As we get to put the high chair, the blender, the bathtub, the cart, the maxi cosi, the toys and those thousand things more imp-pres-cin-di-bles, in the end we are going to have to leave the baby at home Because we don't fit in the car. In this sense, traveling by plane or train simplifies things a lot because we cannot take the house in tow, but making the essential list is much more complicated.
Luckily, there are a lot of junk that can stay at home. If we go to a hotel or apartment you always have to ask if they have cots, high chairs or even strollers (and ask for prices, because these services can have cost) and thus leave some junk at home. Companies that rent items for babies and children make our logistics a lot easier. And finally, this so reassuring idea: Yes, you can buy almost everything almost anywhere. If you still have doubts about what to bring, here is the list of essential basics on your vacation with the baby.
1. Baby carrier
When you go with suitcases and a thousand bumps hanging, it is very grateful to have the baby in “hands-free” mode. The baby carrier is a wonder to pass control of the airport, country trips, walks through irregular areas, enter historic buildings, or monuments ... It is a basic for traveling families and a real blessing if we carry more than one small child, since allows you to travel with only one chair and alternate the child in the stroller or ported.
A trick: when the baby becomes impossible on the plane try to put it in the baby carrier: you may have to walk down the aisle, but often just feeling close to you falls asleep and so you have your hands free to read a magazine or give it to the little screen.
If you have never carried your baby, there is a possibility that the brand new backpack that you have bought to release on day 1 of your holiday stays in the trunk of the car. Carrying is not difficult and babies love it, but a newborn is not the same as a six-month-old baby who is not used to feeling. To make sure, better try before.
2. Large gauze + extra large clamp
I do not mean square gauze for newborns, but a large gauze that serves a thousand things. You cover the stroller to protect your baby from the sun (taking care that there is ventilation), you sit it on the beach or the lawn, you shake the sand with it, cover it if you enter a restaurant and it is cold ... And the ideal complement to the gauze-for-everything are giant tweezers that sell in the Chinese, that allow you to mount a stall in a moment and prevent the gauze from falling out of the stroller, among other three hundred uses.
3. Toys
Having some familiar things close by will help the little one to feel at home in the place of vacations, like the rubber duck with which he plays during the bath. Of course, if you have any comfort doll-rag that you use to sleep, that's the first thing you have to get in the suitcase.
In addition to some small toys, I would bring a new one that can get more attention if necessary. The latter enters the "lifeguard for moments of crisis" section. Yes, we are all against the screens for young children and using food for purposes other than feeding is very promising, but when your nine-month-old baby has been screaming for two hours in the middle of a transoceanic flight, you resort to whatever: in my case the songs of the farm on the mobile (I do not go out without them) and something to eat that grinds (for older babies, it is understood).
4. The papers and first aid kit
Children under 14 do not need ID to travel in Spain. However, some airlines require that all passengers (even babies) be identified. Although we can surely claim and win, not to complicate our lives the best is Check in advance what policy the company with which we are going to travel has.
To travel through Europe with the DNI will be sufficient and the passport will be necessary if we go outside the European Union. Some families also carry the family book, which although it is not mandatory, it does not hurt. It will also be necessary to carry the Baby Health Card, the European Health Card for trips to the EU and assess the purchase of private insurance (or see if our company covers us abroad and the conditions) if we travel outside the EU (take the insurance documentation to know what to do if you have to use it).
Our small travel kit you should take paracetamol or ibuprofen for fever, thermometer or cream for stings and, of course, if the baby is taking any medication at that time. As for grooming / care products, in summer the fundamental thing is sun protection, in addition, do not forget the nail scissors and a small bottle of its gel or lotion (I would not play it by changing the brand of any toilet product those days because it can give you reaction and the same thing we did not find the same brand that we use in the place of vacations).
5. Clothes (warm too)
The first thing: the cap, and if you wear sunglasses, too. And, as for clothes, because if the baby is very small or prone to accidents, one or two changes per day plus some extra and pajamas, swimsuits ...
Shoes can stay at home if you don't walk, but don't forget your socks or anything Warm clothing. The air conditioners are very treacherous and you always have to wear a blanket or toquilla just in case (on the plane do not forget a long pajamas with those with feet). A trick when packing is to put the baby's clothes in cloth bags like this and so we can go to the beach just set foot in the destination without wasting time undoing the suitcase.
6. For meals
If the baby drinks only a tit, great. We carry the food always on top, warm and available at the moment (no water is needed). For the issue of bottles you have to carry some sterilization system (the pills seem to be the most comfortable), in addition to bottles and replacement teats. If you drink purees you will have to see what is in the place of destination or resort to the potitos and, in the case that BLW does, with the food of the parents (watching that it does not carry salt) we can manage quite well. Some spoon or fork and a tupper always come well to eat on the street.
And of course, The basic backpack to always carry on top: diapers, wipes, water and spare change. I also always carry several spare pacifiers (I don't want to imagine the drama that might not be at the local pharmacy the brand and model you like). These are my essentials when traveling with babies, what are yours?
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