Skeeta Bites

My sweet angel has yet again been ATTACKED by a mosquito. One lonely mosquito made its way into her bedroom the other night and literally had a feast while she slept. Sophie honestly looks like she has the chicken pox. Jeff and I searched for the culprit last night before putting her to bed and sure enough it came out from the shadows. Jeff saw it and killed it on the spot.

Now, I know that getting bit my mosquitos is normal because I get attacked myself. However, with younger kids it seems as though they don't know how to swat them off, therefore, the mosquito will just keep biting. So, Sophie has all these bites on her legs, feet, arms, and face and unlike most adults they don't just go away after a little while. Oh no, they start out as little red bumps, then turn into huge bites. Also, it seems to take forever for them to heal.

I guess for the most part it doesn't bother Sophie, but she does point at them over and over and says "Skeeta Bites, Skeeta Bites." What can I do? Does anybody have any suggestions? I just don't really see the purpose of these annoying things.