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Beach tips please 1 year old baby on beach

(56 Posts)
MawB Sat 13-Jun-20 14:10:07

“Bevy” abuelena ?
Drinking in the mornings?

SkyBird Sat 13-Jun-20 13:59:37

I too live in Spain and on the coast. When my Grandchildren were younger I bought a beach tent so that they could completely shield from the sun. Depending on the sea conditions one of those rubber rings with an inbuilt seat are ideal. Most beaches have water taps for cleaning the sand from your legs and feet. Have fun I love going to the beach with children.

Grammaretto Sat 13-Jun-20 13:56:57

A sunhat is vital. Cover the child either in sunscreen or a mini wetsuit.

My very fair and freckled DGC love the beach but if even a patch of skin doesn't have factor 50 sunscreen, there's sunburn and I'm talking about Scotland in Summer.
My DGC in NZ has to wear a hat to school every day. It's normal because of the hole in the ozone layer.

There are real dangers in tanning.

BlueBelle Sat 13-Jun-20 13:36:40

No please don’t use talc it’s kinda outlawed for babies after it was believed to be carcinogenic not sure if it was ever proved or not someone else will know
Living by the beach my children and grandchildren have all grown up in the sand and sea water I have never taken anything special apart from a nice fluffy big towel When you r ready to go home lay the towel out on the beach or prom take the baby to the sea and dip it in and out a few times (naked is best if they re only little) then wrap them up in the towel and a nice warm bath or shower when you get back to the house/apartment/ hotel
Never had a baby sit still long enough to fiddle with paint brushes ???

Oopsminty Sat 13-Jun-20 13:29:49

I was living in the Canaries when I had my first child. We regularly took her to the beach.

Lots of sunscreen and that was about all we did. Wash the sand off at home.

Her father was Spanish and it was the norm for parents of babies to just toss the little ones into the sea

I managed to prevent that from happening!

Abuelana Sat 13-Jun-20 13:26:12

My granddaughter is 1 and we’ve started to take her on the bevy in the mornings. We live in Spain. We go early in the morning and home for lunch time. Do any of you have tips for taking babies to the beach? The only one I can remember is talc and a small paint brush for getting sand off feet and legs ?