In Reply to: i dont recommend bushmans for kids.. posted by bopgirl on Tuesday, 2. August 2005 at 20:20 Bali Time:
As I've previously said in this forum my daughter got bitten in Bali and reacted severely to these bites.
In the supermarkets over there I found one of those plug in mossie repellants... so that we used non stop in her room - as well as spraying. She went to bed at night in light but long sleeved & legged pj's.
The local repellent was very good - Autan. It does say on the tube 'avoid heavey and repeated usage on children under 6!' The cost was 5400rp.
My daughter was 2 1/2 when we used it for 3 1/2 weeks - she had no problems with it...but that was her and I'm not going to preach that it's 100% safe for all kids.
Also take some tea tree oil with you for the bites - if you get them. Again we bought a local remedy but for the life of me I can't remeber what it was called and I can't find my little bottle to tell you.
Sharon