To be happy that dd has 'caught the sun'

[Hercomesthesun]

name change here.
We have just got back from holiday. Dd has not really tanned but she has caught the sun and has a nice healthy glow and looks lovely. Before everybody thinks I'm a terrible mummy, dd did of courses have suncream on and she did not burn. I think she has her daddy's genes. He tans well. I don't think that I am being unreasonable.

YANBU. Well, if you are, so is every parent who raised their children before the 90s! Isn't rickets on the increase due to Vit D deficiency?

Yes it is. That's one of the main reasons dd has time in the sun.

Why would I think you are a terrible mummy? You sounds eminently reasonable.

YABU for namechanging for such a boring question.

tanning is healthy, burning is dangerous..

I love it when DC look like beach babies. Beach babies covered in factor ridiculous, but like your DC they inherited their father's olive skin.

Errrr - I don't really understand this. Are people so ridiculously paranoid now that they won't even let their children tan (not burn - tan)? In which case, my dd's - having spent 18 months living in the Caribbean - are f**ed!

So no YANBU.

i dont understand why OP namechanged???

I can name change ifiwant to

Is tanning healthy? I thought the UVA rays still cause damage, even though they don't actually cause the burning, that's the UVB.

A bit of sun is lovely though, and I do like feeling all glowy after being out in it.

i see lots of prams here (in london) where babies are now completely covered by blankets, is this to prevent the sun from evening shining on them?

YANBU - my DS1 is a skinny kid and pale of complexion in Winter but he's got a rosy tinted glow in his cheeks from the last few weeks of moderate sunshine. It's lovely.

Why would you be happy or unhappy about it?

maybe they are just very ugly babies?

Monkey, I have noticed that too... it seems people are terrified of their kids being exposed to the slightest bit of sun. Utterly ridiculous.

YABU a tan is the skin's response to damage burning is no tthe only way that the sun can harm skin.

yanbu.

FWIW I haven't slapped any suncream on the dc's (4yrs & 2yrs) yet this year even though we've had some cracking sunny days. They've been fine and haven't burnt. I think that if they are dashing in and out of the house all the time and wearing hats (sometimes) then it should be ok.

When it gets really sunny I'll use sun cream, but their skin seems to be fine in this weather.

my face got burnt today in the sun in south wales (the only bit of me exposed other than my hands). my kids, however, had factor 50 on (only one application and they were out from 11am to 3.30pm). they don't look like they have 'caught the sun' at all.

so ... perhaps it is time to slap it on now?

weird and pointless thread. What is the issue here, I don't understand.

monkey and squeakytoy, if you're unlucky enough to have skin like mine, where you burn and blister if out in the sun for even an hour, then it is not "utterly ridiculous" to also protect my incredibly fair, sensitive skinned red headed baby. I can't put sun cream on her as she also suffers from terrible eczema and allergies so yes I do ensure she is in the shade. However if the op's daughter is lucky to have skin that doesn't burn and she is careful then I agree that a bit of sun is good for you.

My GP told me that they are giving every child in the UK a prescription for Vitamin D.

Has anyone received one or is she talking bollocks?

I've not had one tethersegg, but my hv did advise me to take vitamin d whilst breastfeeding this time which they didn't with my other dcs.

We haven't recieved one. Not heard of that at all.

But the dc's take multi-vits too (as well as a decent diet and sunshine) so can't imagine they're deficient in vit D.