You can get mosquito bites on the bottom of your feet! Who knew?

Turns out you can get mosquito bites on the bottom of your feet. The morning after the kitty litter volcano, my daughter complained of itchy bites on her feet. I thought maybe I'd neglected to wash the sheets or something horrible. But it turns out she got mosquito bites while building the kitty litter volcano outside. And not only did she get bites, but she got a bite on the bottom of her foot. For most people, this would merely be an annoyance, but for my daughter, it's catastrophic. She once got a bite on her thigh and the swelling went from her knee to her crotch. A bite on her cheek sealed her eye shut. And a bite on her hand filled up her hand like a rubber glove balloon. So, needless to say, she was up all night last night crying with the pain of swollen skin. A bite on her toe made her toe look like a little sausage about to burst. How do you fix that? We did the benadryl for the allergic reaction and ibuprofen for pain and ice for swelling and hugs and cool wash cloths and topical hydrocortizone for itching. No relief. Poor thing. Eventually, she just has to suck it up and wait for the swelling to go down. And, to make matters worse, we canceled our weekend train ride to the city, because she's definitely not spending the weekend walking around the streets of San Francisco in the rain on mosquito bitten feet. Who knew, you can get mosquito bites on the bottom of your feet?