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Travelling to hot places with your child

In the excitement of a day at the beach, children spend hours exposed to the sun and heat. Make sure you're well prepared.


Posted: 31 July 2009
by Laura Lee Davies


Only someone who's spent the last 20 years on Mars could have missed the increasing warnings about the damage the sun's rays can do to our bodies. In Australia now, shops won't sell low SPF creams and oils, and the conditions are hotting up in almost every part of the world.

Across the ThinkBaby site, there are useful articles to help make your trips out with your baby or toddler safer:

Keep safe in the heat

Babies and hot weather

Staying safe in the sun

Babies, children and bee stings


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