Yesterday I bought their last two bottles of Chiggerex - and the boys had used it all by mid-a.m. I bought the last two spray bottles of Benadryl....then I found the oldest clerk I could - and she was old. YES - she'd lived here all her life. YES - she knew HOW to cope with chiggers. FINGERNAIL POLISH.....
I bought a bunch since the boys had used 1/2 my good stuff in one day. I bought all sorts of colors so they can have fun color coordinating. Funny thing is that I'm now covered with pink, purple, and blue dots....um clear would have been good too. ::snort::
I decided attitude was everything here so I put it all in a nice basket with a bow and called the children together. I told them to CHOOSE JOY and here's the basket with help. They didn't seem to appreciative of the lecture...but they're trying. Poor Mike, Jamin, and Josiah had to WORK. At least I can lift my shirt and scratch my blue dots when they itch. ::snort::
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The bow was such a lovely touch! LOL
Oh, man. I had to do a google search because I had no idea what nail polish had to do with chiggers. These little guys are nasty!
If you want to tie it all in with your recent study of WWII, there were several sites about the torment chiggers caused the soldiers...you know, keep it educational and all! :-)
Okay, I have to confess you had me laughing out loud. Fingernail polish really does get rid of chiggers. Unfortunately I know from experience. BTW, dh and I were really wondering where you got your information about chiggers down here. I had to giggle as I imagined your three men going to work in different colored nail polish. Hang in there.
Oh Gilda - I'm up at 1:47 because new ones are popping out all over and I can't keep up with them with polish and benadryl. ::snort::
We were told over and over by folks who LIVE HERE that "We dont have chiggers HERE like they do in San Antonio" - well YES YOU DO!!!!!
This is the first time in 2 years we've run into them. We will now take showers and/or bleach baths after every outing in nature around here....and some say DEET (which we've never used) will help if you use it before you go out??? OK - ask your dh? Is this true?????
Wow! I have never heard of nail polish as a chigger treatment. What is it supposed to do? I'm so curious. I guess I could google like Debbie. :)
Glad you have pretty colors for everyone. Ha!
Kathy, the wisdom around here (includin the phramacist and Chris our pharmacist) is that the polish suffocate the critters so they don't continue to ...um...grow under your skin. ARGH....
LIQUID BENADRYL should help take the edge off the itching. Might make some of your crowd sleepy...but not itchy ;-) They do make it dye-free now (but now flavor-free). HTH.
Sis:
you bprobably already know this but keep washing the sheets until you are all fine.
l/p
WHAT? Wash all the sheets every day??????
>and some say DEET (which we've >never used) will help if you use >it before you go out??? OK - ask >your dh? Is this true?????
Well here is dh's answer....
"Sure go ahead, take a bath in it, it won't hurt. Just don't worry about those extra arms you grow!"
LOL
He is such a card but DEET does have a lot of warnings against it. It shouldn't be a problem if you use it sparingly. The best thing against chiggers is a physical barrier. Pants tucked into long socks. Shirts tucked in. But, they can still get to other areas. I would think any bug spray should deter them some. Chiggers are terrible and I am truly very sympathetic to your cause. Praying for quick healing.
Well, I bet your boys never would of guessed they would ever be wearing nailpolish . . .you should take a picture of them and their colors just for the memory :-)
YUP! Just in case one of those little chiggers manages to live and get off a body...... etc..
l/p
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