Sun care tips for protecting children: Tips 1-3
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1. Cover up
On days out, put kids in T-shirts and wide-brimmed hats. At the beach or pool, take along a spare T-shirt in case the first one gets wet, because wet fabric lets through more ultraviolet (UV) rays.
2. Make sure children wear hats
Legionnaire style or wide-brimmed hats cut out around 50% of UV radiation to the eyes, face and neck. It's a good idea to get babies and young children used to wearing a hat - they'll be less likely to resist when they're older.
3. Use plenty of factor 15+ sunscreen
Go for the highest SPF you can find and make sure it's at least 15+ and preferably 30+. Put the sunscreen on 15-30 minutes BEFORE kids go outside, because it doesn't work immediately.
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Hannah Walker, about 1 year
With the school holidays drawing closer and closer I have found myself starting to prepare for the annual family holiday to the Algarve. Sun cream has obviously been on my mind and with two out of four of my children suffering from eczema it is not an easy task finding cream that is not going to irritate the condition and also isn’t horribly expensive. E45 sun cream is the answer to one of these problems as it is great but it does come at a cost and at £10.00 a bottle, it quite a large one on a two week holiday with four children. I’ve found quite a good website call www.chemistdirect.co.uk they sell the E45 reflexive sun cream (30spf) and E45 sun lotion (15spf) for £2.99 and £3.99 which is about to save me a fortune this summer. I def recommend it.
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