Cinnamon, corn meal, and borax have all worked here. Tho I do like the borax better outside. I've even used powdered laundry detergent, and it seemed to work too...

Mix sugar with borax...they love the sugar and tote it all back home along with the borax which will kill them all.

I've been told that if you wipe down the areas the ants travel through with 100% white vinegar that the ants won't cross it. Haven't tried it myself, but the vinegar wouldn't hurt the baby or pets. Might be worth a try.

I'm going to have to print out these great responses. What seems funny is that this year we did not get any of the little sweet-eating ants. There were always around every spring, especially after an early spring rain. We had a few larger ants; I killed 5 or 6 a day for a month or so. I could just push them off the counter and step on them. They are gone now too.

I too have used this and it works well with sugar ants. The whole gang of ants will come to feed, but in no time they'll be gone. I've used borax and Borateam in carpeting to get rid of fleas.

I'm going to try some of these ideas to get rid of carpenter ants. I hope it works.

The most effective way to get rid of ants is a product called Terro. You would have to put it out of baby's reach but it works like a charm!

If the ants eat it all I wouldn't think so.

Can anyone tell me how much sugar to borax powder is the correct amounts to use for the ant problem I have?

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http://www.wikihow.com/Kill-Ants-Using-Borax
http://www.boraxforants.com/
http://thehappyhousewife.com/home-ma...e-ingredients/

Hope these help.

Came across this link of FaceBook this morning.
http://www.trendsandideas.com/7-natu...iller-recipes/

Jan in VA

Cinnamon can kill children. Do not use it where an infant or toddler can get into it. In tiny doses with food is okay.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...980396/?no-ist

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...nnamon/275191/

There are a lot of articles out there on the subject of cinnamon. I can only imagine what could happen with a toddler and accidental ingestion.