Baby Sunscreen

One of the most terrible memories I have is the year that all of us, the entire family, at one point or another had sunscreen in our eyes. It burns!!!! I was miserable all day. We put sunscreen on and waited for over 30 minutes to go out into the sun at the beach. For about an hour we were okay and then apparently the heat melted the sunscreen or somehting...but we were all screaming in pain as it ran into our eyes. My daughter was only 1 year old at the time...I had been so careful not to get it too close to her eyes. It was a horrible day! Anyway, I do believe that now they have specially formulated sunscreens for use on the face. One that I have seen is called 'Baby Faces.' At least if it gets in the eys it won't burn!! As for the head, yes it will burn!! For sure put a hat on your son or use the sunscreen! Don't forget the tops of his little ears! My son's ears burnt one year, that was a miserable year too! Good luck!

I was a little hesitant to put sunscreen on my children at that age. I may be over-cautious, but I was worried about it absorbing into their skin, and that they might also ingest some. I dressed them in U.V. blocking outfits and hats, and encouraged playing in the shade. We'd set up a large parasol to play under, if we went anywhere where there wasn't any shade.

Our ped said that sunscreen (baby stuff!) is ok at 6 months. DS didn't have much hair either, so we'd put it on his head. Sometimes he'd leave a hat on, but not usually. It made his blond hair show up more. :) On his face, I put a little bit on his cheek and carefully rubbed it on his face, getting cheeks, chin, nose, ears & forehead mostly. Use the big parts of your hands rather than the fingertips that are more likely to connect with an eye. You'll get used to it. It's better than trying to deal with a sunburned baby!