Even though the summer is coming to an end, mosquitos are still alive and well in the Northeast. They have reported finding Triple E and West Nile infected bugs in our area so it is still a concern for us. I put baby/child safe bug repellant on my toddler daughter made by California Baby to help keep them away. But I also got an idea from a website about combatting the bugs naturally with plants. I am definitely planting these next spring to try to cut down the population near my house.
Let me know if there are more natural mosquito repelling ideas out there!
Growing information on the plants
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I have always favored cleaning products that are good for the environment, and now I have an added incentive, my daughter. Not only so she can look forward to a future environment that is less damaged but a household that is less toxic. The problem for me and so many others is the cost. Using green products isn’t hard, just hard on the wallet. I believe it is one of the biggest factors keeping the general public from using the safer, kinder alternatives. Plain and simple- chemicals are cheap.
What to do about it? One way is make your own. I know, it’s added time, but I think it is worth it and it’s actually pretty simple. And it might be even cheaper than chemical type cleaners!
Here are some recipes from the Green Guide.
Ugh, frustrating baby behavior! My daughter is a hitter and I am having a hard time stopping her. She hits when she is mad and not getting her way, when someone has something she wants, when she sees someone else hit- she joins in. It is not only frustrating, it can be embarrassing. Two little ones enjoying digging in the sand and the other one grabs her shovel and swat! NO! Like she is the boss of that shovel, not touching it or else. At 19 months, I realize that sharing is a very abstract idea, and I still try to show her it is fun and nice and that it definitely doesn’t warrant a hit. I looked to the internet for advice on helping her loose this behavior. The suggestions were generally, pay attention to the hit-ee and ignore the hitter, she didn’t seem to care about that. Then time outs- it only seemed to matter when it was visual separation from the kids. (Otherwise she kept saying HI to everyone running around.) So it means leaving the park or going inside- which is more than a little hit warrants, esp since at this age TO’s are suggested no more than 2 minutes or so.
I was enough at a loss to help tame this behavior that I called my pediatritian. The pediatritian said TO’s aren’t all that effective before the 2-2.5 range, so he suggested a firm raised voice, not a yell or a scream, but a voice that is serious and different with a short separation from the activity and children. He said it needs to happen everytime she hits and right away, with a brief explaination “no hitting, that is not acceptable”. He stressed not dragging it out, not letting it escalate into a big temper tantrum, and be consistant. I am working on it, and am hoping that it works. I will get back with the results, which he said might be a month or two…
