Monday, June 21, 2010

Sunscreen

Sunscreen!?!? Yes, even sunscreen has issues and I'm so happy that I just figured them out.
This year I bought my son unscented, no-dye sunscreen thinking that this would fit his criteria for items with no weird smells or colors. -Wrong!
When reminding him today to use his sunscreen if (while at camp) he goes outside to put it on. He said, "I'm not using that." That's when it dawned on me like a bolt of lightening! Normal sunscreen in a squeeze tube requires that a person touch it to apply it. This is the main negative criteria. Dye is irrelevant and scent is secondary.
Spray sunscreen!!! Duh! I swear, sometimes I feel like I'm the one who's brain is different.
So I stopped at the corner drugstore and got two bottles of brand name, high SPF spray-on sunscreen. He loved it. He doesn't have to touch it. His hands won't be greasy all day long. He's happy and I'm ecstatic! I know, little breakthroughs are so important though because being Autistic isn't about the big picture, it's all about the details.

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