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AIBU?

To be happy that dd has 'caught the sun'

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Hercomesthesun · 16/04/2011 19:49

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.

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AlpinePony · 16/04/2011 19:49

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?

Hercomesthesun · 16/04/2011 19:51

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

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TheSkiingGardener · 16/04/2011 19:55

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

EricNorthmansMistress · 16/04/2011 20:47

YABU for namechanging for such a boring question.

squeakytoy · 16/04/2011 20:55

tanning is healthy, burning is dangerous..

Rosieeo · 16/04/2011 20:56

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.

strandednomore · 16/04/2011 20:59

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.

jojowest · 16/04/2011 21:00

i dont understand why OP namechanged???

Hercomesthesun · 16/04/2011 21:02

I can name change ifiwant to

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discobeaver · 16/04/2011 21:05

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.

monkeyplayszeebongos · 16/04/2011 21:07

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?

Pancakeflipper · 16/04/2011 21:07

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.

albania · 16/04/2011 21:08

Why would you be happy or unhappy about it?

discobeaver · 16/04/2011 21:08

maybe they are just very ugly babies?

squeakytoy · 16/04/2011 21:11

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

Chrysanthemum5 · 16/04/2011 21:12

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

Meglet · 16/04/2011 21:13

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.

WishIWasRimaHorton · 16/04/2011 21:16

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?

IngridBergman · 16/04/2011 21:19

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

hmmSleep · 16/04/2011 21:25

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.

tethersegg · 16/04/2011 21:31

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?

hmmSleep · 16/04/2011 21:36

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.

Meglet · 16/04/2011 21:38

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.

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