Is the Alba Botanica Kids Sunscreen Spray SPF 50 worth buying?

The convenience is a lie and the fragrance is a problem — skip it until your kid is older and their skin is less reactive. Look, no sunscreen routine is perfect when you’re dealing with a three-year-old who has opinions about everything including the temperature of the lotion and the direction you rub it in. But finding one that doesn’t cause a skin reaction — and that your kid will at least tolerate — genuinely changes summer. Our current go-to is Thinkbaby for regular days and the Blue Lizard stick for face application, because Rosie will do almost anything for the magic bottle. My one practical piece of dad advice: apply sunscreen at home before you leave, not in the parking lot. You have more leverage indoors than you do in a hot car next to a splash pad. If you’ve found something that works for your sensitive-skinned kid that I didn’t cover here, please drop it in the comments. I’m always one bad sunscreen experience away from going back on the hunt, and I suspect I’m not alone. We’re all just out here trying to get our kids to the beach without incident. Good luck out there.

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