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taking baby to beach.

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ghostspirit · 07/08/2015 22:22

im taking my 4 month old to the beach.. his pram has a good sun shade. but he will want to be picked up most of the time. is there anything he could wear that could protect him from the sun. would him be to hot in a thin baby grow? he will wear a hat and cream but i want to protect his skin as much as i can.

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OTheHugeManatee · 07/08/2015 23:02
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ghostspirit · 07/08/2015 23:03

snozz i did think about sling but i think he would be to hot with my body heat. im going to have someone with me so they can help me carry pram plus its only a small beach

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NoahVale · 07/08/2015 23:04

i think you need a big umbrella, one of those gardene umbrellas.
babys shouldnt be in the hot sun - fact

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ghostspirit · 07/08/2015 23:05

thanks sooty just a basic question

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SnozzberryPie · 07/08/2015 23:10

In that case I'd go for a big umbrella or one of those sunshade tents.

Enjoy the beach!

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ghostspirit · 07/08/2015 23:11

we will thanks :)

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Dontloookbackinanger · 07/08/2015 23:12

I bought a beach umbrella from Argos for £12. It is light to carry, goes into the sand easily, was quite stable and gave us shade for LO to nap. He also wore a UV suit and hat as I seem to remember that sun cream isn't recommended for under 6 months (or it could have been that I randomly decided I couldn't use it on PFB!) Grin

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ghostspirit · 07/08/2015 23:15

im going to get him a uv suit, sun hat and cream. when hes sleeping he will be in his buggy which has a big sun shade

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WoonerismSpit · 07/08/2015 23:28

Sounds perfect ghost!

NothingUpMySleeve · 07/08/2015 23:32

We have a decent sized beach tent (plenty big enough for an adult as well) and combine that with hat and suit for any time outside the tent. I also wouldn't want to cream a baby that young, unless it was completely unavoidable.

ReginaFelangi · 07/08/2015 23:34

Babies under 6 months should not have suncream applied to their skin.

www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm309136.htm

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ghostspirit · 07/08/2015 23:35

nothing does the tent fold? im going by train so dont want to over load myself

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SueGeneris · 07/08/2015 23:35

I had a beach umbrella for my 7 month old, put it down quite low and sat under it with him with my back to the sun and him with his hat on. It provided plenty of shade - I didn't want to put suncream on him.

NothingUpMySleeve · 07/08/2015 23:44

Yes, it folds into a little bag, will easily fit under a buggy. Ours was from argos and is SPF 40, but there's loads of them around and I'm sure you can get SPF 50 these days.

HarrietSchulenberg · 07/08/2015 23:54

I ended up panic buying a proper tent for ds3 (then 4 months) for the beach.
Had a pitstop at Asda en route to seaside to pick up a baby sunshelter I'd seen advertised but they had none left, so I bought a 3 man dome tent that was reduced to £6 instead Grin.

It was a faff to put up initially but it's turned out to be a great buy. We've used it loads and it's now ds2's tent of choice for short trips away Smile.

On the beach day I spent most of the time lying in it with ds3 while everyone else went off enjoying themselves Angry.

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ghostspirit · 08/08/2015 14:16

i got the suit hat and cream. i bought the suit big though to last him longer. forgot all about then tent.

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ReginaFelangi · 08/08/2015 14:54

Lets hope the cream doesn't knacker his skin then!

specialsubject · 08/08/2015 15:01

why would it do that? The only mild concern is that the kid might eat some of the sunscreen. If it is clothed except for face then that's not a problem.

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ghostspirit · 08/08/2015 15:02

im sure cream is better than burning

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ReginaFelangi · 08/08/2015 15:18

It is because of the ingredients in the sun cream. It is not recommended for babies under 6 months because their skin is so thin and sensitive. I did post links.......

NoraRobertsismyguiltypleasure · 08/08/2015 15:35

If you are going on the train, then what about a golf umbrella? I used one a couple of times when my LO was small and not moving! Easier to carry than a beach umbrella and easily moved around to shade from the sun.
If you keep the baby in the shade then you don't need to worry about suncream.

specialsubject · 08/08/2015 15:55

interesting one. Babies under six months should not be in direct sunlight, but as we all know you can burn from reflection. The beach has a big reflector next to it.

but it does indeed seem that some reputable organisations say that a baby's skin is too thin for sunscreen. (Others are silent on the subject)

choice of risks, I suppose.

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