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 Baby Sun Protection
Babies and small children can suffer when the weather gets too warm. The risk of sunburn are well documented.
Baby Skin Care in the Sun
Babies's sensitive skin needs extra special care in the sun, even more so than an adult's skin. Studies have shown that getting sun burnt in childhood can increase your risk of skin cancer in later life, so it's extremely important that you protect your little ones and keep their skin well protected from the sun's harmful effects.
Ideally babies under 6 months of age should be kept out of direct sunlight. this is because their skin hasn't built up enough natural melanin to protect them from UV light yet. As baby gets older, s/he can go out in the sunshine, but s/he will still need sun protection - make sure that you use a specially formulated sunscreen like Bepanthen Baby Sun Cream which offers a very high protection for babies' sensitive skin. Sun protection for children should also be formulated to contain less alcohol or fragrance than adult sunscreens, to avoid irritating their skin.
Apply sunscreen liberally to any parts of baby's body not covered up by clothes, remembering his face, ears, feet and the backs of his hands.
When you are looking for the right sunscreen to protect your baby, opt for one that gives UVA as well as UVB protection. If the worst happens and baby does get burnt, apply after-sun cream to help relieve the pain.
Keep Cool and Carry On
Keep your baby cool in hot weather and try to keep him covered as much as possible. It's not just sunburn that can effect babies and young children when the weather is very warm, you also need to protect them from heat stroke, heat exhaustion and dehydration too.
Thanks to Bepanthen Baby Sun Cream for this article.
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