Sunscreen
My husband doesn’t like our son wearing chemical sunscreen because of the ingredients. He’s autistic and has sensory sensitivities so he gets upset also when having sunscreen put on.
So I mainly avoid being outdoors apart from early morning and evening when the UV is below 2 and it states that no sunscreen is needed. Today we were out with the pram and the UV was above 3. LO wasn’t wearing sunscreen so I put his snoozeshade on the pram which covers him completely. My husband said I was being ridiculous because it was cloudy and we were in the shade (we were walking between shady and sunny parts). He was trying to take the sunshade off the pram and this turned into a huge argument.
He doesn’t think you can be burned when it’s cloudy even if the UV is above 2. He says I’m being over the top and it’s fine. It’s upsetting because I’m just trying to protect our son but he makes it seem like I’m being crazy.
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my partners similar with the moaning about chemicals in sun cream so doesnt wear it himself but he will let me put on little one, you can get mineral spfs so may be worth having a look at them, hopefully he will change his mind. keep doing what youre doing with the shade and avoiding the peak time x
thank you - I bought a mineral stick hoping my son would tolerate it better than cream but it was even harder to apply so I need to order the cream version now! I’m worried sick because there were some short periods of time that he was exposed today without any cream on. I feel like a complete failure but why is my husband going against me on this I just can’t understand why it needs to be a battle
Id be putting suncream on my child and telling husband to do one. Childs skin safety>catering to my husbands needs
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