Baby injured at childminders - advice needed please

littlebit are you deliberately being difficult.

Any childminder who wouldn't protect my child by applying sun cream and then state they couldn't prevent my child from receiving too much sun but did have a shady garden - would be going nowhere near my child!

'Why would you want to to smother your kid in chemicals?'

ermm......hang on.....it's on the tip of my tongue....

sunburn!! To prevent sunburn!

Why would you want to to smother your kid in chemicals? A bit of sun is good for you.....vitamin d

Good grief, poor little thing. Friend or not you cannot continue with this childminder and I would go as far as reporting her to ofsted for allowing it to happen if the doctors confirm sunburn. The fact her own child has some sunburn speaks volumes to me, Tuesday was a sunny day here (south east) and I went slightly red on my shoulders from only 30-45 mins outside.
I hope you're all okay OP.

We also don't know if the other children got the sun burn whilst in her care.

I thought the same. When I was taught it by professional!

This is my job we are talking about! There's lots of things that I'm not supposed to do, that just seem crazy.

I am very fair skinned and burn easily, as a child I had sunburn really badly and can remember my skin being red raw and weeping. Childrens skin is also thinner than an adults, so it is within the realms of possibility that your child was only out for half an hour in the sun.
My dd came back from preschool on Tuesday with pink cheeks, I hadn't put sun cream on her as was cloudy when we left home but very sunny by lunch; my DH got a burnt neck whilst gardening.

Well, we don't know what happened yet so Innocent til proven guilty. It could be an allergic reaction to the sunlight, sun scream , insect bites. There coulda been chemicals on the ground near where he was sat etched. Remember it's possible to become allergic to anything at any time so even if she has used the sunscreen a dozen times it doesn't mean that he wouldn't have reacted this time.

The sun was deceptively strong on Tuesday, ds got a bit if a tan on his nose.

Did she apply any sun cream at all? If she did I would be tempted to think he either had an allergic reaction to it or for some reason it did not work effectively on his skin (I know done people bizarrely still burn with done brands).

If she didn't I think we would have to assume it us sunburn, perhaps a severe reaction. Again I have known people get hives from sitting in the sun.

Her dd being burnt to really does not look good. I would certainly be discussing it at length with her and I would decide how to proceed based in her reaction.

Did she put suncream on her? I only all as i had a similar reaction to suncream when on a school trip. It only happened on my face and my face was red, swollen and weeping. It turns out i was allergic to the suncream-it was factor 50 and applied regularly as i am very fair skinned so wasn't sun burn

April sun is as strong as August sun. I got sunburned in working for a few hours in the garden two days ago, where my shirt rode up a bit. Can well believe a baby would get sunburned in 30 minutes.

My son once got sunburn on a really cloudy, not especially warm, day. I wouldn't be that quick to criticise - I think we can all get caught out from time to time. I felt terrible but it has made me even more cautious.

We also have no idea whether she is a particularly experienced mother or childminder. Perhaps her own baby and this minded child are the only ones she has cared for.

Yoni those posts are so weirdly similar

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How is sun cream a child protection issue unless you are applying it where you shouldn't be?

I have honestly never heard anything so utterly stupid in all my life.

A childcare professional who changes nappies should be able to manage sun cream without becoming a peado.

I am stunned!

'Child protection issues'

That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! What about protecting them from the sun?! Also I assume you change nappies? What about child protection then? Or is there a link between suncream and child abuse that I don't know about?

Sounds terrible, hope he recovers quickly,
i was burnt very badly once, after i fell asleep on Brighton beach and had a similar reaction - deep red skin, then I started swelling up in different places...between the eyes so i looked like I'd been punched, then this went down and then other areas also swelled up, had 2 days off work and could hardly talk, so i can quite believe this is sunburn,
i also get coldsores after sun exposure so please avoid any contact at all with any carriers and keep a careful eye on the blisters when they burst

I think not providing it is fine, as long as you'll put it on when needed

Child protection issues. There are loads of schools and playgroups and childminders who don't.

It was covered in my training recently.

Yes Outraged. I do apply it - just don't provide it

It sounds awful, your poor baby.
I do think though that it doesn't necessarily show a lack of care on the part of your CM. The weather suddenly changed and I guess she just didn't either realise how it was, or thought a bit of brief exposure to April sun wouldn't be harmful. There are news stories about how overuse of suncream and keeping children in the shade are causing Vit D deficiency. Getting the balance right can be a minefield.

Why wouldn't you apply suncream as a CM? That's insane.

Would you apply the children's own suncreen though Reet? Say the parents rang you and said they'd forgotten to apply it that morning or hadn't realised how hot it was? Or it was a very hot day and it needed to be re-applied? Or they'd been in the paddling pool/water play and it had washed off? Or you'd wiped their face after food and it needed to be reapplied? Or any other of the 100 possible reasons suncream needs to be applied during the day.

I have burned, in March, in the UK, as an adult. I am extremely careful with DD as a result, even though her skin is better than mine.

The problem is that people who don't burn like me don't realise that it can be so severe and quick.

I'm also not keen on sunscreen on babies so poor DD was in the shade with a hat for the first year.

i also don't apply my own sun cream, for the reasons listed here - you run the risk of allergic reactions! I asked parents to provide their own (labelled with childs name) and to apply before/at drop off.