, making it itch less. This is just my theory of course! But it definitely helps within just minutes!

The other things that are helpful are dabbing lavender oil, or tea tree oil onto the bite. Tea tree oil has about the same effect as toothpaste, its just a cooling sensation that helps the bite not itch as much. 

The last thing you can try is an anti-itch cream, or making a paste from baking soda and apple cider vinegar. There are a lot of ways to relieve itching, my favorite is simply toothpaste. I used google to see what other ways there are to relieve itching and it was surprising! Some people suggested using mud, witch hazel, calamine lotion, salt water (like ocean water, or a warm salt water mixture), ice packs (this would not work for me because I get so many bites all over my body!), rubbing a wet asprin pill over the bite, using deodorant, making a paste from water and tums, there are a lot more ways than I would ever think of to relieve itching!