Comments on: The Single Bed Solution

By: The Mosquitoes Won : Canadutch

The Mosquitoes Won : Canadutch — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:28:03 +0000

[...] know, I’m STILL going on about mosquitoes in February, but they are still causing me [...]

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:27:06 +0000

In Africa we used those nets from the ring on the ceiling, but they don't just hang down around the bed, pretty thought it might look in pictures - you have to tuck it in tight around the mattress on all the sides, and hope that you don't have to get up to pee in the night. Luckily no mozzies here yet! Ashs last blog post... the citadel at namur

By: Sonya

Sonya — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:47:49 +0000

Omgosh thats awful..and sorta funny..LOL but more awful than anything. Luckily I have only have two bites on the ankles to speak of but we're still in the beginning parts and Im sure the nasty puffed up marks all over my body will be here soon enough. Sonyas last blog post... No Bake Cookies

By: Suzy

Suzy — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:26:26 +0000

Tammy,
I may get bitten, but it’s one bite to his ten, so maybe the idea has some merit?

O and saw this and thought of you:
http://tinyurl.com/p3mv96
L.L.Bean Insect shield clothing :)

By: Canucky Woman

Canucky Woman — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:57:24 +0000

They don’t “do” screens here; I suspect because they don’t need them…the skeeters only like that exotic foreigner blood!

They also don’t “do” air conditioners here much either.

By: mmichele

mmichele — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:40:03 +0000

We've stayed in quite a few single beds here in Europe... kinda stuck together but with your own sheets and mattress. I really really like it except that I have to stretch a little farther when I need to kick Rob to make him stop snoring. mmicheles last blog post... Bredevoort and Nijmegen

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:20:59 +0000

lol oh my goodness. What about shutting the window before evening and investing in a good air conditioner.

By: Melissa D

Melissa D — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:10:24 +0000

I feel for you, but that is one thing I liked about summers in NL, no mosquitoes eating me alive not like here in NFLD. Must be a different breed here and there. I hope you come up with something. Melissa Ds last blog post... I thought I would never have to say/do this...

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:49:21 +0000

You poor thing. Getting butt checked is not fun! The mosquitos make it sound like you’re living in the middle ages, either that or down in the Caribbean….What about screens? Do the Dutch not use them?

By: Breigh

Breigh — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:47:12 +0000

Amber – Unfortunately I can’t use the off spray. I have eczema and after a while I think my skin would sizzle off hehe

Z / Lala – We do have window screens but it’s not like they came automatically with the house, that’s for sure. We have roll down screens that we put on ourselves but even they aren’t 100% secure. The gaps aren’t anything we can really close and they are so small, it’s hard to believe this amount of mosquitoes are still coming through those tiny spaces. :(

Canucky Woman – Oh it’s so frustrating because no matter where we are, it’s me that gets bitten. They don’t want Xander at all. The odd time he does get a single bite, you’d think he had half a limb bitten off. The drama!

Suzy – So if you are +, do they attack you? I am O- and they looooove me!

Genevieve – oh that’s a brilliant idea! I may give that a try! We did buy 2 of the nets (the €4,99 ones from Blokker or somewhere) and you are right, they totally lay weird, especially because the hook that was already in the ceiling isn’t exactly centered over the bed. We need to get a 2nd hook up there and somehow attach the two nets together and hang them. We have 2 double ones though. I also thought of maybe just cutting the bottom half off one and sewing it along the bottom of the other, so it hangs and gathers on the floor. Then we don’t have to worry about it riding up. Another thought I had was after sewing the extra on, putting some strings like from the side of the net to our curtain rod to hold it out a bit. It’d make our bedroom a bit of a maze of strings for the summer, but at least I’d be able to sleep! I’ll have to look into the Azaron, not sure I could use it with my Eczema.