Sunscreen

[daycaremom9]

Wanted to thank everyone for the great info. As it turns out the mom has found a natural/organic sunscreen that she feels comfortable using. I have a well shaded yard but it still would have been quite a challenge to keep her in the shade as the shade moves around the yard. We go out between
the hours of 10:00 & 11:00 in the morning and 3:30 -4:30 in the afternoon. I've been doing the water table and sprinkler in the shade in the morning which hasn't been ultra popular since it's still cool at that time but the parents pick up in the afternoon at varying times so it's inconvenient to have the kids in the water and get picked up right after.

Totally understand the threat of skin cancer, my sister has had it 3 times (basal)and now has a yearly specialist appointment. Sounds like she's been one of the lucky ones. The cancer has never appeared on her face. She went to the tanning beds a lot and said that she would smell the skin burning! That would have scared me off doing it?!

I think as time goes by there's going to be more situations of parents not wanting to use sunscreen because of the chemicals but then I think what this mom has come up with is a good compromise.

[Lee-Bee]

Wanted to thank everyone for the great info. As it turns out the mom has found a natural/organic sunscreen that she feels comfortable using. I have a well shaded yard but it still would have been quite a challenge to keep her in the shade as the shade moves around the yard. We go out between
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Sounds good! Glad she found something to use. I can completely understand the want to skip the sunscreen. BUT I recognize that you cannot just skip it with no thought! There are a lot of 'safer' sun blocks out there but they do cost a fortune! My compromise for now has been to use this site http://www.ewg.org/2015sunscreen/ and find a 'safer' sunscreen. I went with a sunscreen with a lower rating (3 or lower) that is easily available at a decent cost. I ended up using the Banana Boat Natural Reflect Kids 50. Still has some questionable components but it is rated at 3 and is available everywhere.

With the amount that we need to use in each application I couldn't bring myself to spend $35 for a tiny bottle of the creams with the 1 rating (best safety rating). If money was in complete abundance I'd be all for it!