My poor baby, she just told me the sunblock was FIRED...!

We use the Banana Boat SPF 50 Sport Performance spray and I think it works GREAT!!! I spray it on my kids atleast 30 minutes before we go to the pool and we haven't had the slight bit of pinkness. I've used it atleast 5 times this season. I do, however, spray a bit on my hands and spread it on their faces. Maybe you should contact the manufacturer. It could have been a bad batch.

We used the spray when we went to Disney and it worked great, no burns. I just sprayed it directly on my DD. I hate that your DD got burned! Slather her up with some cool lotion, that always feels good.

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Oh, you don't want to put lotion on it. The emollients will hold the heat in, like a thermal wrap. Aloe Vera is great, as long as you don't get a sticky kind. And some ibuprofen for inflammation.

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I thought about it being a bad batch. I'm not really willing to chance it again and won't be buying it again. Thanks for letting me know yours worked.

Did you give it a chance to soak in before going outside? I *try* to get my kids to wait 15-20 min after applying before going out in the sun. Sometimes the kids are in a hurry or we are out somewhere & need to apply sunscreen but won't be able to give it soak in time.

Also, did you shake it up? I think you are supposed to (at least I do). One thing I have noticed is that it says 'tear free' but that is not always true w/our kids? If a little gets into their eyes it stings.

That's what I was going to ask as well. I personally wouldn't use it again either. We had a bad (in my mind at least) experience with Coppertone for kids. My kids didn't burn but after they came inside, their skin was all pinkish and I was afraid they had burned. The pink went away after they'd been inside awhile and so I thought maybe it was just them being in the heat that made them look pink. But after it happened the next time, I have never used that brand again because I am afraid it's not protecting them like it should be.

My favorite is Hawaiian Tropic Baby Faces. My kids have never burned or even been pink after using it. How can I find out what it's health and sun exposure rating is?

Thanks for your suggestions but I have taken all the necessary precautions. My kids spend hours and hours on the boat and have never had a sunburn. For it to happen twice, there must've been something wrong with it.

I've fixed the situation, I bought Blue Lizard today and we coated up with that. It was much less runny and I felt good knowing it wasn't full of nasty chemicals.

I'm with you. You just know when there is something wrong with the sunblock. My arms are tanned and I my shoulders are burnt. I didn't even get in the water.

I'm sorry, and I know the feeling. After that Skin deep sunscreen article, I dumped all ds's Water Babies sunscreen because it (supposedly) has a known carcinogen in it. I got the California Baby sunscreen that cost $16.95 (0n sale!) a tube that would not even last us one week. Ds is white-white with white cornsilk like hair and burns after less than 5 mins. in the sun.

The California Baby was horrible, took forever to get on him, made him look like a piece of chalk, and on top of that the 30+ he had on for a little over an hour caused him to get a sunburn! He's 6.5 and never ever had a sunburn

Fortunately I had another opened bottle of Water Babies and we've been using that until I can find something 'better'. I am definitely going to give feedback on that California Baby stuff, which incidently I could not find an expiration date on either.

I'm so sorry about your daughter. That is just horrible.