u/TheTiniestTatorTot

Hi all. I'm here for the same reason as you all. We live in Minnesota and this past weekend, we were playing with my son and his water table for about 45 mins outside on our 4 acre property. I have at least 25 mosquito bites from this short time outside. I have always been a mosquito target (O+ blood type) and I'm so sick of it. Here is what we have tried.

• I mentioned my son's water table-this is emptied and refilled each time so no standing water
• I sprayed us all with Sawyers Picardiin spray. I have used Off Deep Woods with Deet in the past and it doesn't really work for us
• We have used the Cutter backyard bug control spray, but it only lasted a few days
• Have used the Spartan traps in the past with limited success
• We use mosquito dunks in our very very small pond
• Have a medium size bug zapper outside our house that works okay at night

I am open to any and all suggestions, but I'm specifically curious about ThermCells and the Biogents CO2 rig. I just want to spend some time outside with my family this summer without paying for it for days and days after. Thanks in advance.

We are thinking about our next child, who will have a toddler sibling with an M name. My sister has 2 children, both with M names, so my parents have all "M" grandkids. I didn't plan to stick with "M" for our next child, but now I feel like I need to or they will be the odd one out. I seems like we both plan to have two children. What would you do?

For context, birth order is:

• Sister's first child "Mxxxx"
• My child "Mxxx"
• Her child "Mxxx" born four months ago