Now that Max is a little older, we have been more comfortable taking him out into the Caribbean sun. It's been a real connundrum because sunscreen isn't recommended for infants under the age of six months but to take my little `ginger` baby into the sun here without it could be called child abuse. A few weeks ago, we spent a couple hours at the pool with some good friends and Max stayed in the shade the entire time and still ended up with sunkissed cheeks!
Obviously I had to do something....
But I was curious about the sunscreen so I grabbed my 'baby' sunscreen to see what was in it. Have you ever looked at the list of ingredients in your sunscreen? What is Isohexadecane? Dibutyl Adipate? Tocopheryl Acetate? Phenoxyethanol? Methylparaben? Ozokerite? and the list goes on and on and on. When it comes to our groceries we try really hard to eat healthy and when I check the list of ingredients, if I don't know what it is.....then it's probably not good for us. So I was thinking, why should sunscreen be any different.
So for now, we will just have to protect Max from the sun ourselves and treat him with some good old Aloe Vera when he needs it. A little bit of vitmin D is good for all of us.
Here's some pics of us enjoying the sun setting over the Caribbean Sea!
I can`t figure out if Max loves the ocean or he just likes being naked in the ocean
