Pampers Sunnies

It's only in more recent decades that a suntan has become fashionable. One with such a tan would be classed as being healthy and often a symbol of beauty. (This is due to the fact that the UV rays from the Sun are our main source of Vitamin D, which helps strengthen your bones, muscles and immune system making you feel better all round.) But it never used to be like that for centuries the only people who had a good tan were the hard labourers who worked outdoors all day. The sorts of jobs that the higher classes turned their noses up at. In Edwardian times people went to great lengths to stay ... more

My daughter sees any attempt to restrain her as an infringement on her civil liberties. At 14 months, dressing her had better be quick or she will put in a call to the European parliament-Ok, maybe not but she will scream and kick until she can carry on with the important business of balancing precariously on tables, putting saucepans in the washing machine and trying her hardest to find non food items to eat. Like most toddlers, she is an adventurer. Last year she could only lie there while I made sure she was well covered up or in the shade. This year, she wants to go out in the garden first ... more

So, ok we haven't really seen the sunshine yet and our normal summer is over, but i write this just in case the weather forecasters somehow manage to predict correctly that we do get an Indian summer!! My son is your average normal toddler won't keep still for more than five seconds at a time. I'm sure you can imagine the mess we get into if i decide to put suntan cream on him whilst we're down the beach... all the sand is such a distraction to the poor lad and protecting his skin doesn't seem to be at the top of his priorities. Surprise Surprise! So in come Sunnies to save the day, and my ... more

Summer is upon us again and both my children arrived home from school with letters requesting that each child be supplied wtih suncream for use at break times. Due to the latest health and safety rules, the teahers are not supposed to administer the sun cream to children themselves (although I'm sure they would if a child was struggling). For my older child, who is 7, this wasn't a problem, I simply supplied hm with a small bottle of sun lotion and made him promise to apply it every break time. However, I had visions of my younger child of 4 years struggling with a bottle of sun lotion and ... more

Imagine my delight, a close friend living in Turkey and a propsed month long (yes 4 weeks!!) holiday in the South East, sunny (and my goodness it was) Mediterranean. Bliss. But what about Aleyna, only 5 months at the time. Naturally sunbathing was out of the question but with my pop up SPF cabana and a seriously cool (and very pink) SPF outfit including desert hat, (for Aleyna I mean, I was decked out a little bit more trendily) we were set to go. But No, what about sun cream, I have got a whole selection of baby sun cream but I managed to pick up the Pampers Sunnies on a (fairly) special ... more