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Sun Safety Saturdays

2013/06 By Lauren B. Stevens Leave a Comment

I decided to start Sun Safety Saturdays through my efforts to educate myself about sun protection.  I’m olive-complected, and have never really had to think much about sun protection (although I should).  When Declan was born last July, I was shocked to see a blond-haired, blue-eyed baby with near translucent skin.  How on earth could I have created a child so fair?  Right away, my pediatrician started talking to me about adequate sun protection for D.

My experience with the sun has mostly been a good one, tanning quickly and rarely burning.  In fact, I didn’t experience my first major burn until I was in my mid-20s and living in Florida.  The northerner I am, I decided that it was a brilliant idea to spend the entire 4th of July on the beach in St. Petersburg, with no shade, using SPF 4 suntan lotion.  Yes.  Brilliant.  Needless to say, I got the burn of a lifetime that day, and received 2nd degree burns on my face.  I thought that I would have scars for the rest of my life, my face peeling several times over the course of two months.  I learned about sunscreen really fast after that.

Throughout this series, I’ll be sharing sun protection tips & products.  Babies, with a minute amount of melanin in their skin, are more susceptible to harmful UV rays.  One burn early on is enough to cause melanoma later in life (scary, I know).  One of the easiest ways to protect yourself from sun is to cover up (it’s a no-brainer, I know).  Paired with a natural sunscreen (reviews to come), this is how I practiced sun safety with Declan this spring:

It’s never to early to teach your little one’s about sun safety, and I plan to do it by modeling good sun habits myself.  I hope you’ll check back for more sun safety tips and products!

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Lauren B. Stevens is a former publishing rep-turned-writer, whose work can be found on ChildVantage, The Huffington Post, Scary Mommy and Care.com, among many other websites. When she's not chasing her precocious preschooler, Lauren pens hilarious and heartwarming stories about her life as a mother, ghostwrites blogs for businesses, and sometimes even finds the time to write a bit of creative non-fiction.
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