to not understand why some mothers don't bother getting sunshades for baby's pushchair?

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All summer I have seen mum's striding along (often with sunglasses themselves) and their poor dc with their heads turned to one side or even hands in front of face desperately trying to avoid the sun's glare. Some of the babies are even in rearfacing pushchairs still so the mums must know that the sun is in their dc's eyes.

Even if they can't afford a proper sunshade I don't know why they don't get a muslin and clothes pegs to try and improvise something.

ha! Noblegiraffe, I frequently do the funny shadow walk. I do have a full shade-a-babe ptam cover and I use it, but it doesn't half draw some funny looks.

I have yet to discover a parasol that stays attached. They're shite.

Every time I attach a parasol, DD2 yanks it to where she wants it (and has done since she could sit up to do so). She hates not being able to see where we are going and what's going on.

As a result, DD2 has a tendency to put the parasol in the path of the oncoming flow of people, that can get amusing!

This holiday, DH has managed to lose the bit that attaches to the pushchair. I gave the whole thing to DD2 to play with and DH put the bit "somewhere" . Fortunately I have boring black ones at home o will use one of this for Upsy Daisy!

A bit of sunshine won't kill them.

My DS would sit in his push chair in long sleeved UV top, floppy sun hat, sun cream, even sunglasses, all of which he would wear happily. Try and put a sunshade on though - well, it wouldn't be pretty I tell you!

Do they still do Shade a Babes? This is what I used for DD when she was in the buggy. Some people think it is like a burkha for kids as they look in and see dark but they need to remember it is like tinted window - looks dark from the outside looking in, but is light on the inside looking out.

"Because having to shut eyes often makes dd go to sleep faster." MsPickle that really took me back DS is 8 now and I'd completely forgotten doing that. I used to go out and look which direction was facing the sun, then head that way knowing it would help DS nod off for his afternoon mega-nap.

My DS also does the thing where any kind of hood or cover makes him go totally mental. I have just bought a Phil & Teds and it came with a massive suncover. I looked at it in despair. I took him out today for a walk and the sun was in his eyes as he had already discarded his hat about thirty times before I got bored of stopping to put it back on and he was turning his head to avoid the sun. Sat on a bench to put the suncover on. Spent five minutes fiddling with the bloody thing while the crap hood on the explorer fell off about twenty times and once I got in on and set off again, DS screamed and attacked it like a feral monkey until I stopped and abandoned the whole thing. Suncover and hat in shopping basket, hood fully retracted and folded up, happy - if somewhat blinded - DS.

Would you have judged me a little less if I'd removed my own sunglasses? ;)

Fully expecting him to behave similarly when it's time for one of the many rain covers to go on come the winter.

I eagerly anticipate his career as the next Bear Grylls. :)

I have a shade a babe for my twins Caurnie. I do think people dislike them because they cover everything. But it has been a godsend since the babies were tiny and people liked to give them attention. I didn't mind that but the babies hated it.

I'm just happy I can keep them happily shaded as dtd comes out in a rash whatever sun cream I use, and I only use a max of f30 as the elder dc all rash with f50

Has there been a rise in skin burns and dehydration in babies where you live? If not, don't worry about it.

Parasols are rubbish and every time you turn a corner you have to fiddle with the bloody thing again.

I have a really long cover that can be pulled right down but if my DD is wide awake then she doesn't want to be covered she was to have a good nose around and if we're not going far then a bit of sunlight isn't bad for her, of she didn't want it she would let me know

I have a hood on my buggy, which DS2 likes to push back despite glaring sun.

He also removes his hat at every opportunity.

What Alibaba said.

I pull the hood on the buggy forward, DS hates it and likes to see out. He pulls a hat off within about two seconds.

If they are striding along perhaps they only popped out for 5 minutes?

Proper feckless mothers amble.

right so if the mum has sunglasses on facing the sun, surely the baby that is rear facing will be away from the sun?, an if they turn, the mum will be blocking the sun from the baby anyway? As others have said, I have yet to meet an effective parasol. Sunblock, hats, muslins all work. When DD was too small to object I did have a sort of white mesh sheet that fitted over the whole pushchair that was pretty good but obviously only usable before she was bothered about seeing out.

What do you think of the toddlers who go outside in hot countries like Africa, Mexico, India etc. people are right a little bit of sun will be beneficial.

When DS was first born he had a muslin over the face. DD the same. Sometimes when we're out and about in our Phil and Ted's, I have forgotten to bring any sort of cover because it was pissing down with rain when we left the house and I expect I am one of those mothers striding along with sun in my baby's eyes. I wear sunglasses because I quite like to see where I'm going when I'm pushing the pushchair, and I always have a pair in my bag. I'm pretty sure neither of my children have suffered. I would never take them out in blistering heat without suitable sun protection, but honestly I don't think a few minutes of sun is going to hurt too much.

As others have said parasols are shit, I gave up with one with DS2 and never tried with DTs but they had a double city jogger so the hoods came down quite far. I also did the funny walks to get shade or walked really quickly to get them out of the sun if that didn't work.

I wore sunglasses whenever I could, just to hide how shit and tired I looked.

A couple hours sunshine won't do any harm.

Sunshades are useless!! One of those add on items they try and sell you that you just can't use effectively

Useless

oh dear my 19 month ultimately refuses a hat, and will chuck it on the floor, and he will grab the parasol and break it, i tried a linin cover, pegged to the pushchair but he pulled that off, what can i do, shoot me!

Full sunlight hurts when you're running on 3 hrs broken sleep

and sunglasses on babies look ridiculous

DS hates his parasol, keep pulling it off & last week on the way home from the zoo he threw it under the train as we were getting on
I won't be replacing it.

DS2 hates his parasol although the bloody thing doesnt fit the pram, screw you mothercare He will wear a hat though.

Vitamin D.

I have a parasol for my pushchair - it has a bendy bit in the arm, so I can pull it around as we change direction. But half the time it has to be between me and DS2, which he doesn't much appreciate. Mind you, he doesn't much appreciate it when I then fling a muslin over the hood/pram as well to keep him safe from the glare, nor yet does he appreciate having the sun full in his eyes. Can't get him to keep his baby-sunnies on, though! Or a hat! Or leave the muslin where I put it. Awkward little so-and-so