When you become a parent, you make tons of mistakes. Some of them you won't realize till later in your child's life while others you realize quite instantly. This mistake took about a day turnaround.
Remember all of us napping at the beach? Well, we took that nap in the shade under a big leafy tree. The leaves didn't shade our bodies 100% so I put a light cloth over Aden's body and an umbrella in the sand to cover his face. I didn't put any sunscreen on Aden because you have to be a bit careful with sunscreen and babies. You don't want to use it too liberally on their skin if they are under 6 months of age. When we took Aden out into the ocean we didn't put any sunscreen on him but kept him under the umbrella.
Well, that was our big mistake. I had noticed when we got home that night that one of Aden's cheeks was a bit red but I thought it was because he was leaning it up against my skin. The next day I saw that one of his legs was red too! "Oh no!" I thought. "My poor apoto" (timne for white person)! "I ruined his porcelain skin forever!"
By the next day both had turned a more rosy color and he seemed none the wiser that his parents took him sun bathing. Mommy still felt bad about that one! Lesson learned: always always put sunscreen on for beach days!
Remember all of us napping at the beach? Well, we took that nap in the shade under a big leafy tree. The leaves didn't shade our bodies 100% so I put a light cloth over Aden's body and an umbrella in the sand to cover his face. I didn't put any sunscreen on Aden because you have to be a bit careful with sunscreen and babies. You don't want to use it too liberally on their skin if they are under 6 months of age. When we took Aden out into the ocean we didn't put any sunscreen on him but kept him under the umbrella.
Well, that was our big mistake. I had noticed when we got home that night that one of Aden's cheeks was a bit red but I thought it was because he was leaning it up against my skin. The next day I saw that one of his legs was red too! "Oh no!" I thought. "My poor apoto" (timne for white person)! "I ruined his porcelain skin forever!"
By the next day both had turned a more rosy color and he seemed none the wiser that his parents took him sun bathing. Mommy still felt bad about that one! Lesson learned: always always put sunscreen on for beach days!
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