Chemical Free Sunscreens The Way to Go for You and Your Baby

Does anyone else find the ingredients in some of our children's products that are supposed to protect them a little alarming? I mean take a look at sunscreen! It is supposed to protect your little ones but have you ever wondered if the active ingredients (CHEMICALS) that you are applying liberally to your baby might be just as bad as a burn? And it is difficult to weed out the information, so what is the truth? The first time I pulled out my own sunscreen for my baby I checked the back, thought twice...hmmm...what's this oxybenzone, propolyne glycol, and lots of icky sounding ingredients? Without trying to be fanatical I wondered what is all this stuff? I read once in a health magazine that you shouldn't put products on your skin that you couldn't put in your mouth. A little difficult, but definitely something to think about and definitely has an er of truth.

So what to do for sunscreen? Is there anything out there that can protect you from the sun without causing more harm? When I need a sunscreen I use some of Burt's Bees Chemical Free products. Now they are not a totally organic brand or anything like that but they are pretty darn natural and devoid of so many of the chemicals that you can't even pronounce. The older version of Burt's Bees Chemical Free Sunscreen was hard to put on and very very thick, but the new version I bought this year has the consistency of regular sun tan lotion, smells nice, has SPF 30 and is CHEMICAL FREE! And the less chemicals the less irritation for your baby's skin!! It is also relatively easy to find at most convenience stores that carry suntan lotion, especially CVS, Long's Drug, and Walgreens! So you don't even have to make an extra trip to a health foods store. Yay! A product that as mom we can stand by and eliminates just a little more of our angst as we try to give our little ones the best start possible.

So if your looking to go a little more natural check this product out. It's a great buy and not going to break your bank like some high end designer products!