It is summer time and time to be outdoors. We at Associates in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine along with the AAP advocate for the use of insect repellants on kids over 2 months of age. Insect repellants containing DEET up to concentration levels of 30% are safe to use in children over 2 months of age. Apply DEET only once per day, sparingly on exposed areas of skin, but not around face, mouth or eyes.