If you are not meant to put sunblock on a baby under 6 months, wtf do you do if it is sunny?

[Fillyjonk]

...assuming you have other kids and a life and so forth and they can't spend all the outside time in a pram with a net over them?

I have been pondering this of late, I am flummoxed.

Have never actually had a baby under 6 months in the summer before (ds and dd1 = late summer babies so didn't really go out much when it was still sunny)

Why aren't you meant tp put block on ?
I have with mine

keep them out of the sun, with dd2 a june baby we bought a uv tent and got her a uv suit no sun cream until the next year.

I wouldn't over here but we are going abroad with dd2 3 months next month so pratically impossible to keep her out of it all the time.
I put block on dd 1 same age when we went aborad with her.

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i 'let' my pfb get sunburned on about day 3 of his life.
ho the guilt (starts straight a way huh)
did yoiu know uv rays go round corners? he was in the smeggin shade!

one of those uv buggy cover things?

lol, my kids burn VERY easily, and I am NOT taking a 10 week old to casualty with heatstroke, we are pretty much on first name terms with them already

lol at starlight. Ok how do I avoid TOO MUCH sun then?

and htf do you keep them OUT OF THE SUN?

fine if pfb and you can spend your days indoors listening to mozart but this is 3rd baby and consequently I have a life to maintain (or at least dc do)

Lets face it 20 minutes sun exposure won't kill them without suncream. I spend my summer in Asia and we do use factor 40, but try when walking to breakfast for 10 minutes to go without, just for a little exposure everday.

I slathered on the sunblock. When you are walking in the blazing sunshine in the lakes with a 3 month old I think keeping him covered up and therefore boiling would have been owrse than sunblock. I got poncy stuff without nasties in it to make me feel better

Posie I would be lobster coloured in 20 mins!

I'm trying to remember.. DS was a May baby and it was a really hot summer. I did keep the pram covered when out, but I'm pretty sure he had sun cream on by August. But yes, under trees, big hats, uv umbrellas, net over pram.

Yes, covered for a young baby rather than sunblock.... too hot in the sun anyway....when we went on holiday in Europe we had a playtent in the shade for our 7 month old with frequent dips in the pool to cool.

In a shaded pram with just his vesty on for most of it.
Car seat bit of a nightmare. You can get terry covers for them which keep them a bit cooler when travelling.

I dont think you need sunblock at this age either really and I suppose thats the point. They should not be exposed to too much. They should have sunshade ect on the buggy and sunhat. Long sleeves if you are really worried.

We took DS to Greece in July when he was 9 weeks and Mauritius when he was 8 months -
A 'shade a babe' buggy cover, keep the buggy facing away from the sun, Keep the buggy hood up - on McLaren buggies you can pull it forward and create shade even when walking into the sun, long loose cotton clothing, small pop-up sun tent, Use the early morning and light evenings for outdoor play.

If sun is on a baby it will be too hot for it, whether the UV rays are getting through to burn, or not.

does large brimmed hat tied under chin and loose cotton long sleeved and legged clothing not work?

I used to carry ds in sling and use a parasol
added no end of points to my eccentricity score

I managed......three of mine were spring/summer babe's and even DD2, altho a late feb baby, was still under 6mths in the hot part of the summer!

I am a sun hater tho and do all I can to ensure shade while I sit so that part was easy......I took tents everywhere with us for them to be parked in, plus of course the obligatory sunshade for the pram/car seat.

I also had a lot of blankets to drape where needed, hats (I loved 'mop caps' on my girls) and long sleeved floaty tops if we were in 'full-glare'. that said, we avoided the hours of 11am-3pm where poss and did the beach either very early, or had a picnic tea there instead.....same with other places too.

luckily all my kiddies are like me....sleep in late and 'night owls' in the evening....shame for DH tho really as he is most certainly a 'lark'!!![evilmwhahahah]!!!!

Indith what sunscreen do you use? Am all paranoid about parabens but also skin cancer as have had it in the family.

The stuff from the Green People is pretty good.

Have ordered a trial size one. Thank you!

hat with wide brim
long sleeves and legs in the sunlight, light cotton obviously

Do you mean when you are out and about?

Cover up with light cotton clothing and hang a cot blanket or large muslin over hte hood of the pram.

Or you can get uv all-in-one sunsuits for babies (pricey though iirc)

secure cot sheet over pram with clothespegs and carry on regardless - muslins are never quite big enough