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The best thing to do is to put some cooling cream all over her body. They usually make cooling cream for sensetive skin. And before she goes outside put sun screen with the highest spf.

Please tell me your putting sun block on your kids. Studies have shown that people who get repeatedly burned by the sun are more likely to get skin cancer. Put them in a cool bath. What happens is that the sun "cooks" the skin and they can continue to get tan long after they have come in the house.

Try rubbing her down with vinegar. When I was younger I was told to do that, it helps sometimes to take the heat out. Good Luck.

You didn't put sunscreen on her? How about a hat? Try putting noxema on her skin and letting it soak in. That usually works, if it's really bad you need to take her to the ER because she can get dehydrated and go into shock. Sunburn is very serious for little ones.

J., I hope your daughter is OK. Did you give her Tylenol or Motrin for pain?

In the summer weather, you have to limit your childs' exposure to sun and heat. Sunscreen must be reapplied every 1/2 hr or so, and after swimming, bathing or heavy sweat. Do not apply sunscreen to babies younger than 6 months old. Make sure they are wearing a hat, and a cover-up even in a swimming pool. Have them wear sunglasses if you can. Sun causes long-term damage to the eyes as well as the skin.

The surface of the skin can feel hot from a sunburn. Don't but anything but aloe on a child's sunburn unless directed by a physician. The lidocaine and benzocaine in sunburn creams is usually too strong a dosage for your child to use, as it is absorbed through the skin. Vinegar will not cool a burn, neither will butter or toothpaste or any other home remedy. Cool compresses, aloe, Tylenol, and extra cool baths will help. But you basically just have to wait for the burn to heal. If the skin is blistered, not not apply anything to the burn, and do not open the blisters. Infection is the leading cause of complications from burns.

I do hope you used sunscreen, however I am concerned that your daughter might have had a heat-related illness.

Sunscreen DOES NOT protect from heat illnesses. It only screens UV rays which cause radiation burns and skin cancers. It does not block heat. (ladies think of how your skin feel on the beach after applying sunscreen... do you not feel hot?)

I hope you checked her temperature, and always, if your child has an elevated temperature due to heat exposure, you have to cool them immediately. Put them in a lukewarm bath, (not warm to your touch but not cold) while you phone the pediatrician. This is is imperative. Give small sips of NON CAFFEINATED beverages. If the individual (child or adult) refuses to drink, This is an early sign of heat stroke and you have a life-threatening medical emergency. Do not second guess yourself, call 911. Also call if there is any vomiting, seizures, changes in consciousness or fainting associated with heat exposure.

Small children and the elderly are most susceptible to injury from heat emergencies, because their bodies' cooling mechanisms are impaired. Heat exhaustion can progress to heat stroke very quickly, and cause brain damage. This is the time of year to educate yourselves about heat illnesses. Take a first-aid class and a CPR class.

I am a retired NYC Paramedic, a First-Aid and CPR instructor and the 50y/o mom to two daughters, aged 16 and 12. When my older daughter was a baby, our car didn't have air conditioning, and she got so hot so hot in the car one day that I had to pull into a deli, and ask to use their walk-in refrigerator! I sat in there with her for 1/2 an hour before she was cool enough to go home (in a freiend's air-conditioned car) It's scary how fragile they are..

As I said, I hope she is OK.

J.,

You want to monitor her for signs of heatstroke, which can happen very easily in small kids. If she is not cooling down very soon, or if you styart to see any kind of blistering of her skin, get her to the pediatrician.

Did she have sunscreen on? That may account for why she's not that red, but it doesn't really prevent her from suffering from excessive heat exposure. When it's really hot out, you need to limit time outside running, because they overheat quick, and keep her really hydrated. Dehydration is serious, and it can happen very easily in a small body out in the heat, especially because they don't slow down when it's hot like us adults do. They just keep on running!

Good luck.

Jess

Did you use sunscreen? My daughter is fair skinned and she always wears a hat when she is outside in the sun for an extended period of time. I would suggest giving her ice pops, or cool drinks and a warm not, hot bath. If she does not cool down call her pediatrician.

Aloe is your best friend for a burn. You can buy a plant and cut the leaves and use the gel inside or buy it in a bottle at the drugstore. Or keep a bottle of hand cream in the fridge. I swear this works. Any kind will do. The cool takes away the heat and the cream mosistens the skin

another mother responded with this...it seems to be the best (from my experience growing up) take some vinegar, and put it on a washcloth, towel, etc. then put it on where the sunburn is. (this is for when the skin is still hot) you will actually see some "steam" come up once you do this (my brother used to get burned on purpose just to see this happen, so i guarentee that it WON'T hurt, it'll just stink!) once the skin cools down, put aloe on it. they do have a product in the same section as the sunscreen products, it's for burns and it has MOSTLY aloe in it, but also some other product for burns in it to help the aloe heal. just make sure next time, you use sunscreen, with the sun so hot and no ozone, u need to put children in nothing less then 30 spf even if they're only out for a little bit of time(at least that's what my kid's dr. told me!).