Sunscreen?

KahlansMom · April 2012

What brand/type of sunscreen are you using for you LO? I'm in the Pacific Northwest, so we're just starting to get some nice days here, but I really want to be on top of the sunscreen thing.

Nutrguru · April 2012

I haven't tried it yet but I got the NO-AD brand for kids....

clineak · April 2012

We have the Huggies brand (got it at a shower), but...like you, we're in the PNW, so we haven't needed to use it yet!

lucylea · April 2012

This is one area where I try to stay as low chemical as possible. I'm usually not overly cautious about those things, but we apply sunscreen twice a day almost daily in the summer so that's a lot of exposure! Last year we used Neutrogena Pure and Free stick and this year we are using Think Baby.

Timshel17 · April 2012

We don't have any yet, but I plan on buying Think Baby as well. Our local CD store recommends it, saying it's one of the more natural/green (/whatever you want to call it) ones that actually works well, so we'll give it a shot.

tawillers · April 2012

We use Water Babies.

Little&BigPea · April 2012

On DD's body I use the Aveeno SunBlock since sunblock, by all accounts is safer for infants and newborns. I have had to use it since birth since we are in PSW and we are outside a lot!

On her face I use CA Baby Sunblock stick.

AmandaP678 · April 2012

banana boat baby

lucylea · April 2012

Little&BigPea:
since sunblock, by all accounts is safer for infants and newborns.

I don't know about this one in particular, but be cautious of buying something just because it says sunBLOCK. A lot of them are mislabeled and are not actually a sunblock, but a sunscreen. A great resource is https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

swimiz500 · April 2012

We got the Neutrogena, but have not had occasion to use it yet.

Little&BigPea · April 2012

lucylea:
Little&BigPea:

since sunblock, by all accounts is safer for infants and newborns.

I don't know about this one in particular, but be cautious of buying something just because it says sunBLOCK. A lot of them are mislabeled and are not actually a sunblock, but a sunscreen. A great resource is https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

Thanks, I am actually not a big fan of that site, it's referenced often on the EFF board often. Its a great tool, don't get me wrong, but personally, I don't really like how weird it is to navigate.

I did do my research and the one I specifically linked too might not be the exact one I bought since I got mine locally, and not through Amazon, but the Aveeno baby sunblock I got really is sunblock. Similarly Sunscreen is often sunblock but mislabeled as sunscreen too.

yeladim · April 2012

I got Aveeno just because DS's skin responds well to Aveeno lotions and I have minor allergic reactions to most sunscreens (like Coppertone and Banana Boat), so I'm hoping this will be good for his skin.

Mason&Mama · April 2012

We use Water Babies because it is what we have. I didn't choose it. We haven't had a lot of hot days yet, but I still use it on the sunny cool days.

weebos8 · April 2012

We use Water Babies also.

lisamoe · April 2012

Water babies.

jk4ever · April 2012

We use the Neutrogena Baby stuff. It works well, and we used it last summer when she was like 8 weeks. I was a little worried but we were at a lake house for 10 days and outside a lot. I figured the sunscreen was better than a sun burn. And, I really like Neutrogena products as a general rule.

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