Big Bad Bug Eye
What’s worse than a bunch of itchy red bumps on your baby’s delicate skin?
A new bunch of itchy red bumps on your baby’s delicate skin again, especially a huge one right under his eye!
I know I have complained before about the killer mosquitoes in MD and how they enjoy snacking on poor little Isaac, but now he looks like he got quite the beating in the face. He got stung right under his left eye and the whole area has turned red and is swollen so much that he is squinting on that side.
Baby Quasimodo
It’s the saddest thing I have seen lately, and I feel like a bad mom because I knew about the bugs from last time and did spray some skin so soft (thanks Kelly!) but didn’t do his face because a) I did not want anything sprayed near his eyes, nose, or mouth and b) I assumed I’d see those mean old blood-suckers if they got near his face.
Nope.
I think the one that got Isaac on the face was one of the sneaky and invisible variety, because I was holding him and didn’t see a thing!
I had some anti-itch cream, as well as some gel to make the swelling go down in bites, but I did not trust either so close to my baby’s eye, so I went on another hunt for a cure, this time for some baby benadryl. Having a hard time finding such any product, I asked the pharmacist and she replied that there was no such thing. What? That can’t be true…
She recommended regular children’s benadryl, which sounded possible until I read on the label “for ages 6+.” I didn’t like the sound of that even though the helpful pharmacist assured me it was fine and gave me the right dosage for Isaac’s weight and age. Yeah right lady, he is 13 months!
Hmmm…paranoid new mom that I am, I decided to call my pediatrician and get the official ok from her. It seems that the pharmacist was telling the truth, according to the doc, so Isaac got to slurp some bubble-gum flavored children’s benadryl and within 20 minutes he was asleep and the swelling was down, whew!
Is there really no such thing as baby benadryl? I wonder why not…there should be so people like me have one less thing to freak out about! What do you do when your child swells up?
I was very apprehensive about giving Sayle children’s benadryl too, but my pediatrician said the same thing. I’m not sure why there isn’t an infant’s version of it, but there needs to be!
I can’t believe that bug bite, it looked bad enough the day I saw it, that little mosquito (or should I say eagle) sure got him good!
Glad I am not the only paranoid—ahem, I mean “super-safe” mom out there (:
Yeah Isaac seems to attract the most vicious mosquitoes out there for some reason…perhaps it was an eagle!
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