Heat and children

Most of the country is in excessive heat right now. Please keep your children and pets safe. Children, especially babies, cannot express or regulate their heat. Keep them in air conditioning, give water (unless they are under one,) offer formula, play board/card games inside, walk around the mall, go swimming but stay hydrated, and eat light summer foods.

With pets, only let them out for 15min at a time.  Put water outside and inside. Hose them down. Keep them in a cool place. 

Sun protection

Using the proper sun protection is so important to baby's and child's skin. There skin is so delicate and new. UV rays are nothing to play with and even ten minutes can burn skin,

Use  a high SPF sunscreen on your baby daily. I'd even recommend twice a day if going in and out. Use it more if outside. Don't let your child's skin burn. You don't want them to have skin cancer, premature wrinkles, skin damage and other diseases.

You can also get a hat, sunglasses and bathing suits with SPF.