Nursery don’t apply sun cream

[swer1534]

Nursery have announced they won’t be applying sun cream this summer and requested all children come in with long sleeve tops and trousers and a proper sun hat. Said this is due to the time it takes to apply and change gloves ? Never heard of this before?

[Crystalvas]

@namechange30455

If it only takes you a couple of seconds to put suncream on a nursery age child then I don't think you're doing it thoroughly enough!

Your advice not needed, nor is your presumption that its not put on correctly. None of my DC have ever got subburnt when Iv put sun block on.

[MrOllivander]

@gothereagain

No wonder we have a vitamin d deficiency problem in this country! Ridiculous!

That's probably for a million other reasons
My friend is deficient despite being outside 7 days a week
I'm deficient because I'm a redhead and burn so avoid sun
My mum is deficient because she's in a care home

I just take the high strength vitamin d and cover myself in SPF. People don't know they're deficient, not everyone knows about vitamin d and doctors don't seem to regularly test for it, and everyone should be wearing SPF

[SpaceJamtart]

It was a lot easier when you could just use one suncream and actually rub in it, its the gloves that take forever, you have to change them between each child and each different tube of suncream. The gloves make it so much harder to actually rub in as well, it just sort of lays on the skin and makes it easier for kids to rub it in their eyes.
When there are suncreams that last all day its a bit unnecessesary to redo it at nursery unless they've already done water play and washed it off

[Looneytune253]

I can see why they've done this. I'm a childminder (so only 3ish kids) and I HATE it. Worst job of them all.

[Floydthebarber]

I really would consider changing nurseries. I always dressed dd1 in long sleeves and trousers as she got eczema in her knnes and elbow folds from sweat but a hat doesn't stop her cheeks and nose from getting the sun. All day sun cream is not as effective and I expect that their faces get wiped quite often... Are they keeping them in for nearly the whole day?

[Flittingaboutagain]

My nursery asks for it on but reapplies at lunchtime.

[Crystalvas]

@grumpypug

@Crystalvas are you suggesting the rest of the toddlers wait patiently whilst their peers have sun cream applied by all staff?

As a nursery teacher (who does apply suncream) it takes longer than a couple of minutes and when there are 8hr or 12 hour creams, why shouldn't parents apply before nursery?

Don’t be ridiculouls. If it takes a couple of mins for you to put on sun block on one child, Id hate to see how long it takes you to do anything else.

[Athleticpotential]

You all realise the research that insists on regular reapplication etc is funded by skincare companies....don't you?

Most of their skin is covered. An application of high factor on the other bits in the morning will be fine.

[ofwarren]

@LondonQueen

Get a 24 hour zinc oxide suncream and apply it on a morning.

I've never seen a once a day zinc suncream. Can you tell me a brand because I'd be interested in buying one.

[namechange30455]

@Crystalvas

Don’t be ridiculouls. If it takes a couple of mins for you to put on sun block on one child, Id hate to see how long it takes you to do anything else.

You get that we're talking about toddlers right? Little wriggly feckers who whinge about EVERYTHING and run off and smear suncream on the cat because they think it's funny, and who will raise merry hell if a tiny drop of suncream goes in their eyes?

Having said that I'm not sure I could apply my OWN suncream in much less than a couple of minutes.

[gothereagain]

@Athleticpotential

You all realise the research that insists on regular reapplication etc is funded by skincare companies....don't you?

Most of their skin is covered. An application of high factor on the other bits in the morning will be fine.

I have skin. I know that I burn quickly, as do my kids and that when I don't reapply, I burn more. Nothing to do with research and everything to do with experience.

[sashh]

Ridiculous.

I've burned through clothing a couple of times, with sunscreen on.

[MrsCT]

Worked in nurseries for twelve years and I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous for several reasons:

1. yes it’s a faff but so are lots of our jobs such as changing twelve nappies in a row three times a day but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be doing it!
2. we have a duty of care which includes not letting children overheat dressed in long sleeves on hot days
3. children have all sorts of allergies and expecting them all to be able to wear the all day sun cream isn’t going to work for everyone

utter nonsense and pure laziness.

[Blackheath95]

Honestly this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. Maybe my experience is clouded as I am a child care educator in Australia. But yes we apply sun block to children almost every day especially in the summer. From toddler age we start teaching them how to do it themselves. By preschool rooms most if not all can do it on their own. If they refuse then they sit out and don’t play in the sun, simple. It doesn’t take long.

[MrsCT]

This exactly ^^
its laziness on the practitioners part and not in the interest of the children at all. Even with sleeves and hats their faces will be exposed to harmful sun rays. Nursery gardens should be providing shade where possible and staying out of the midday sun but nice weather is great for paddling pools and water play which children love and this takes away that option because they can’t be bothered to protect them.

[DockOTheBay]

@Abridget7

Imagine trying to put sunscreen on a room full of toddlers to go out and play for 45mins...
Now there's your answer.

Imagine trying to do anything with a room full of toddlers - painting, cutting up their dinner, going for a walk. You wouldn't do it but nursery would because that's their job. Looking after kids. Putting on suncream is part of that job.

[MrsCT]

Some parents will tell us they’ve applied all day sun cream in the morning but that never stops us reapplying when you consider the face wiping after meals, sweating off sun cream, water play, naps where children sleep on their fronts and have their face against a mat potentially rubbing off sun cream. It’s common sense and part of our jobs to protect them.
Parents provide the sun cream for their child my nursery and there are always parents who never bother and that’s annoying but it doesn’t mean we let their child go without, we buy a spare and use that

[00100001]

@Crystalvas

It takes a couple if sec’s per child. Nothing complicated about it.

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[00100001]

@Crystalvas

Your advice not needed, nor is your presumption that its not put on correctly. None of my DC have ever got subburnt when Iv put sun block on.

And you've covered their whole body in 2 seconds???

[SatinHeart]

That's a bit crap of your nursery OP op. Our nursery asks (but don't insist) that you sun cream kids in the morning then they reapply through the day (they don't go out in the midday sun anyway) They supply suncream and we send in a hat that lives there. I wouldn't want my DC in long sleeves in hot weather.

[Athleticpotential]

@gothereagain

I have skin. I know that I burn quickly, as do my kids and that when I don't reapply, I burn more. Nothing to do with research and everything to do with experience.

I burn easily, my DC are the gingerest kids you've ever met and would burn easily if care wasn't taken. We are very careful, but they've never burned at school or nursery with one thorough application in the morning and sensible clothing/back of the neck covered by a hat