erm, ds has two big blisters on his arms from sunburn, dispite putting factor 50 baby cream on him every half hour and he hasnt been in the sun that much. But then the sun is much stronger in spain. I feel guilty enough without thinking i am being judged too.

i don't know why ds1 burned so quickly that day, he still does get red quickly but never anything like the reaction he had that day.

gp's best guess was that the chlorine on his skin from swimming combined with sun and wind and baby skin did it... although even he was in shock at how quickly it had happened.

luckily the gp knew me well and didn't for a second accuse me of lying about the siutuation or not being careful enough... in fact almost everyone's response was 'but it wasn't even that sunny/hot yesterday '

Pink Tulips - My brother has got red hair and very pale skin and back in the glorious seventies, when parents knew no better, he got very burnt indeed - but it took best part of an afternoon! Can you really get burned in a very short time without some bizarre skin condition (Irishness excluded) ??

tbf I would have judged both the sunburn AND the trampoline. I would have been full of judginess in that A&E that's for sure.

There are some things I would judge, but when it falls into the realms of something that could be an honest mistake. I just prefer to think the best of people rather than the worst (unless I know them when I am guiltily overly judgemental...)

fair point clem but i just don't get this -not allowed to think anything bad - mentality.
It seems some people go round with only pure thoughts and believe me that doesn't happen in my head!

But she asked if she was being unreasonable. So many people answered that they thought she was. If she was convinced of her judgement perhaps whe wouldn't have asked the question (unless of course she expected everyone to say God what an awful parent, you were right to judge her without knowing the facts...)

ok the op doesn't know the facts and will never know but isn't she allowed to pass comment?
what's so wrong with that ?

OMFG - those of you trying to make out that I should be judged for my 9 year old having a slightly sprained ankle ... can piss off.

its not nice being judged by people who don't know the facts,is it ?

so, you're assuming its sunburn
you're assuming that he was in his mothers care when it happened
you're assuming they didnt see the dr.

Maybe you should stop assuming and wait to know the facts before judging.

YANBU I would've judged too. Especially don't like people being abusive to medical staff or swearing in front of children.
ps- When I had to take DD to A & E the other day (allergic reaction) there was a huge poster saying 15% of their children's admission were due to trampolining accidents. They happen so easily though my 18mo niece was playing on an enclosed trampoline at a bbq the other day with myself and my sister within arms reach and she STILL fell off through the net and landed on her face!

Think it's second degree burn. Totally possible to get very bad sun burn that blisters

spero, in ds1's case it's called 'pasty irish skin'

dp has the same condition.

added to that certain chemicals and medications can make skin extremely photosensitive

Agree with barnsleybelle. its just naive to say that people who inflict deliberate cruelty don't take children to A and E. I think it was the Maria Colwell case where she was taken to the hospital by her parents and was dead on arrival because they had been hitting her so hard for so long.

Parents might not mean to hurt and kill when they hit, but they did mean to hit.

Neglect is often the precurser of very serious harm to a child both physcial and emotional.

I was responsible for my child getting hurt and I bloody well should have been judged at the hospital - she nearly lost her hand and it would have been down to my neglience if she had.

I am not aware of any skin condition which causes a child to blister and burn in the sun in a very short time, so apologies if this is my ignorance. but for a child to be in that state described by the op seems to me to be avoidable and hence unacceptable.

Doesn't mean who ever was in charge of that child didn't love him but he/she needs to be told.

You only have to watch 'You've been framed' to see how trampoline injuries can happen, and how bad they can be
<wince>

And it is scarey for small children and babies that their carers are oblivious to how fast and severely the sun can burn.
I remember that poor poor boy in the papers last year whose mum was working on the beach in Spain or somewhere and he was left to his own devices on the beach...no shade or water

They will refer to their GP who will inform the H/V.

Unbelievable that sun burn means a visit from SS.

Some are not taken duchesse but i was responding to your comment of

" It was an ACCIDENT. If it had been deliberate cruelty, they wouldn't have taken him to casualty. "

In this instance i think that at least the hospital staff will be the ones taking the decision as to if intervention is required. I would imagine as the op states they were seen by the triage nurse but did not wait for the doctor they will automatically contact the GP to ensure the child recieves some sort of check.
I wouldn't judge the sunburn but would judge the fact that they didn't wait.

Love the way you are assuming mum was in charge because she had shorts on. Maybe she works outside and this happened at nursery/ childminder? Maybe you should actually be more concerned about mum then about her ds if you really think she was attacked in the car park by her dp? (Clip in hair issue).

"OMFG - those of you trying to make out that I should be judged for my 9 year old having a slightly sprained ankle because he felt awkwardly on a soft surface while supervised and with a safety net can piss off. "

Sorry but LOL at judging others and then becoming all defensive when others judge YOU.

oh and A&E might have seen worse but it doesn't stop them judging the little stuff as well.

barnsleybelle- that is very probably true, but Victoria Climbie certainly wasn't, neither was that little 7 yr old who died from starvation last year, nor that little 3 yr old who died from pneumonia and malnutrition. But again, sunburn is at worst neglect, if it happens again and again, rather than abuse. There was nothing in this case to indicate that the child was being brought in repeatedly, and therefore no need in my mind for people to be screeching for social services to be alerted.

I am quite certain that the couple's health visitor will be informed about the incident and will be able to provide the appropriate advice about covering up etc.

Also, some prescription drugs make people more susceptible to sunburn. It may be that this child was taking something that increased his sensitivity.

As someone else said further down, there are plenty of properly abused children in this country occupying social services' time without clogging up their in-trays with one-off oversights.

duchesse... I'm sorry but you are very very wrong. Abused children are very often taken to casualty by the abuser. It happens often.

I hate seeing little ones out in the middle of a sunny day with short sleeves/ no hat.

I never say anything but i really want to just exactly because you don't always realise till too late. I'm chicken though.

you see a very young child in A & E with horrific sunburn
parents who can't be bothered to wait for treatment
.... and you wouldn't judge ??
You wouldn't have gone home and said to your partner, friends
you won't believe what I saw in a & e
You're all too darn perfect for my world then!
I think most people would have judged but for some strange reason don't like to admit it.

It's sunburn, not broken bones, starvation and emotional neglect. It was an ACCIDENT. If it had been deliberate cruelty, they wouldn't have taken him to casualty.

'Judgey pants off and mind your own business'

I'm glad not everyone thinks like that. Like the taxi driver who took Victoria Climbie to hspital. he made a judgment. he was one of the few to make the right judgment and to act on it.

If you are not prepared to judge, you are not prepared to act. And sometimes children need someone to act for them when their parents can't or won't.

ds2 got burnt like that and ended up in A&E when he was 6. It was our first weekend in Virginia in the US and I suncreamed him with Factor 30 just like here and applied it every couple of hours. But I hadn't realised that Virginia is as far south as Spain, the sun much more intense and he got burnt.
I was mortified by by mistake

Good post frasersmummy

MissSunny it was June and it was overcast! Sunbrun does not appear instantaneously - it often takes a few hours to appear.

Some cases are not as medically straightforward as others. Her DS now has to wear UV suits with factor 50 underneath all summer. It may be necessary to understand the range of medical conditions that can cause this to happen before judging.

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The point about judging is that it will identify what is right and wrong, change standards and hopefully improve the behaviour of us all for the better.

How that works in practise I don't know

certain skin in certain conditions can and will burn to blisters in under 30 mins.

the day ds1 got badly burned wasn't very sunny, it was the end of april fgs! i think the residual chlorine on his skin from swimming combined with the stiff breeze aggravated the situation.

he wasn't even red when we got home, slightly flushed but like i said, there was a stiff breeze so that was unsurprising... a while later he started to go red and i applyed aloe vera and ice but even so after a few hours blisters started appearing.

sunburn is not instantaneous, you rarely see/feel it happening til much later, usually that evening and by then it's too late.

and OP... 1/5 kids injured on a trampoline who go to a&e have to be admitted to hospital. over 50% of a&e trampoline injuries are fractures. 10% are head and neck injuries.

if you feel the need to judge, start with your own negligance

OK, there's a mix of people here saying YANBU and YABU for judging, but frankly - what's the point?

You made some assumptions and judged, but surely all that's achieved is to make you feel better about your own parenting. Doesn't help the toddler, doesn't help the parents, and by the way this thread has gone, doesn't seem like anyone here hasn't already recognised the dangers of too much sun on young skin.

So what's the point of judging? Are you going to change your own behaviour as a result of seeing this? Is anyone going to change their behaviour as a result of reading this thread? Will you intervene if you see a similar situation in the future? Or just pull your net curtains back together?

tch.

He who is without sin, cast the first stone...... YABU

No-one is perfect.

or maybe as someone else said.. maybe the child didnt get burned in her care ...he maybe came back from childcare arrangements and sensible mother took him to a&e

Now see bigmomma ..this is why you shouldnt judge ... without your clarification I had an image of your dd falling off an unprotected trampoline ...

I dont know if anyone remembers the tv advert for a newpaper a good few years back...i think it was for the guardian

showed a clip of a man running .. then it stopped. They re- ran it this time showed him pushing an oap.. then it stopped. Then they re-ran it and it showed the man was pushing the old man out the way of a pile of falling bricks.

The tag line on this advert its apt for this kinda situation... see the whole picture!

We've just come back from a holiday where my 4 yr old got sunstroke. He was wearing factor 50, had a hat on and wasn't out in the midday heat. If he wasn't mixed race, I think he would have burned badly, too . It was very scary - had to rush to A&E in a foreign country at midnight because his temp was so scarily high.

We did everything we thought was right, but even an hour in the late afternoon sun was too much for him. I felt terrible.

Would you have called SS on me if you had caught a snatched glimpse of the situation in a hospital waiting room?

A&E staff have more to do and have seen worse than judge about trampolines. It is, after all, you and your child who have to live with the consequences.

It sounds like this child had very significant burns and should probably waited to see the doctor. The risks of scarring, inappropriate treatment at home, pain, infection and long term risks to skin are not insignificant.

Small children are much better kept covered up rather than relying on suncream alone. Suncream plus a light coloured outfit is the best option as light colours reflect the light too. Only dogs and Englishmen.....

It's true that it is good that she took him to A&E and if I had been the doctor (I once was) I would have considered referral to SS and to the HV at the very least, with follow-up in a hospital clinic. The argument outside suggests a poor relationship between the parents, and perhaps poor parenting skills (particularly as the child was taken out of the A&E department) and although not a cause for concern in isolation may well be an indicator of other difficulties in the family which could be picked up and dealt with in a more appropriate situation (ie at home).

So, no, YANBU.

there is no reason for a child to get so sun burnt that they blister and scab

you can see a child going red/getting burnt - i have seen many at the local park etc, and i offer my cream to them and often get refused and told to mind my own business

though one lady was grateful and said thanks and applied

the op assumes that the lady was the one looking after the child,esp if she was a bit red her self

whoever did look after that child is to blame for the poor child being burnt

You don't even know if she WAS the mother.

You don't know if she was with the child when he got burnt.

You don't know how he got burnt at all.

In fact, you don't know anything whatsoever about this family.

Therefore, YAB entirely U.

I may have judged a little at the mans behaviour but would have sympathised with the situation, i slather myslef, hourly in factor 50 sun block and even half an hour in the sun gives my severe burns and sun strok, even with a hat and plenty of hot drinks.

I was in hospital many a time with sun stroke and severe burns, my mum was always trying different methods of protecting me but still allowing me to play in the sun with my friends but nothing worked she was a great mother, i am an adult now and have to stay indoors with the curtains drawn or i burn! The fact is this lady obviously realised and got medical help for her son im sure she will be more aware next time.

How was this an accident? Accidents are things that happen suddenly, which might have been preventable but certainly not something that happens over a period of time. Babies don't get burnt like that in 20 minutes in the sun - that was a good hour or more. What kind of person 'forgets' that babies shouldn't be out in the sun without protection?
I know people can make mistakes but FFS, I would be judging too, YANBU.

BigMomma3, trampolining can be really dangerous.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1018174/My-broken-neck-proves-danger-garden-trampolines.html

They should be used in supervised gyms with an instructor who knows what they are doing. Equipment also needs regular safety checks. Children should also be supervised by a qualifed coach who can make sure that they learn moves safely.

yes accidents happens. But some 'accidents' are entirely preventable.

I repeat, if the parents took the child out of the hospital BEFORE the child received medical attention, then I think that is a case for SS.

Heatstroke can be fatal in young kids, I don't know why anyone would think that this wasn't something that should be taken very seriously. It is completely bloody avoidable in most circumstances. If you can't protect your kids in the sun, keep them inside.

Obviously the mother cared enough to take her child to hospital so I think a little unreasonable. Also, the child could have had very fair skin that the mother did not take into account.

For goodness sake its no wonder that abused kids can't get the SS attention they need when SS plates are being piled high with numpties making reports on a kid who is sunburned

OMFG - those of you trying to make out that I should be judged for my 9 year old having a slightly sprained ankle because he felt awkwardly on a soft surface while supervised and with a safety net can piss off. I provide my DCs with a trampoline cos I don't want them stuck to the TV or Wii all day - what's wrong with that??

That is quite different then a helpless toddler who is not able to communicate whether they are hot having severe sunburn due to being left in the sun and is NEGLIGENT. I do not believe for a minute that kind of sunburn could be caused in 20 minutes!! There was no excuse!!

I think that informing social services for a one off incident of sunburn is ridicolous. What would you want a social worker to do? Take a child into care because of a one off incident of sunburn.

Yes, I feel sorry for the toddler, but unfortunately accidents happen. I am sure the parents are feeling desperately guilty.

I think social services need to concentrate on children with ciggerette burns or repeated trips to A and E for unexplained injuries.

If hospitals refer to social services too freely then parents will be scared of taking their kids down to A and E when they make a mistake. Or worst still the over worked social worker will have less time to see the next baby P.

Poor little boy On both counts.

if the parents left the hospital before the child had received the medical attention that he needed, then I hope the hospital did inform Social Services.

It's very hard not to judge when you see a child suffering when it is something preventable. Particularly when the child is so young. I find it very hard to imagine the circumstances that would excuse the adults in this case.

I once had to take DD to A&E because she fell down the stairs. As soon as I become the perfect parent who has never made a mistake looking after my children then I will judge parents who take their children to A&E.

I don't think posters on this thread have said that a woman who has deliberately left her child out in the sun all day without suncream shouldn't be judged - rather that the OP has no idea of the circumstances and so has made assumptions. Judgements shouldn't be based on assumptions, they should be based on facts...

I judge all the time, everyone does it is one of the reasons society functions.

DH would have ripped into me if I was silly enough to let that happen (as I would to him). The boy doesn't get sunburnt because I won't allow it.

ffs. You know nothing about them or their circumstances. For all you know they might have forgotten to reapply the sunscreen, or it might have washed off in the pool, or they have each thought the other had applied it. At least they were getting treatment for the child.

Judgey pants off and mind your own business. Please. If you spend any time in A&E you will see all sorts of things that you may think oughtn't to happen, but that's life and that's where people end up if have an accident or just plain get things wrong.

this made me laugh... you are judging others for not supervising their children properly and/or not doing something to make sure they didnt get hurt...

and yet..

you were there with a child who had a trampolining accident.....

I dont know either story fully and therefore I am in no position to judge .. nor would I .. I am a great believer in walk a mile in my shoes

I just thought the irony of this was funny...

"it looked like her hair had been pulled because it was hanging out of her clip"

Oh come off it, is this a joke?

It wouldn't go un-noticed. The people at a&e who are used to dealing with families like this are in a position to make a judgement.

You are not.

here here TheProvincialLady

If noone judged a lot of neglect would go unnoticed. Like I said in erlier post I would expect to be judged in that situation. IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE PARENTS FAULT but it was someones fault! Someone should have making sure that the child was well enough protected.

I cant honestly think of someone who would think 'oh look at that baby/child with terrible sunburn, oh well cant blame the parents'! Parents get the blame for everything else so why not sunburn?

I can think of so many reasons not to judge this family. The bricks in their house might have failed and let in too much light, the windows of the shops they walked past reflected super rays at them. They might have been stuck outdoors on the way back from an urgent trip to Africa with no money to buy sunblock.

Or they might just have been negligent. I wonder which is more likely?

Sometimes the rush to defend the unjudgeable is quite nauseating on MN.

one of mine got slight sunburn once.i was devastated because we're always so careful.nobody said it was my fault but i knew it was,i judged me.

Oh God. Another holier than thou thread
There for the grace of god go any of us !My DS2 who is 11 got sunburned at school yesterday through his PE T shirt .MY DN got hideous sunburn as a 6m old baby sleeping in his pram in the shade.Also have heard of people having problems with suncream failing (sometimes when it has been on the shop shelves too long)
And what an assumption to make that the mother is to blame ! How do you even know she was looking after him that day ?
Could just as easily judge you for letting your child use a trampoline without professional supervision ,a sprained ankle this time ,might be a broken neck next time!

fuck the hell off

i've had to bring ds1 to the docs with sunburn and deal with judging cows like you giving me evil looks.

he got burned in the space of 20 mins on a not massively sunny day walking home from swimming.

he was 8 months old and had blisters all over his face

i'm careful with suncream, i just didn't have any in the swim bag, once the towels dried off enough i draped them over the buggy to shade him but it must have been too late at that stage.

some kids burn no matter how careful you are, i've often had ds1 slathered in factor 50, repeated every hour through the day, barely let him outside and he's still been red in the evening.

I would have judged (silently of course ) But I do know that some DC will burn whatever factor you put on them. DC need covering up and need to be indoors / in very heavy shaded area between 11-3.

Yesterday I put DD's pool up and put the parasol stand and parasol in the actual pool to provide her shade. She also had factor 50 on. We still came in after about 30 minutes as it was just too hot.

The dogs then took residence the pool and laid in the couple of inches of cold water. I had to go out every so often and hose them down while they were in the pool just to make sure the were cool enough lol.

Where I used to live the (otherwise tiny) hospital was the regional specialist burns unit. In the summer the childrens ward was very much in the main occupied by children with severe enough that not only did they need to be hospitalised, but transferred to a full burns unit. It really was horrific.

Small children should be wearing hat, shirt and high factor sun cream, and shouldn't be out in the sun all day anyway. The biggest predictor of getting a melanoma is your sun exposure before 16, and especially sun burn before 16

Don't blame you for judging

I would definitely have judged. I had sunstroke once and it was absolutely horrendous. I am completely obsessive with sun protection, and let's face it, it doesn't exactly take much does it!

I would have judged too - doesn't make it right though. I got burnt the other week, my friend and I took the children to the beach, it was actually quite cold - i was shiverring and she had a jumper on. I forgot my cardi - i was COLD and i got burnt.

I am absolutely PARANOID about the sun with DD, i apply sun block every hour or so - factor 30+. Yesterday i took her to an outdoor swimming pool with my friend, i left the sunblock at home - i had to borrow of course, but i think my friend was a bit about the amount i applied. I'll have to replace hers! I felt guilty that my DD actually had tan lines .

It is very easy to get caught out by the sun especially on the first few hot days, but this week, during a much publicised heat wave? Little excuse really.

As for the parents behaviour - i imagine that the father was pretty bloody angry with his wife. My DP would have gone ballistic.

It is amazing to me that people do not understand to keep babies out of the sun. Just becuse they have suncream on doesn't mean they can be in it all day. FFS

yanbu

i HATE seeing burnt children - there is no need

too many times i see a mum pushing a baby/toddler in buggy and they have no hat, no parasol and are screaming and red

yet the pusher is in summery clothing and sunglasses - therefore obv KNOW it is hot weather

grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

yes you get the odd time when you miss a part of a childs body (tho i have never had a child burnt in my care) but to be covered in blisters/scabs such as Op saw is neglect and child abuse to me

Last year I saw a baby - no more than 6 months - with v sunburnt legs - had obviously happened previous day and mum was still sitting in the scorching sun on the beach with the baby's legs out in the sun - I was so close to going and telling her to at least put the baby in the shade but figured she would just tell me where to go as there was no way she hadn't already noticed. It's the only time I've been really close to intervening on someone else#s parenting.

I would have thought about half the a&e staff would have been judging you for having a trampoline.

Its good that she took him there to be seen, many wouldn't want to risk getting treated like that if they actually didn't care about their child so that gives me hope. The bloke sounds like a twunt though. Poor little boy.

It actually sounds like the woman made an effort to stand up for him.

That link about trampolining doesn't seem that bad to me.

"Almost half (47%) involved another child jumping at the same time.

And a third happened beccause the child fell from a trampoline which was not protected. "

""If you have one large child and one small child the risk of injury is significantly increased. "

So keep to one kid at a time and make sure you use the enclosure (usually part of the deal with the trampoline)

We went to A&E a few days ago because DD fell off the climbing frame in the park. Much more dangerous than our enclosed trampoline I'd say.

Someone I know took there DS to health centre to get some medical advice as he had sunburn (not as bad as in OP) and social services were knocking on her door at 8am the following morning so SS will probably be informed. If it is a one off and was just an accident there will probably be one visit and thats it. If there are some other issues then maybe they will be noticed and followed up.

I think most people would be judgmental in a situation like this TBH, it could have been an accident (suncream didnt work, happened at nursery whatever) but then again it might not. I would expect people to judge if my DD had sunburn like that. As long as you dont confront the parents and demand an explanation YANBU IMO

When it was (briefly) sunny last year my friend smothered her one year old in factor 50 every hour and he still got horrendous sunburn that required hospital treatment. Some tiny children have incredibly delicate skin and it would be impossible to know if sunscreen is going to protect them until it is really sunny.
It also sounds like she was the victim of some abuse at the hands or her partner so I wouldn't be quick to judge.

There may well have been people in A&E judging you for letting a child go on a trampoline, especially if your son is under five

I would judge judge judge. Major increased risk of skin cancer for each sunburn episode as a child. .
It's not like sunburn is really sudden - you can put a t-shirt on or go indoors if you start burning - way before hitting the blistering lobster stage.

If you had a DS like mine, you would be. I rather he bounced on it (12ft with a net around it) than bounced literally of the walls, sofa, beds, etc he could end up with more than a sprained ankle (he landed badly on the trampoline) doing that . Way too much energy!

I still think that if you are talking about the safety of a vulnerable child it is not such a bad thing to be judgmental, especially if it prompts people to act.

Yes, you might not know the full explanation, yes it might be perfectly explicable, but if you have the care of a small child and that child ends up hurt in your care, you have some explaining to do.

I'm not keen on trampolines for children.

I got sunburn ;ast year because for some weird reason my lotion (one of those apply once last all day jobs P20 is it?) didn't work on my skin. No idea why. I had to go to hospital for 2 days and had quote severe burns. So do not be too quick to judge IMO.

I'd be more worried about the swearing infront of the child; but maybe you pre-judgment has skewed events?

Definitely sunburn, no doubt and it was not a little burnt, as in accident, either. The blistering was quite horrific. His mum had definitely been sunbathing too as she had on a swimsuit and looked a bit red as well so I would suspect she had been with him. I would hazard a guess that there was no suncream on him either. She was not a young, does not know any better, girl either, prob early 30s.

Their behaviour outside in public was disgusting as well, had to get DS in the car pronto. Makes me so sad for that poor boy .

Well at least they were seeking medical help..sort of. The hostpital will inform the HV, so she can follow it up. It was HOT today - I was really annoyed when I went to collect DD form my mums at noon to find her naked in the garden with no hat and only factor 20 cream on which could have been years old, knowing my mum. I had provided suitable sunblock, hat etc.I kept DD inside this after noon.

If they had waited to see the doctor - what could he have done?

OH no poor thing. I got sunburnt so bad as a (older) child I have scars on my shoulders. At least she took him to hospital I guess.

i judged a few women and a man the otherday , outdoor pool side, drinkign, swearing, toddler running around, no sun hat, heat of the day...
still - at least the child was taken to A & E

Poor little chap. Maybe it wasn't sunburn but another burn or scald?

I would have thought it took longer than a few minutes to do that kind of damage.

Was it definitely sunburn? Wouldn't have expected hands to be worse than chest, given that they'll have had more sun exposure already...

But you don't know how long it took for the toddler to get burnt, and at least the mother took him to hospital. I got burnt like that as a child and got given an aspirin...

Yes, I would judge. But more worrying is the shouting/swearing in front of the child. I would hope the hospital would inform social services as I think the severe sun burn is a child protection issue. But she'll probably just get a letter and no follow up.

however, if she is that clueless no doubt there will be other opportunities for intervention, hopefully before too much damage is done to the child.

How do you know she had been with the child all day he could have been burnt at nursey or with grandparents or whatever .

It might have been an accident! We all got burned a bit last week on holiday despite all of us using factor 50! You don't know the full story.

YANBU, poor little boy.
Its been so hot today I have only let my 2 outside for a while both of them smeared in factor 50.

Obviously judging parents for neglect of the child . I would consider that level of sunburn in a helpless toddler, neglect, and hope the hospital informed SS of it!

Who are you judging? And why? And what would you have the hospital inform SS of?

no more than 2 years old, huge bubble blister on shoulder, lobster skin on chest, shoulders, arms, hands and face going all weepy and scabby and . Mother in swimsuit with shorts on top obviously been sunbathing all day with little regard to the toddler.

Had to take DS2 to A&E tonight with a sprained ankle after trampolining (he is fine and is banned from the trampoline for a week) and saw toddler as above. He seemed quite happy but I dread to think of the agony he will probably be in when the painkillers have worn off . I felt quite sorry for the mother as everyone was tutting and the nurse was very off with her. Later her partner/husband came in demanding that his 'kid' be seen immediately (he had already been seen by the nurse and did not seem to be in discomfort) as he could'nt wait around all night. Was tempted to say that his 'kid' should not have left to roast all day in the sun then . I am assuming they did not wait to see the doctor as within a few minutes I saw them outside in the carpark, man & woman shouting and swearing at each other in front of the boy and then the woman running off up the road on her own and it looked like her hair had been pulled because it was hanging out of her clip. AIBU to hope the hospital informed SS?