We took Elise on her first trip to another city. It was about a two hour car ride. Yikes, right? She doesn't like riding in the car. Well, I managed to get her to take her pacifier.
She'd been refusing to take the pacifier for the last several car rides. She was having trouble sucking on it, which would only frustrate the situation and upset her more. She kept choking and gagging when I'd give it to her. But after a lot of patience on both of our parts, Elise managed to take the pacifier, which was a big help during the 4 hours she was car-bound.
In preparation for the trip, I researched what kind of sunscreen babies are supposed to wear. Turns out that most sunscreens are full of chemicals, but you can get non-chemical sunscreen if you look for it. Remember that old brand of sunscreen, I think it was called Zinc, that came in white or lots of bright colors and you could put it down your nose or under your eyes? It was opaque. The kind of thing lifeguards use to use. Well, you can still find sunscreen with that zinc stuff in it, but it blends into your skin better and isn't so thick. Since it's non-chemical, you don't have to apply it 30 minutes before you go into the sun-- the zinc literally blocks the sun's rays from your skin so it starts working immediately. And because it is non-chemical, it's not as harsh on your skin.
We got a bottle of Banana Boat brand sensitive skin sunscreen formula that is non-chemical, and it worked just fine. We looked at a bunch of sunscreens supposedly "for babies" but they were full of chemicals. They just had really high SPFs. But I'd rather reapply more often if it means fewer chemicals on Elise's skin. It pays to do your research and not just assume that because something is marketed for babies that it is actually the best choice.
There's so much to think about once you have a baby!
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