Is it safe to swim in the ocean while pregnant?
Meaning, you have to get through a few smaller waves before you get to the part in the ocean before the waves break. You know, the calmer, rolling part. What if I got knocked over by a wave on the way out. Sounds like a silly question, but I'm leaving for the beach soon and really don't want to miss out on swimming just because I'm pregnant. (I'll be 32 weeks pregnant btw)
What to do for kids faces that sting when sunscreen applied after swimming in chlorine?
When I was a kid, some time ago, it seemed that I was allergic to the sun, I used to get those big red blotches too, and it wasn't just pool water, it was the sunscreen. It wasn't until my aunt came (from Florida) and put some PABA free sunscreen on my skin that helped. Last summer we switched from lotion to spray and that really helped, I'm 34 now and still pretty fair after all this time. Rinse the kids off with the hose, to get the chlorine off of them, and make them change their shorts too (who wants to deal with chafed, sunburned and irritable kids) - spray the sunscreen on them (put it on your hands then pat their faces after you put some moisturizer, like the after-sun care kind) - stick some floppy hats on them and stock up on the iced tea, popsicles and icecream to keep them cool and content, we have been blotch and sunburn free for the past 2 summers. Here's a picture of the kind we've been using - we get ours from Sam's Club and pay about this much for 2 bottles as opposed to 1. http://seabreezewholesale.stores.yahoo.net/cospspsp11.html