Your Baby & Toddler

Skspiencia­l how to keep it healthy Skincare secrets for all year round

YOUR care FROM BIRTH ONWARDS Keep that baby skin healthy and glowing no matter the season

- Sun Sense

In South Africa, we’re blessed to have a fairly temperate climate, with far more warm, lovely weather than the colder months (even if it doesn’t seem like it in midwinter). However, your baby’s skin is a lot thinner and more delicate than yours, so looking after that soft, tender skin may require some adjustment­s in their skincare routine from one season to the next. Here’s how and why. Let’s be honest – summer is almost everyone’s favourite time of year, but it can be tough for babies and toddlers whose tender, fragile skin needs careful protection. Just one bad sunburn in childhood can double their chances of malignant melanoma – the most deadly kind of skin cancer – later in life. Fortunatel­y, with some simple precaution­s, this is easy to avoid. Make sure your baby

Ideal for summer and specially formulated for babies over the age of three months, the light and delicately fragranced helps keep baby smelling fresh and clean all day. Apply to your hands, then pat onto baby’s skin.

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