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 Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/22/16 10:00 PM
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Guys hoping someone here can help out with some advice...Heading out to the ranch to fill feeders and do some Turkey hunting and Wife and my 10 month old son will be tagging along. This time of year Chiggers are terrible at our place. Looking for any suggestions on the most effective and safest chigger repellent yall have used on your kids
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/22/16 10:12 PM
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Is he walking already? If he's crawling, I wouldn't put him down. Check the label on that Swamp Gator stuff (all natural). Some folks use Sulphur in their socks, but you can't put that all over him. Keep both Momma and son out of the weeds as much as possible and your life will be a lot easier. Good hunting.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/22/16 10:23 PM
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Thanks Creekhunter...Not walking yet but he is a crawling machine. Been dying to take him out there and he is finally getting close to the age where he will clearly appreciate what nature has to offer...l know though that if he comes back full of bites then Mamma will not allow him to go back up till winter
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/22/16 10:30 PM
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I am probably going to catch hell for this but at 10 months he has no idea what is going on. Don't take him and if you do keep him off the ground. Do you remember what you did at 10 months? Don't start something about you and you son with your wife at this early age.
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/22/16 10:46 PM
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/22/16 10:50 PM
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And the creator ain't bad neither...(sorry, old man wishing he was younger.)
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/23/16 12:11 AM
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I am probably going to catch hell for this but at 10 months he has no idea what is going on. Don't take him and if you do keep him off the ground. Do you remember what you did at 10 months? Don't start something about you and you son with your wife at this early age. X2....Many a scientific study states that you cannot remember anything you did or that happened to you before the age of 4. So you are not making any memories for him...you maybe, but not him.Leave him at home but buy him some camouflaged diapers to crawl around on the floor in. That will send a message to your wife that when he is old enough, you and him will become great buddies at deer camp.
Last edited by Mr. T.; 04/23/16 12:12 AM.
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/23/16 01:15 AM
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It's about family, you idiots.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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04/23/16 01:43 AM
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Avon skin-so soft lotion keeps skeeters away. It won't hurt a baby. Take him with you. 
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/23/16 01:52 AM
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Avon skin-so soft lotion keeps skeeters away. It won't hurt a baby. Take him with you. I forgot about this stuff. A lot of the African hunters swear by it. Good call.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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04/23/16 02:26 AM
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Yeah, I wouldn't. They don't need that kind od misery. And what's he going to do while you are filling feeders? Crawl around having fun with the fire ants and the scorpions? But hey, if you are up for the long nights of miserable mom and baby from chigger bites, go for it.
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/23/16 02:52 AM
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Avon skin-so soft lotion keeps skeeters away. It won't hurt a baby. Take him with you. I forgot about this stuff. A lot of the African hunters swear by it. Good call. Any sulfar based soap/lotion works.
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/23/16 03:31 AM
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I am probably going to catch hell for this but at 10 months he has no idea what is going on. Don't take him and if you do keep him off the ground. Do you remember what you did at 10 months? Don't start something about you and you son with your wife at this early age. Personally I agree. I have a cousin that lost a leg to a snakebite when he was a toddler as he wasn't old enough to tell anyone he got bit and no one caught the fang marks until it was just about too late. That was always in the back of my mind when I thought about taking my son with me. Now he goes just about everytime I go but I waited till he was about 3.5 and was talking in pretty much complete sentences to be able to say hungry/hot/tired/etc and to know enough not to play with the foot long copper colored worms
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/25/16 02:11 AM
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According to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that repellents with DEET are safe to use on kids as young as 2 months old. Though AAP recommends that products for children should contain no more than 30 percent DEET. Deep Woods OFF has 25% DEET and works well for chiggers and skeeters. I like the dry powder version...less messy. As for the sulphur option, sulphur is not a great repellent for ticks. DWO with DEET handles ticks as well.
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04/25/16 02:20 AM
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before you spray any chemicals on your baby,, drink a couple of ounces of it yourself --------- if you are unwilling to do that, then dont put it on a baby.,
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04/25/16 03:30 AM
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When I was a kid (2-years+) my parents gave all of us sulfur pills all summer long. We never had chiggers. For use, ask a pediatrician about methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) and dosage for children.
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04/25/16 11:36 AM
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before you spray any chemicals on your baby,, drink a couple of ounces of it yourself --------- if you are unwilling to do that, then dont put it on a baby., LOL, that is pretty funny! 
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04/25/16 01:27 PM
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Leave him at home. Texas in the springtime is no place for a little one who can't speak or walk. The mosquitos are starting to get thick along with chiggers, etc....
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04/25/16 04:35 PM
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We always used Skin so Soft. It worked great. My two kids were raised playing in west texas pastures.
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04/26/16 03:25 PM
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we use honest company bug spray.
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04/28/16 03:11 PM
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/29/16 04:50 PM
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It's about family, you idiots. It's also about caring about your son enough to make good decisions on his 10 month old behalf. I wouldn't wish a mess of chiggers on any baby. The facts are: he's only 10 months old. Chiggers are everywhere. He will get them if he goes outside at the lease right now. And he won't get them if you wait until chiggers run their course. A couple of months isn't long to wait if you want to spare your son some misery. Of course, you can always say "it's by gawd about family" drag him out there and get him covered with chiggers now, and he'll have no clue it even happened a couple of months down the road after the bites heal. Yeah, that sounds brilliant. 
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/29/16 05:00 PM
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It's about family, you idiots. It's also about caring about your son enough to make good decisions on his 10 month old behalf. I wouldn't wish a mess of chiggers on any baby. The facts are: he's only 10 months old. Chiggers are everywhere. He will get them if he goes outside at the lease right now. And he won't get them if you wait until chiggers run their course. A couple of months isn't long to wait if you want to spare your son some misery. Of course, you can always say "it's by gawd about family" drag him out there and get him covered with chiggers now, and he'll have no clue it even happened a couple of months down the road after the bites heal. Yeah, that sounds brilliant. Ok, I'll play. Since you got on here today with your crotchety hat on. The man posted on here for a chigger repellant recommendation. Apparently, a couple of members on here thought he asked for psychoanalysis. This is what I reacted to. The man is the kid's father, for Pete's sake. If he wants to take his son to the deer lease, that's his own @!#&*! business. But hey, you're always the smartest one in any room.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Chigger Repellent for Baby
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04/29/16 06:14 PM
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It's about family, you idiots. It's also about caring about your son enough to make good decisions on his 10 month old behalf. I wouldn't wish a mess of chiggers on any baby. The facts are: he's only 10 months old. Chiggers are everywhere. He will get them if he goes outside at the lease right now. And he won't get them if you wait until chiggers run their course. A couple of months isn't long to wait if you want to spare your son some misery. Of course, you can always say "it's by gawd about family" drag him out there and get him covered with chiggers now, and he'll have no clue it even happened a couple of months down the road after the bites heal. Yeah, that sounds brilliant. Ok, I'll play. Since you got on here today with your crotchety hat on. The man posted on here for a chigger repellant recommendation. Apparently, a couple of members on here thought he asked for psychoanalysis. This is what I reacted to. The man is the kid's father, for Pete's sake. If he wants to take his son to the deer lease, that's his own @!#&*! business. But hey, you're always the smartest one in any room. You also called me an idiot for voicing my opinion. Looks like you got me beat in the idiot department creekguy.
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