From morning to night, anti-UV swimsuits protect children

As soon as the nice weather arrives, we all want to go out and enjoy the sun. It's good for the mood and to stock up on vitamin D! However, exposing yourself to the sun carries risks, especially for children. Between pleasure and danger, what behavior should we adopt to allow children to enjoy the sun while protecting their fragile skin?

Why are children particularly sensitive to the sun?

At birth, every child has a sun capital that allows them to tan without taking too many risks. Unfortunately, this capital is quickly depleted. By the age of 18, a teenager has already lost half of it! Children's skin is thinner and more fragile than that of adults, and the cells that produce melanin are less effective, so they are also more exposed than their parents to sunburn. Insufficiently protected during childhood, they risk paying a high price in adulthood: premature aging, skin cancer, etc. It is better to avoid all this by protecting them now!

Teaching children to protect themselves from the sun is simple!

By teaching children to protect themselves from the sun from a young age, they can immediately develop good habits that they will keep for the rest of their lives. Just as we teach toddlers about road hazards and household risks, we can teach them the right behaviors to enjoy the sun while limiting the risks to their skin and eyes: not exposing themselves for too long, getting into the habit of wearing anti-UV clothing, a hat and sunglasses, applying SPF 50+ sunscreen to exposed areas of the body, staying in the shade between 12 and 4 p.m., that's the main thing!

At every hour of the day, anti-UV clothing for your toddler

Before one year, baby stays in the shade. Then, he can start to go out in the sun for the first time while remaining careful. This involves wearing anti-UV clothing, which is much more protective than classic baby clothing. For example, a simple T-shirt has a protection factor of 4, compared to 50 for a Canopea anti-UV suit! This goes without saying. So, as soon as the sun shines, baby preferably goes out in the morning and evening, and never without his little Canopea anti-UV suit! With long or short sleeves, with a delicious collar that makes him look like a Pierrot Lunaire or a wrap-over back, your little one protects his sun capital in his anti-UV suit!

A beautiful morning in the sun for well-protected children

This morning, the whole family has planned to go fishing on foot. The children love collecting periwinkles and whelks, and have fun dislodging crabs hidden under the rocks. Armed with their landing nets, they plan to fill their basket with delicious shellfish and crustaceans. At least we'll know what to eat for dinner tonight! The day is looking beautiful, the sun is already shining, but the oblique rays of the morning are still gentle enough to protect Charlotte and Arthur's fragile skin.

The boy is wearing his striped UV-protective shorts and a Canopea short-sleeved T-shirt in matching colours. How classy, ​​Arthur! But Charlotte is not bad either, with her short-sleeved T-shirt and her indigo blue UV-protective ruffled bikini bottoms, her new favourite colour since the start of summer! After this fishing trip, the whole family will go for a picnic in the pine forest. Under the cool shade of the tall trees, the place is ideal for great games of hide-and-seek after the meal! 

The joys of the beach with anti-UV swimsuits for children

4 p.m.! For Arthur and Charlotte, it's time to go swimming. Arthur is wearing Canopea peach skin shorts, and his sister, a delicious one-piece swimsuit with ruffles. Charlotte loves frills! The more, the better! After swimming, the children are used to protecting themselves with SPF 50+ sunscreen, which they apply to exposed parts of their bodies, and reapply every 2 hours. Well, they still have to be reminded from time to time that it's time to do it, but overall, they have understood the importance of protecting their skin from the sun, especially with their fair complexion!

Of course, they both have a hat to protect their head, neck and face. It's a magnificent straw hat for Charlotte, and a bob for Arthur. A pair of sunglasses completes their anti-UV outfit. In the middle of the afternoon, it's the perfect time to build a wonderful sandcastle. It's also the time when we leave our little builders with their shovel and bucket, and decide to settle down in the shade of the parasol, in the deckchair, to delight in this thick novel that we swore to finish before the end of the holidays!