Toddler suncream allergy

[glowingtwig]

Hello,

I'm looking for some advice on suncreams that are less likely to cause allergy in a 2 year old. Last year all child-friendly off the shelf suncreams we tried gave her awful rashes, then prickly heat, followed by eczema... she spent the summer covered in long sleeves and trousers and in the shade :( the only thing she could tolerate on her face hands and feet was my fearfully expensive La Roche face one. Even Child's Farm was a no.

With the lovely Easter weather this weekend DD has been in the garden and again I put La Roche on her and her poor little face the next day - hot, red cheeks and forehead where the sun cream had been applied, now a spotty, blotchy rash. What am I to do?

I've ordered an organic one from the brand Jason but it's not arrived yet. GP just says keep out of the sun and use Aveeno cream until it's cleared up.

Any advice/recommendations much appreciated!

[Sweepingeyelashes]

Organic stuff is not hypoallergenic. It can be full of poweful allergens. Even physical blocks like titanium dioixde or zinc oxide have some carrier so you can rub it on and make the stuff stick and the carrier can cause the reaction.

My son went through so many sunblocks. I bought stacks of them. You can become allergic to a previously tolerated products as well - hence the reaction to the La Roche. My son's face would come out in welts and he couldn't be in the shade because he was riding horses. (He's not allergic to horses or stables.) The one that we found worked for him was neither organic nor a physical block - it was the Cetaphil sunblock.

[Findahouse21]

Sounds like me - I don't react to the suncream but to the sunlight itself, but because ivve used suncream on sunny days I was mistaken about the cause for ages.

[SpeedofaSloth]

Unless you know a specific ingredient to avoid it's trial and error, unfortunately.
My DC don't get on great with sun screen and the least irritating one at the moment seems to be Nivea Baby sensitive.
For the beach they have shortie wetsuits and hats to try and minimise the amount of skin which needs sunscreen.
It is a right pain, I sympathise.

[glowingtwig]

Thank you so much for these recommendations everyone. She's always in a UV suit on the beach but in the garden or at nursery outside I need to find one that works for her, even if it's just for her face and hands and she's in light long sleeves/trousers.

Good advice re organic and blocks as well and previous tolerance. But yes- so irritating for her. She's inherited my pale, sensitive skin, not DH's olive skin.

[TheSnowyOwl]

Toddle is amazing.

[stevalnamechanger]

Altruist ? I've seen people say it helped them when they've previously been allergic