I don't know whether or not it would be unreasonable for her to put it on in the morning, but most sunscreen needs to be reapplied every hour or two. However, I do feel it's unreasonable for her to expect you to provide it every day.
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Originally Posted by maliceinwonderland The daycare my dd went to when she was little required the parents sign a waiver saying it was okay to put sunscreen on the kids, and they provided it, unless you had a specific kind you wanted used on your kid. They applied it before morning and afternoon outside time. |
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Originally Posted by miss_sonja They can get burned even in the shade. If the mom wants you to put sunscreen on, then you ought to. But, for a small home daycare, I wouldn't expect you to provide the sunscreen. Just ask the mom for a bottle to leave with you. If it's that important to her, she'll have no problem with that. |
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That's the way our daycare does it, too. & we provide our own sunscreen. (they do have a center stash that they'll use if a child doesn't have any, they won't just let the poor kid burn)
I also had to sign a waiver for any "medication/treatment/etc" including diaper cream, sunscreen, etc. Anything they put on the kids has to be OK'd by the parents, which is fine because I didn't want them using Desitin on my CD's, so it reminded me to bring my own stuff from home.
I think the reason for Parent application is that kids arrive at different times in the morning, yk? For example, DS and I get there at about 9:30 and, often, the kids are already outside at that point.
Originally Posted by LynnS6 Our daycare center asks US to put it on before we come in the morning, and then they reapply in the afternoon. It needs a good 30 minutes before it's fully effective - tell the parents that. |
I also had to sign a waiver for any "medication/treatment/etc" including diaper cream, sunscreen, etc. Anything they put on the kids has to be OK'd by the parents, which is fine because I didn't want them using Desitin on my CD's, so it reminded me to bring my own stuff from home.
I think the reason for Parent application is that kids arrive at different times in the morning, yk? For example, DS and I get there at about 9:30 and, often, the kids are already outside at that point.
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That's exactly how my daughter's nursery school/daycare works. They use school-provided sunscreen in the afternoon - I had to sign a consent. Since all the kids get sunscreen before going outside in the afternoon, it wouldn't make sense to have the teachers juggling a different parent-provided bottle for everybody. But it wouldn't bother me to be asked to provide a bottle of sunscreen for my child, or for the school to suggest that parents take turns providing a bottle for the class to share.
I would go through the roof if I found out my child's childcare provider sometimes forgot to put sunscreen on her and didn't think it was that big a deal. Even one sunburn in early childhood greatly increases the risk of skin cancer, and my daughter is extremely fair-skinned.
Originally Posted by LynnS6 Our daycare center asks US to put it on before we come in the morning, and then they reapply in the afternoon. It needs a good 30 minutes before it's fully effective - tell the parents that. |
I would go through the roof if I found out my child's childcare provider sometimes forgot to put sunscreen on her and didn't think it was that big a deal. Even one sunburn in early childhood greatly increases the risk of skin cancer, and my daughter is extremely fair-skinned.
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Considering that her yard is shaded, I don't think it is all that strange to not apply sunscreen to her kids.
I spent 8 weeks every summer growing up at my parents' country house. It was surrounded by trees. My sister and I would spend all day outside and never got the slightest appearance of having been exposed to the sun. Trees are beautiful things!
Originally Posted by LiamnEmma I don't think it's unreasonable to ask, and I'm kind of surprised you don't put it on all of the kids because it's not only about skin tone, it's about protecting them from skin damage. I do think it's reasonable for you to either ask your parents to provide it or to slightly increase your daycare costs to cover the cost of sunscreen for all the children. |
I spent 8 weeks every summer growing up at my parents' country house. It was surrounded by trees. My sister and I would spend all day outside and never got the slightest appearance of having been exposed to the sun. Trees are beautiful things!
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Could you just add it to your routine to get the kids into sunscreen...all of them? At two, you could even show them how to rub it in, make it fun.
As a provider, I put it on several times a day. We get wet alot, and the weather here lately is 100+. You definitely need to protect those kiddos...this mama is placing her baby in your hands. I think it's worth it to always be careful with skin.
Originally Posted by miss_sonja They can get burned even in the shade. If the mom wants you to put sunscreen on, then you ought to. But, for a small home daycare, I wouldn't expect you to provide the sunscreen. Just ask the mom for a bottle to leave with you. If it's that important to her, she'll have no problem with that. |
Could you just add it to your routine to get the kids into sunscreen...all of them? At two, you could even show them how to rub it in, make it fun.
As a provider, I put it on several times a day. We get wet alot, and the weather here lately is 100+. You definitely need to protect those kiddos...this mama is placing her baby in your hands. I think it's worth it to always be careful with skin.
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