tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870724569005621487.post5157152950381029656..comments2024-02-23T03:46:05.941-05:00Comments on You are what you eat!: In the throws of regression, and suchJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01900390957087776716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870724569005621487.post-68191386736674589522011-07-01T17:27:38.419-04:002011-07-01T17:27:38.419-04:00Can I tell you something, speaking as someone who ...Can I tell you something, speaking as someone who had minimum 15-20 tics every summer my entire childhood - not kidding. My parents live in the same area still, and my mother is a notorious "attracter" of everything blood-sucking, mosquitoes, tics you name it, and it is not unusual for her to come back from the garden with four or five tics attached - to each leg. If you're, say, stuck in the woods and find a tic and it's a two hour drive back to civilization/pincers and every second it sits there is making you nervous, I have the perfect (and my preferred) option. Don't try to drown or smother the tic, simply put a finger - gently - on the tic, putting just enough pressure to spin it around and around, rubbing in little circles with the tip of your fingers. Don't overdo it so you "break" or kill it(!), just keep at it, and less than a minute (usual, it varies) the tics simply lets go, and you can pick it up from the skin, alive. Ok, just wanted to pass that on, maybe you can use it.<br /><br />Kudos for all the documenting and the testing! I hope it comes back it was a healthy little tic. I know the worry - I missed a tic on "my" smallest daughters belly and it feels terrible...Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464559180992220717noreply@blogger.com