Baby injured at childminders - advice needed please

My dh has polymorphic light eruption, it came on quite suddenly about 6 years ago .

OP I hope you get some answers tomorrow

OP I hope you and your son are doing ok, I know how scary the words second degree burns are. My DS suffered burns (not sunburn, hot water) this year.
Hope you get all the help and answers from the burns specialists you need, keep applying the Vaseline it's good stuff.
Do pm me if you want to talk about burns, scars. Sending un-mumsnetty hugs your way and I'm thinking of you and your son ((()))

Have a look at polymorphic light eruption, I suffer with it, it's generally worse at the onset of bright weather and your body is supposed to build up immunity as the year goes on. It's more common on arms and chest (where I suffer) I had years of being fine, getting sunburned far too much, however five years ago it suddenly happened, not quite as bad as a reaction as above, but it was bad and painful.

Hope you LO gets the treatment he needs and recovers soon

Oh your poor wee boy. I.hope he has a comfortable night, have they said to.give him calpol or any pain relief?

We were caught out by the sun this week and ds4 got pink cheeks and ears. So its sun hats and a roll on suncream in school bags now.

At pre-school were told to.put it on when we dropped them off and then leave a labelled bottle so they could reapply as necessary. the nursery my ds1 went to was the same.

It does sound like he was in the sun for much longer than half an hour or he is allergic to the sun? Or allergic to suncream?

Hope the drs at the burns unit are helpful tomorrow xx

I do see what people are saying but honestly, I have taken my two fair-haired, blue-eyed babies out for half an hour in full sun without cream, and they haven't got burned and suffered blisters. Something doesn't add up here, like others have said.

OP, so sorry about your boy, you must be worried. Hope the specialist can give you some advice tomorrow.

Jesus fucking Christ, this is horrible!

I would actually: 3. Sue her arse.

My DD's nursery applies suncream to the kids. They just ask parents to sign a consent form. I personally don't understand how anyone providing childcare to preschoolers can get away with not applying sunceam in hot weather.

OP, your poor poor baby. I have a DS the same age and makes me feel sick that your CM left him in the sun for half an hour, let alone if it turns out it was longer. Did she say what time of day it was that she left him in the sun? I personally would be looking at terminating the contract if it turns out she is at fault as I would not be able to trust her going forward.

littlebit You're free to run your business how you see fit. You have it in your policies and, I assume, make sure parents are aware of it so it's fine.

I personally think anyone sending their child to someone who doesn't 'believe' in suncream is either a complete idiot or has very little regard for their child's well being.

Poor boy and poor you. Glad you went back to A&E to get him treated again.

I hope your DS manages to sleep well. I'm so sorry to hear about his burns and hope you get some answers tomorrow.

I won't do it, it's against my training. I don't agree that all kids need to be slathered up to the nines in chemical concoctions when simple precautions can mitigate the need for it.

I don't ban children who are wearing it, but as a parent using my setting I expect you to ensure your child is ready for the day and that means in suncream if you want the to wear it.

Nurseries in our area ask you to do the same and they have similar ratios to mine

Oh you poor love. I'm so sorry to hear this and glad you got a second opinion. Will keep everything crossed for you that things go as well as they can at the burns unit.

Re the childminder: you need to terminate the contract. Don't worry about notice if it is the case that the docs advise no allergy and she has left poor little DS out in the sun too long. In that instance you could argue that essentially her gross negligence breached the contract and you are no longer bound by the terms.

If the docs do say that DS does have some type of sun allergy then I think you need to think if you want her looking after him. If you do, then notice not an issue. If you don't then you would need to pay the notice but hopefully she may feel so bad she'll waive it.

Our school don't apply suncream either. Being a primary school the very youngest child there will have just turned 4 years old. A 4 year old is clearly significantly more capable of applying suncream than a 10 month old. You cannot compare a childminding setting, where children will be from weeks old in some cases to a school where children start at 4 years old.

Our school also don't feed the children. If I collected my starving 6 month old from a childminder who wasn't able to feed them because they had too many other children 'and anyway the local primary school don't feed children' I'd be fuming.

Applying suncream is basic care, if you've too many children to do it you're looking after too many children.

Your poor boy, I hope he feels better soon. It must be very painful.

I know it doesn't make it ok but I noticed 3 or 4 people with quite bad sunburn today. One lady was very bright red all over her legs, arms and face. Even my very sensible friend had a bright red sunburnt nose. I think the weather caught a few people off guard. It was sunny but not that hot.

(This obviously does NOT excuse your child minder)

What ever the cause, no baby should go through this.

Pleasdonteatmyshoe please read my corrected post. I'm on a mini tablet and the buttons are tiny and I have auto suggest.

I said you can take a supplement but that's more chemicals.

Hope the ops childhas a good night and a good prognosis

OP, how awful. Your poor DS. Hope the burns specialist can help. I think I'd be inclined to ditch the CM. Even if it was only 30mins, that is still way too long for a baby to be in the direct sun.

littlebitofthislittlebitofthat, no teacher has every applied sun cream to my child. Neither have they changed their nappy, applied nappy cream, or rocked them to sleep.

Oh, Emily You poor thing, hope you all manage to get some sleep tonight.

I do think it's a fair point about people not realising how warm it was going to get. I know I sent my DD to the CM without sunscreen, it didn't really cross my mind, and I suspect if I'd had DD at home I could easily have left her out in the sun a little too long by accident.

Have a good chat with your CM and see if it was genuinely an accident that she is willing to work through. But obviously the most important thing is your gut, and if it tells you that all is not right then change CM.

Let us know how your DS gets in tomorrow.

I am a CM and have permission forms signed, so I can apply suncream. I do not put it on if they are out in the sun for 5 mins at 8am, but I definitely do if they are out for 30 mins at midday.

Oh and our local primary school will not apply suncream. They do keep children in at playtime if they say they have not had suncream applied or do not have a sunhat. I don't have an issue with that as the teacher would be pushed to get any teaching done if she had thirty small children to suncream. There are plenty of good 10 and 12 hour formulas available which will should keep them protected all day, and in any case I think it is good to teach the children young both to be sensible about how much time they spend in full sun and how to reapply cream themselves.