Should I put sunscreen on my baby?

This is a a very good question. I remember calling my doctor when my twins were babies because I had no idea what to do.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has some good information about safe sunscreen use. They suggest keeping babies younger than 6 months out of the sun and carefully applying sunscreen to older babies. Their page can be found here.
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/Pages/Sun-Safety.aspx

Here is a a review of the best sunscreens for toddlers.
http://www.babycenter.com/404_what-kind-of-sunscreen-is-best-for-toddlers_12505.bc

Personally I like Coppertone water babies.. I have not had any problems with it.
http://www.coppertone.com/coppertone/products/products_water.jsp

Here is a long detailed report about the chemicals in sunscreen
http://www.ewg.org/cosmetics/report/sunscreen09/investigation/summary-of-findings

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