Chiggers?

My daughter has these bumps on her leg that have been hard to diagnose.  They were in patches on one leg only and were both persistent and numerous.  They were bothering her in that they itched, but when we considered chiggers as the culprit after a good bit of internet picture and symptom recon, it didn’t seem to be as itchy as we would have expected them to be.  But we didn’t have many other candidates.

There was a possibility it was scabies, but the symptoms and visual appearance didn’t match.   Two things that confused us was that she was having acne-like behavior in a few of them, but only a few.   Another thing that didn’t make sense was that some were also in her upper leg, perhaps as if she'd contact transferred them when the back of her lower leg contacted her upper leg.    

But the locations didn’t match up well, which left us only with Chiggers as a guess.   We had been putting steroid cream on them for two days and they were getting better possibly. But not necessarily.  We eventually took caare of the situation in two ways: first, my husband called the yard company who manages our pest control and asked if they could come do a chigger service, which they did in Friday,  Second, we did the standard treatment of putting clear fingernail polish on the spots that looked active.

My daughter couldn’t wait for us to get home so we could put nail polish on her, “pore molecules”. And so far, it seems to be working.  We're hoping it keeps working.  So far, so good. 

The Big Boy Update:  My son was so excited to see both of his former sitters, Morgan and Tristan, today at the lake.  He was near manic to play with Tristan, who sadly could only stay for half the day.   He also had a great time with my best friend's four girls as well as all the adults.   He is a very social little guy. 

The Tiny Girl Chronicles: My daughter said to my son yesterday, “Greyson, try to make me laugh, I’m in a really giddy mood.”