I prefer to use Sea Breeze astringent or Wal-Mart's Equate on my ankles
and legs when the kids get too wild.  It doesn't have the greasy base of
Vick's but the active ingredients are similar.  I just apply it with a
couple of cotton cosmetic squares and it deters the ankle nippers quite
a while.
 
Carol O.
[Posted in FML issue 4455]