Water Park Woes

I took Drew and Gracie to the water park yesterday (with the help of our next-door neighbor girl, who happens to be one of the kids' favorite babysitters, as well as a lifeguard). This was the first time I have ever been swimming while I was pregnant, but I was given a maternity bathing suit, so I had no excuse not to go.

The bathing suit was the first of my water park woes. I actually received it on Monday, and tried it on then. When I asked Gracie what she thought of it, she said, "Mommy, look at your bottom. It has wrinkles in it." Thanks, Gracie. You really gave your mommy's self-confidence a boost there.

My second water park woe was over sunscreen. Last summer we used Water Babies sunscreen without any problems. However, when I used it earlier this summer when we were playing outside, Drew got a rash everywhere I applied sunscreen. I thought maybe he was sensitive to the fragrance in the sunscreen, since we do have to use fragrance-free laundry detergent. Yesterday I tried an Aveeno baby sunscreen that was fragrance-free, but today he broke out in a rash again. Both were chemical sunscreens, so I guess I should probably try a sunblock with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide. I would love baby sunscreen recommendations.

Other than the bathing suit and sunscreen woes, we had a great time at the water park. Gracie is getting a lot braver. She went on the big water slide twice, "swam" in the big pool with a life jacket on, and floated around the lazy river. She even went down the water slide in the kids' area all by herself (with me at the bottom of the slide to catch her). Drew wasn't sure about the water at first, but by the end of the day he was happy to sit in the water and splash around. We're looking forward to going to the water park again this summer. I just hope we can find a sunscreen that works for Drew.