according to seven whether you're taking
the kids out to the park or the beach
this summer you want to make sure their
skin is protected from the Sun yeah
there's a right and wrong way to use
sunscreen on the kiddos Haley Hernandez
is here with some good stuff this
morning we need to know lots of
questions about sunscreen right can you
buy any brand or do kids need special
ingredients which is better the sunblock
or the spray one pediatric dermatologist
says the right answer is whatever you
can get them to wear Simon Says Texas
children's and Baylor College of
Medicine fellow dr. Shannon McCann
teaches patients like Emma that applying
sunscreen can be fun by making it a game
Simon Says apply it to your right hand
Emma takes the bait and does a good job
globbing it on where Simon Says and this
is the perfect amount it looks like too
much but dr. McCann says a golf
ball-sized or a shot glass full is the
recommended amount on average the
majority of people only apply 25 to 50
percent of reapply every two hours with
an SPF of 30 broad-spectrum coverage and
water-resistant at least 15 to 30
minutes before going in the Sun paying
close attention to spots frequently
missed like the ears hands and feet and
she says in order to protect that part
line on sensitive scalps wear a hat
sunscreens in aerosol cans typically get
less approval than creams but dr. McCann
says it's better to have kids use this
than fight about it apply these indoors
since outside tends to blow the mist
away don't inhale the fumes spray a
thick layer and the key is to rub it in
because
and how improve making sure you get good
coverage all over and although experts
say to keep exposure to a minimum for
babies under six months brands marketed
towards babies contain hypoallergenic
components that she says are preferred
when very young children are in the
sun-hee brand she said it was a little
preferred for those really young ones
yeah
now sunscreen does expire every three
years it's time for a new bottle but dr.
McCann says you should be going through
at least an entire bottle in one summer
probably more that seems like a lot but
if you know that I used this one last
summer but I can't remember if I use it
the summer before that or the one before
that so definitely time to toss it yeah
they put the expiration dates really
fine and hard to fog it's hard to find
sometimes it wears off because you throw
it in your beach bag so if you can't
remember when we bought it probably just
buy a new bottle this summer good point
I like the idea about the game this it
seems to says always make sure that
you're wearing it set the example and
another game suggestion she has is to
race get a timer and find out who can do
it the fastest and then of course make
sure that parents double-check also use
a paintbrush she said have the kids
paint it on each other all else fails is
that we're not even going to the pool
without your sunscreen yeah oh yeah then
you got a draw a hard line there but she
said you know he's you know try to make
it fun so that they don't associate it
with anything negative my boys are super
competitive so anything that's a race
put a gamer race where everything's a
race in our house we can paint it on
each other the fastest yep who can beat
you and yeah but there's no winners
there's literally no way
[Laughter]
sure every parent has their own tricks
of the trade that we're gonna find them
in notify put sunscreen on before I go
running and then I start to sweat and
the Sun screen we got to bring the sweat
band back for everything waiting to beat
and fashion just cannot catch her on an
off moment