Pools and hair/skin care

As an AA, I can say that we are no more prone to "heating up faster" than other ethnicities. The melanin in our skin is a wonderful protection against the sun, although, all shades should wear sun screen to prevent the damage that excessive sun exposure can cause. On a hot day, she may be irritable due to her simply not taking a liking to the heat, not due to being AA. As far as swimming, I would certainly go and enjoy yourselves. The chlorine is certainly not good, but by simply keeping her hair washed and moisturized after swimming and by ensuring that her skin is moisturized well, then I believe it would be fine. I don't believe it is necessary to use suncreen specifically for AAs (I haven't seen any unless they are products in an AA cosmetics line, and those are normally for adults). Any sunscreen that is made for children should be fine unless she has an allergic reaction to it, or if the consistency may be too greasy. Hope this helps...................now get out there and enjoy the pool!!!! :D

You could also try and have the kids wear swim caps. That would help protect the hair. Ank kids sunscreen should work well. And, I agree with the above poster, she may just not like being hot.

I think some babes are just sensitive to the heat; skin color is irrelevant. (Both of my babes are African American with identical skin tones) My first babe was never bothered and never seemed irritable or warm to the touch. My ds, however, gets hot quickly and in the shade, his face turns as red as a beet, much like my own. ;) We try to avoid smelly overly chlorinated public pools; I think it bothers my nasal cavity more than it would bother their skin. My dd loves to swim. My ds (who is 6 months) has horrible eczema and has not been in the pool. To be honest, I do not know when he will get the opportunity. BTW, We use California Baby sunscreen. It has an SPF of 30, is fragrance free, has no PABA, is free of chemical sunscreens, free of nut oils, soy, oat or dairy. It is made specifically for the face and body of babies and sensitive adults. You can purchase at Whole Foods. Enjoy your summer!

I don't think that chlorine (or salt water for that matter) is any harder on AA skin. it can be harder on fragile fine AA hair. With that being said I have never kept my kids out of the water. On the contrary they send a great deal of time in pools. The older two are serious competitors in water sports so they spend 10-20 hour per week in the summer in the water and more if they go to camp (sport's camp) Hair should be rinsed well and conditioned EVERYTIME the get out of the water For my dd that means every day and sometimes twice a day at camp. We don't wash Rachel's hair often because shampoo is too hard on it but maybe once a week with an anti-chloriine shampoo. You can find them at swim or sporting goods stores. There are a several websites that specialize in competitive swimming gear and they sell the shampoo and conditioner. I use that conditioner as a detangler but then smooth on a salon conditioner after (the salon conditioner is too expensive to use as a detangler) It has worked really well. Rachel has been swimming for 5 years now as have several AA and biracail girls on her team and they don't have as much hair damage as I would have expected. We use a good moisturizer for their skin and waterproof sun screen. We use a spray on spf 30 but they still tan. The older kids are not as diligent about it as I am with the little ones but so far the little ones have never had a sun burn even spending 12 hours at the pool when we go to all day meets. I was a little "water-baby" as a kid spending every single day of the summer either at the pool or at the beach. One summer the sun bleached my hair nearly strawberry blond while my skin got very very brown. I looked like a little Australian Aborigine child ;) . It didn't hurt my skin or hair too much. As long as you take care of it it should be fine. There is nothing in the world that will tire them out like the water. They sleep soooooo well after a swim it is well worth the extra effort. lisa

[font=Century Gothic]Just wanted to chime in...[/font] [font=Century Gothic]Slathering hair with cream conditioner and braiding it down (if possible) before heading in the pool is great, as it doesn't allow as much chlorine in the hair. Once out of the pool, head to rinse it out, applying more conditioner...if you're in the sun long, it will act like a hot conditioning treatment. When using a anti-chlorine shampoo, follow it with a hydrating/moisturizing shampoo and conditioner as they can be drying.[/font][font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]As a child we wore swim caps, hated them, and our hair still got wet. LOL [/font] [font=Century Gothic]I love California Baby sunscreen as well, Red. It can also be purchased at their website.[/font][font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Oh! And heat still makes me irritable.LOL;) [/font]

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If you want to swim, you can not avoid skin drying chlorine. It is going to happen. Best thing to do is wash your face and other body parts immediately, as long as you do the swim and dry off. Then, the application of moisture. As for your hair, cap will not get in. This will help prevent water, but is still going a little bit of water leaking in.___________________[url=http://www.arcsoft.com/topics/mpeg/mpg-converter.html]mpg converter[/url]

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