This one is for all of you white mothers out there parenting brown children...
Lesson #1:
Coppertone's Water Babies SPF50 is, perhaps, not the best choice of sunblock.
I spent an oh-so fun-in-the-sun afternoon with some friends and their children last week . Noemi and I were not prepared for the back yard pool-action that would take place on that 90 degree day in April, but I figured what the hoots?! I stripped her down to her diaper and slathered on the sunblock. Big mistake. That poor child looked like a clown with a bad make-up job for the next hour until it finally absorbed into her skin. I couldn't stop laughing--good thing we weren't at the beach. How embarrassing. Next time I'll use the spray sunblock. Sorry, baby. Mamma's still in training.
