tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post9110665731817193347..comments2023-11-03T10:44:07.581-05:00Comments on The Accidental Mommy: Were you born as a box of hair?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-7551459491964076142009-08-25T21:46:53.235-05:002009-08-25T21:46:53.235-05:00I somehow missed this post. Again, you had me lau...I somehow missed this post. Again, you had me laughing. All that nagging and 15 sunscreen lathering would have affected me....it would have annoyed me, and I would have been thinking...those poor kids, don't have a chance to know how to have fun.Mom of these kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605360771922832135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-54358475905280869972009-08-24T22:20:36.357-05:002009-08-24T22:20:36.357-05:00A- People are supposed to get 20 minutes every da...A- People are supposed to get 20 minutes every day of unfiltered and unscreened sun for the vitamin D! At least for one of those times they should leave the kids go!The Accidental Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409271721074309249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-56727290688840727762009-08-22T21:50:49.545-05:002009-08-22T21:50:49.545-05:00My kids daycare makes us send sunscreen to put on ...My kids daycare makes us send sunscreen to put on them when they go outside to play on the playground during the summer.<br /><br />For 20 minutes.<br /><br />2x a day.<br /><br />You have classes of roughly 16 kids and you're going to spend all of that time lathering them up to spend 20 minutes in the sun?<br /><br />Then repeat later that afternoon?<br /><br />If we are going out to play for less than an hour, I rarely sunscreen any of us. Cloudy trips to the zoo, don't really sunscreen.<br /><br />I probably should, but, no.<br /><br />We should start a club :)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937974510750468062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-55358239129388198282009-08-22T20:05:17.433-05:002009-08-22T20:05:17.433-05:00I do hate sunscreen and I don't think it is go...I do hate sunscreen and I don't think it is good for you. I buy health food stuff and mainly put it on Beatrix b/c she has such white skin. Of course I do really coat her with it. <br />I am the mom who lets her kids play with saws and machetes. Maybe I shouldn't admit that, but little boys really like to hack down weeds and small trees and I think it is good excercise.Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554195760602365553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-90049682323650998132009-08-21T22:47:58.676-05:002009-08-21T22:47:58.676-05:00Hi Anne- feel free to jump right in! Tell us about...Hi Anne- feel free to jump right in! Tell us about yourself!<br />Cupcake Mama- we are in northern Wisconsin which is far far away from the deserts of Arizona and is a lower elevation. Our sun is much more mild. Whenever we see it, which is about 3 months a year.The Accidental Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409271721074309249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-38806214932280469472009-08-21T11:24:15.502-05:002009-08-21T11:24:15.502-05:00Exactly!Exactly!The Accidental Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409271721074309249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-50996122375787335212009-08-21T10:29:55.153-05:002009-08-21T10:29:55.153-05:00Yeah, we have sunscreen nazis here, too. It's ...Yeah, we have sunscreen nazis here, too. It's a form of showing off about what a great, concerned mother you are. Bleech!<br />There's a neat little wristband you can get at most drugstores that changes color when sunscreen needs to be reapplied. Kids like it and you don't have to worry about whether you put on enough.<br />I grew up in a frugal home where one small bottle of sun tan lotion was supposed to last an entire summer. We didn't have sunscreen back then. The idea was to get as dark as possible without getting sun poisoning.<br />I survived as did most of my peers so I suspect this whole sunscreen panic is a triumph of consumer marketing.Miz Kizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650747741395559803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-46948879073686265822009-08-20T21:55:40.272-05:002009-08-20T21:55:40.272-05:00I just makes sure my kids are super dirty so I don...I just makes sure my kids are super dirty so I don't have to do the sunscreen thing. I am a good mom like that. No chemicals in dirt (just as long as you don't have them roll around in the landfill first).<br /><br />I took my kids to the beach last Friday and had a similar experience. This family took like an hour to get all the kids ready to go into the water, then wouldn't let them play in the sand cause they might get dirty (even though they brought 7 metric tons of plastic sand play crap) and you know, it is bad to get "dirty" in sand if you are swimming. Then the kids couldn't play with the other kids, couldn't go out beyond their knees, couldn't jump off the dock, couldn't laugh, couldn't breath, etc. They were miserable. In the meantime, my kids played with all their fun toys, got them super dirty, splashed them as they jumped off the dock with all the other kids and laughed and laughed and laughed while they were covered in filth. Then they rinsed off and happily went home. I was deemed by my kids "best mom EVER" and I totally kicked that other mom's ass in my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-16189338411937135852009-08-20T21:04:32.169-05:002009-08-20T21:04:32.169-05:00Probably those kids' skin has NEVER seen the l...Probably those kids' skin has NEVER seen the light of day unprotected, so maybe 1/2 hour of cloud laden sun WOULD fry them. You know, kind of like if a tee-totaler had a cocktail, vs. you know, a normal person having one. Just a thought...<br /><br />Of course if she REALLY was that protective, she'd have applied 30 min. before leaving the house. hehe.<br /><br />I do sunscreen my kids, but I hate it. So time consuming to cover four little bodies! I buy the spray stuff cause it's quicker and just give everyone a cursory once over, except Ben, who is really quite fair and freckles, and I do give him the college try at protecting his sensitive skin.Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992203896914180674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-12721648872930875712009-08-20T20:49:50.677-05:002009-08-20T20:49:50.677-05:00Mothers worry about different things. I ought to ...Mothers worry about different things. I ought to write a whole blog about this. I have a very good friend who was always worried about safety. If her boys were invited for an overnight the sort of thing she would think about would be the fire escape plan for that house, the possibility of radon gas, the concern that that mother might home-can her vegetables - and did she do it SAFELY? All the worries that would never even begin to come near to crossing my mind. <br /><br />I, meanwhile, if my children were given a similar invitation would wonder - will they watch a movie? What if it is not "G" rated? What about music - would rap music with bad words be played in that home? Are the ideas and values that might be expressed by adults in that home the ideas and values I want my children hearing? What about the artwork on the walls? Is it quality????<br /><br />So totally different. Marilyn would presume the moral safety; I would presume the physical safety.<br /><br />The only time I put sunscreen or insect repellent on my children is when some handbook requires it. Like you I'm thinking - this CAN'T be good for them! In twenty years the carcinogenic quality of this is going to be well known.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-36577205764970417682009-08-20T14:37:55.827-05:002009-08-20T14:37:55.827-05:00Actually, I grew up in Arizona where they taught u...Actually, I grew up in Arizona where they taught us about skin cancer and the dangers of the sun. They say that you should put sunscreen on especially on cloudy days because apparently it is worse than when the sun is out. <br /><br />That still didn't make me put sunscreen on myself. lol I barely got my first burn ever this year, usually I tan...but hell, my kids...if the sun comes in the window and reflects on them across the room, they get burnt. *rolling eyes*Reighniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249582936717929919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-56862763453447963902009-08-20T13:47:04.285-05:002009-08-20T13:47:04.285-05:00Except it WAS affecting you, 'cause you had to...Except it WAS affecting you, 'cause you had to listen to all the nagging...<br />I just wanted to delurk to say I love your blog:)<br />Anne (adoptive mom to Elizabeth)Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222871697045360999noreply@blogger.com