SIL wants her baby to 'catch a tan'

[LocksHear]

AIBU to be fuming?!

She refuses to cover him up and isn't applying any sun lotion. Baby is 10 months.

Apparently no one puts sun lotion on their kid's in her country, and they're just kept out of the sun when it's at its strongest (between 1.30/3)

She's adamant he doesn't burn, and she doesn't. Which is true. But burning isn't the only sign of skin damage by the sun. So is a sun tan. Any change to pigmentation is, isn't it?

I was at the park with her and all the kids yesterday, I made a point of putting sun lotion on all of mine, and made sure I had loads in my hands when I said "Oh I've loads left. Let me do yours. Might as well, loads left "

She was very and said I'd rather you didn't. I didn't know what to say to that. 5 minutes later she claimed to have a migraine coming on and left.

I've been advised to report her to her health visitor but I know she doesn't have one.

Italian this thread is supposed to be a blur through harm or not protecting your baby’s delicate skin in hot weather and wanting said baby to get a ‘tan.’ It’s not about alittle bit of sun.

about the harm of not protecting
Should say

@scampimom you say Wow. The level of ignorance displayed in this thread is astonishing. As PPs have tried to hammer home, EVERYTHING IS CHEMICALS. Have you heard that hydrogen dioxide is being given to children in schools? Or that some people are recommending alkylaminobutyric acid to be put on kids' skin?? when people talk about chemicals on skin not being good they are talking about those particular chemicals being harmful, not all chemicals being harmful - it isn't the clearest way of saying it, granted, but that is generally what they mean. One of my dc would have had an asthma attack if I had put certain things (which were ok for toddlers generally) on their skin when they were a toddler.

Also, yes, sunscreen use is increasing as is the rate of skin cancers. This is because the damage was done years if not decades ago when it looked like a light tan but was in fact the start of the cellular changes that can lead to skin cancer this is one factor but it looks like there are other factors too, for example, sun creams not doing what people thought they were doing, people putting on creams and then exposing their skin thinking that would be fine, more travel and changes in uva levels. I wear a good make factor 50 with protection against UVA, avoid the sun, and i still tan and get skin marks.