Sunscreen

[momma2girls]

I have all parents place sunscreen on their children, before coming to dadycare. I started this about 3 or 4 yrs. ago. It has worked so well!!!

[DCMom]

Like wipes, I have a sunscreen preference. Rather 'demand' that the parents bring that specific kind, I ask for $20/child by June 1 for the 'Sunscreen Fund'. Works out to be about 2 cans per kid. That way I always have the kind I want, when I want it and I never run out for anyone. That number has usually worked out pretty well, leaving me a couple of cans to start off this summer. Like today when it was 90 degrees!

The other thing I like about it is I don't have to keep 16 cans/bottles of sunscreen around. I hate clutter

I wanted to add that I do have them sign the OTC medication form authorizing me to use *insert brand name* sunscreen. I also add "in the event of allergic reaction, I will discontinue use immediately and the parent will have to supply an alternate brand of sunscreen"

It's sad how we have to cover our a$$e$ six ways to Sunday for something as simple as sunscreen isn't it?

[saved4always]

I had the parents bring sunscreen if they wanted their child to have it on when we went outside. Me supplying it was not an option to them and they all sent me a bottle when I requested it...I sent a note home in the diaper bag. The parents I had usually wanted a specific spf, brand, etc. used so they had no problem sending it.

Oh...I only watched 3 or 4 children at a time usually, so I only had that many bottles to keep track of...and when I had 4 kids, 2 were usually siblings so they shared a bottle .

[familyschoolcare]

This is what my poicy manuel says about sunscren.

Sunscreen: During full days (summer and school breaks) if you would like your child to have sunscreen you will need to supply it. I will help children (re)apply sunscreen after lunch. If you would like your child to have sunscreen on before lunch then you need to help them apply it before coming to my house. Sunscreen must be labeled with the child’s name.

now with that said last summer I only had one child and the issue never came up and it was not yet addressed in my handbook. parents just signed the new handbook a few weeks ago and nobody has said anything about sunscreen. I think that if anything about sunscreen becaomes an issue it will be what I mean by help. Because, I will not be put sunscreen on the children myself as the youngest is five they will be doing it themselves.

[nothingwithoutjoy]

I expect all children to come in fully sun-screened (i.e. put on while naked so if we peel layers or put on a suit, they're still covered), and then I reapply as needed. Each child has their own bottle of sunscreen, so they can use whatever spf or chemical/natural type their family prefers (and so I don't have to pay for it; I won't.) I know many of them don't come in with sunscreen on as requested, or I see mom put in on only the currently-exposed skin when they get here, knowing that shirt is coming off later...but luckily, my yard is almost completely shaded, so it's rarely an issue. I also expect kids to wear sun hats whenever we're outside. Makes me crazy though when we're going somewhere broiling hot and a kid tells me "my mom forgot to put on sunscreen," 'cause it's one of those things where I don't want to punish the child for the parent's problem. But I don't want to make all the kids wait while I slather 6-8 bodies every morning.

[DaisyMamma]

I wanted to add that I do have them sign the OTC medication form authorizing me to use *insert brand name* sunscreen. I also add "in the event of allergic reaction, I will discontinue use immediately and the parent will have to supply an alternate brand of sunscreen"

It's sad how we have to cover our a$$e$ six ways to Sunday for something as simple as sunscreen isn't it?

I do this too.

[Abigail]

I contacted our local CCRR office and they emailed me a form to use. It's very simple and to the point. It covers bug spray and diaper ointment, etc. Everything except OTC medications like tylenol because their is a separate form for those. I was able to have all my parents fill out a form at drop off the same morning. I did this kind of last minute just 2 weeks ago because I forget how nice it is outside and we just tripled the amount of time we're outside now.

All parents provide their own, but I have some siblings who share so I only have three bottles to deal with. None of them are spray-on, but I don't have that many kids. The nice thing is I'm able to put it on and it takes about 20 minutes so then once I get it on everyone and clean up whatever we're doing and put our infant to bed then we're safe to go outside. I just need to find this paper I read once that had Summer Safety Tips including information on bugspray and sunscreen which you typically don't take the time to research. I'm sure parents would find some of it interesting.

[momma2girls]

When I did apply this. I had 5 preschool/toddlers that I had to apply sunscreen on before going out to play. It literally took me about 20 min. to place it on everyone good. Then we maybe were outside 15 min. they were complaining, or it was too warm. I do not provide childcare in the Summer, so this covered me, up til Summer and early Fall. Now since I started the new policy that everyone needs to have it on, on our outside fun days, it has worked AWESOME!!!
We go outside everyday, but only for about 20 min. or less, depending on pick up times.