Where to buy a baby (1yr+) swimsuit

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:48 am

Hi

Just wondering if anyone can suggest the best place to buy a sunsuit /swimsuit.

It's needed so he can play in the sand, and maybe go into water when the icebergs clear off. I'm not sure what the difference is between a sunsuit and a swimsuit, my guess is that there probably isn't alot in it!

Many thanks in advance!
Dave

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AldenG · Post by **AldenG** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:15 am

Is that a white dolphin with a tattoo above its eye in your avatar?

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:30 am

That, kind sir, is a wave off Waitara bar in memory of the late great Steve Sargent - he took me out further down the coast away from the locals

(Can't see the dolphin)

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:52 am

Well, you can get special swimming nappies in the supermarket.

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:06 am

Mook wrote:Well, you can get special swimming nappies in the supermarket.

true, but I'm thinking more sun protection

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:47 am

hat, t-shirt, short, factor 1 million sun tan lotion...

biscayne · Post by **biscayne** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:14 pm

Why would a baby need a swimsuit? - they just swim naked here. When out of the water, t-shirt and factor 30 and french foreign legion style hat (neck protection)

Lisa 15 · Post by **Lisa 15** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:04 pm

In baby shops and supermarket. I think that in Kampi POP shop (3rd floor) they have the kind that protects also from the sun, but it is expensive (40-45€) Otherwise you can find some online on the web site that prposes also baby swim (like pikku delfinit).

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:48 pm

biscayne wrote:Why would a baby need a swimsuit

it's the sunburn thing. I guess most of us are still fairly easy going with regards to sun, but since melonoma killed my Dad (true, smoking didn't help) and me along with surfing mates have all had pot marks out of our skin where benign skin cancers have been removed...it's best to start early and cover the kids up. I've heard it said and give it some credit that it's the burning before you're 19 that sets you up for the little nasties to get mutating.

I am a little surprised that it's not at the forefront of peoples minds but I guess we all have things that we like to give a wide berth.

mvgrogan · Post by **mvgrogan** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:18 pm

i agree... my little ones wear sunsuits. i'm lucky we have friends in australia where sun-awareness is premium, so they send us pressies.

SLIP on a shirt
SLAP on a hat
SLOP on some sunscreen!

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:18 pm

mvgrogan wrote:SLIP on a shirt
SLAP on a hat
SLOP on some sunscreen

..now that's a blast from the past..

well we picked up a Swimpy from Sello for 29 euro..and it'll last till sprog is ready for his first surfboard

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:31 pm

mvgrogan wrote: i'm lucky we have friends in australia where sun-awareness is premium, so they send us pressies.

European summer.

Australian winter.

Then we proudly present you australian summer.

AldenG · Post by **AldenG** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:52 pm

In the southern U.S., a T-shirt is better than nothing but it won't prevent sunburn. UV penetrates many T-shirts, depending on thickness. I don't remember whether being wet makes it better or worse.

Don't know whether this is relevant so far north.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:01 pm

AldenG wrote:In the southern U.S., a T-shirt is better than nothing but it won't prevent sunburn. UV penetrates many T-shirts, depending on thickness. I don't remember whether being wet makes it better or worse.

Don't know whether this is relevant so far north.

Well we have about same than northern australia in winter than in finland in summer... Count from that.
And currently lot of canada and all of us goes way over our maximum..

EP · Post by EP » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:59 pm

Sunburn is always bad. But too much protection is too much protection. Vitamin D time is too short here anyway. Sure you can get it from a bottle but sun is not always bad. I just put some sunscreen on the kids and they were fine, no need for clothes, no sunburns (but I admit, they have dark skins for white people). It is so rare here to have enough warmth and sun, lets not make it negative.

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