babies on the beach.... what should they wear???

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summer is coming and i'm sure all good mothers are now wondering what their little darlings will be wearing on the beach this year....

do we go for:

the neoprene stay warm option? (note: no nappy insert)

the baby swimsuit/trunks (with built in nappy)

the sun protection suit (no nappy)

bog standard trunks/costume

just a swim nappy

nothing

obviously will be using sun cream and a gigantic hat..... your thoughts please, on this pressing issue!

yes its no the tropics

you never see french kids in those suits so you
jjys looney englishw omen and rememebr my HHATRED of thsoe sun hats middel aged women wear
t he ones liek a plant pot>

lol att hat link

seriously flum?

surely you need to build up some reisitance
love my kids tanned

yes I do think you need to build up some sort of resistance if possible
and I speak as a milky pale red head who has never managed a proper tan in her life (DD has nice golden skin, lucky thing)

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are you serious???? yeah i really want ds to have skin cancer before his 2nd birthday!!!!

any tanning of the skin is changing it and can cause damage!

i am sorry but NO ONE looks nice int hose

i dont think you do. i'd rather not risk skin cancer thanks.

aha
well so you are paley white then
i knwo it si terrrible to sa but my kids look nice brawn in fact ds2 i braaaaaaaaaaaaawn alread yf rom 2 dasy soccer school

no this is for kids

anyway what happens when they are teenagers
do you put factor 5 billion all over htem then?

The short-term results of unprotected exposure to UV rays are sunburn and tanning. Long-term exposure causes prematurely aged skin, wrinkles, loss of elasticity, dark patches (lentigos, that are sometimes called "age spots" or "liver spots"), actinic keratoses. and actual skin cancers. Actinic keratoses are small (usually less than 1/4 inch) rough or scaly spots. Usually they develop on the face, ears, back of the hands, and arms of middle-aged or older people with fair skin, although they can arise on other sun-exposed areas of the skin. Although actinic keratoses are slow-growing and usually do not cause any symptoms, they sometimes turn into squamous cell cancer.

yes and by the time they reach their 30's their skin will look like leathery old boots.

my dd1 actually got a slight tan last year as i couldnt put sun cream on here as she kept reacting to everyone. she looked odd. am used to my pale and interesting kids.

ds turns a beautiful shade of golden brown in teh summer and develops beautiful blondish streaks in his hair. DD on the other hand isnt soo quick to turn and is more like me - bottle of milk

yes and your kids will burn like lobsters cos you lot have run aroudn like madsters salpping factoir 40 on them

sunscreen isn't carcinogenic, but it means you're more likely to spend longer in the sun which is bad.

The sun produces ultraviolet (UV) radiation which can damage not only the surface of the skin but also the structures inside the skin and the function of skin, causing mutations in the DNA of skin cells. It is a myth that a tan is a sign of health. Tanning is just the way in which the skin protects itself from further damage. As well as the danger of skin cancer, repeated exposure to the sun can make the skin look saggy, leathery and deeply wrinkled, and the damage is irreversible.

ds3 was at the beach at easter when he was 4 weeks
white a sa sheet

as he gets older i will regulate his exposure to the sun

a si say what do youdo for teenagers?

i KNOW all the sun stuff but you arent explainginw hat you do as they get older

we are all olivey which is cool as we love the beach and none of the buggers would wear a hat for more than oh five seconds mine do that hair thing too jampots, they get surfers hair!

my kids dont burn because they cover up. i cannot use suncream on one of them!

what is wrong with wanting to protect your children from skin cancer? my uncle has a nasty scar on his face from having a cancerous mole cut out. i am very moley and fair skinned, and peter is a red head with fair skin. stands to reason our kids will be faired skinned and have a high chance of moles. in fact dd1 is already getting more moles.

hopefully educate them about sun safety! not much you can do if they refuse to listen to you though

yep blonde hair all aroudn here too
no hats will ever be worn

tried all sorts - actually ds2 did wear one
i wear one for me wrinkles

hopefully by the time they are teenagers they will tke responsibility for their own skin, unlike me, who burned so badly i blistered and scarred. but i wasnt made to wear suncream when i was younger and was encouraged to tan.