Traveling with children: 8 problems and their solutions

I - freelance journalist and single mother, am blog. After a couple of weeks, our family returned to Russia after the 6-month wintering in Asia. And I have a lot of what I want to share with their parents for the first time are going to travel with the child.

At first glance, the birth of a child puts an end to all that was in your life interesting in the first place - to travel. But after a few months (or even years), parents are recovering from the shock, get used to the constant lack of sleep and lack of personal time and start timidly dreaming even about a trip to preskuchnoy sea.

The main thing is what you need to accept new parents-travelers - stay with a small child bears little resemblance to a real human recreation. It is much more difficult logistically and emotional impact. You will have a lot of real and imaginary problems associated with travel and the preparations for it. What kind of and how to cope with them? I'll tell you about it.

Problem # 1 Acclimatization

Most young children acclimatization goes unnoticed. Nevertheless, it is necessary to know and put into practice:

• Beware no acclimatization and re-acclimatization to return from a holiday. Not every child's body like a sharp change in the sunny beach in the harsh winter. So, in the first week after returning from vacation, it is better to reduce the walks to a minimum, to fear crowded places, and hypothermia. Under no circumstances should not be vaccinated 2 weeks prior to travel, and 2 weeks thereafter.
• To go from summer to summer rather than from -30 to +30.
• In the early days not to give the long-awaited sun completely, the child does not need a heat stroke. The hottest time of the day (between 12 and 16 hours) was carried out in the room, but do not get carried away with air conditioning.
• Do not forget the sunscreen baby cream, and a hat.
• It is necessary to drink more clean water to avoid dehydration.
• Sometimes it happens in children food acclimatization, which translates into a short-term indigestion. It can be the result of addiction to water or the local cuisine and do not require treatment.

Problem # 2 jet lag

The difference of 2 hours is not critical. For her, it is hardly necessary to transfer the child's internal clock. More abrupt change of time zones may require an adjustment mode.

The older the child, the easier and faster it will get used to get up and go to sleep at the new time. Children up to a year to better prepare for regime change in advance and a couple of weeks prior to travel and move while falling asleep standing up towards necessary.

Problem # 3 The child ill

A sick child can travel on the eve rip everything to which you have sought for several months. Therefore, a week before departure is best to avoid crowded places, walking in the cold, dress for the weather, do not drink cold drinks.

If illness finds a child on vacation:

• With him you will have a first aid kit (list below), but in general it is necessary for the peace of mind of parents and first aid. On a serious case, you must have:
• Medical insurance.
• Specify in advance a list of clinics that work with your insurance company. Try to get into a great multi-hospital and achieve reception at the children's doctor. General practitioners who are receiving at the clinic at 2 cabinets rarely have a good pediatric care to the child.
• Keep on hand online. Self-diagnosis on the internet - a dubious habit, but it will help you not to raise panic ahead of time and find out yourself that nothing serious had happened to the child. In addition, the Internet can help you make sure that medications which have been prescribed a foreign doctor, really fit the child by age and indications.
• Take the phone number of your local pediatrician and agree that you can call him for any questions you.

Problem # 4 What to feed baby

• Conveniently, if the child is fully breastfed. Then all that is necessary is always with you.
• For children will have to take a mixture with a bottle-fed. Number of packs is not limited to customs no fault with the suitcase with white powder.
• Problems with the transport of soluble cereals and baby puree also does not arise. You can take a few jars for the first time, and then try to buy something on the spot. But beforehand googled range of baby food in the resort's supermarkets. Prepare to be that baby food can cost 2-3 times more expensive than in Russia.
• You can rent apartments with kitchens, or take a multivarku and blender. (. If you want to spend your vacation time to cook, of course) In this case, do not forget about the cereals: buckwheat, Pshenko, semolina and barley grits outside of Russia is hard to find.
• Do not rely on the phrase "the hotel has a children's table." As a general rule, this implies fries, nuggets, pizza and chips.

Problem # 5 vagaries in aircraft and other flight difficulties

The transport is ideally behave just dead sleeping children. With this you just need to accept. Remember: 6:00 shame - and you are at the resort.

In the world to crying infants treated with understanding. But if you are faced with negative comments in his address, offer disgruntled passenger seats. Remember that his resentment - not your problem. Before becoming a mother, I am also very raged at the sight of screaming children. Now I'm just glad that screaming is not my child.

The task of parents is to be able to organize Fixed-wing time of their offspring, to entertain him, not give him too tired flight. Children are different, someone will only tablet, someone eating, another drawing, the fourth new toy. And it is better to have all the neutralizing weapons at hand and apply on line.

Some aircraft life hacking:

• Food - this is great fun. Passengers with children is not a ban on the carriage of liquids in the cabin of the aircraft. You can take a mixture of water, mashed potatoes, biscuits, juice, dried fruits, fruits in unlimited quantities.
• Sometimes the plane is incomplete loading passengers. During registration, you can check it and ask you to leave an empty seat beside him.
• Laying the ears of the child care to all parents. Generally, children under one year do not experience any such problems during takeoff and landing. Older children can be given a drink or lollipop. Use drops is not recommended for the ears or vasoconstrictor drugs.
• Prepare for baby little surprises in the plane, but did not reach for it all at once. It may be a new book, not very noisy toy, a set of drawing stickers.
• If you are flying alone, do not hesitate to ask for help from passengers. Women aged, are usually willing to help out in difficult situations.
• Remember that the flight may be delayed or transferred. In that case, you must have children's food or an opportunity to get it. In addition, usually at airports equipped children's room with a bed, where you can comfortably put the child to sleep.

Problem # 6 Huge luggage

It used to be you could travel from one medium suitcase for two. Now you take a baby stroller, a bag of baby food in a hand-bag carries more packages of diapers in the other - toys.

Sometimes you can rent a stroller and buy diapers and on-site catering. This significantly reduces the volume of luggage, but the quest is fraught with tedious search.

Problem # 7 Rest is tedious

You have to understand that a child will not be able to sleep off the week for all workers, not be able to relax with a glass of wine in a restaurant, shopping without borders and kayaking have to be canceled, too. It's not even a problem, but just given parents a reality that will have to accept.

• Do not plan to visit all at once, everywhere and all the time to look. With or without a child, you can not grasp the immensity. In advance make a list of must-si attractions and scatter them throughout the rest, do not leave everything to the last days.
• Parents can go on guided tours in turns. Or sleep in the morning until late at a time. And until one of you child entertained definitely eat at the restaurant at a time.
• Take advantage of the babysitting service.
• Take a journey grandmother. It's like as if you left her to her child, and have gone to rest, but did not hurt anyone.
• Parents need to adapt to the child's sleep and wakefulness, and not vice versa.

Problem # 8 Rest will cost more

Traveling with a child under 2 years of age has a significant advantage - the Infanta do not need to buy a separate ticket for a flight and pay for hotel accommodation, and this greatly reduces travel costs.

On the other hand, you are waiting for the comfort of the overpayment. You would not want to fly with 4 transfers, to save a few hundred dollars. And sleep with your baby, you probably prefer more or less pleasant hotel but not at the airport.

These are the most common problems faced by parents traveling with children. In my opinion, none of them is not hopeless. To journey took place, only need three conditions: the desire, financial capacity and time. A child is not exactly what the obstacle.

What to take to the sea child

medicine chest

Means for treatment of minor wounds:

• Miramistin or Chlorhexidine
• brilliant green
• Bepanten
• ointment Rescuer
• Consumables: cotton wool, bandages, plasters, cotton swabs

Funds from stomach problems:

• Smecta
• Activated carbon
• Espumizan

The remedy for allergies:

• suprastin
• Fenistil gel (itching from insect bites)

Antipyretic and analgesic:

• Nurofen syrup

Remedy for motion sickness:

• Dramina

Into the nose:

• akvamaris
• Nazivin

Teething:

• Viburkol
• Kalgel

Other:

• Digital Thermometer
• Aspirator
• soothing herbs

Children cosmetics and hygiene products:

• Shampoo
• Baby soap
• Wet wipes
• dry wipes
• Moisturizing baby cream
• Cream under the diaper
• Diapers
• Nail scissors
• Sunscreen
• Tooth paste and brush

Accessories for nourishment:

• Bibs, bibs
• A set of children's dishes
• bottles
• Brush for washing bottles
• Means for the washing of children's dishes
• A container for storing a mixture of dry cereal
• Thermos
• feeding cup
• nibbler

Other important things:

• Sling, ergo backpack or Heaps
• Towel
• Circle for swimming
• Thermometer for water
• Favorite toys
• napkins
• security means space: plugs into the wall outlet, soft lining on the corners blockers for closets and cabinets
• baby monitors
• Folding pot + packages for him

clothing

If you have no desire to do laundry on vacation, you take as much clothing as possible.

• Underwear
• T-shirts
• Shorts
• Pajamas
• Socks
• Sweatshirt or jacket
• Pants or jeans
• Beach shoes
• Street shoes
• Headdress
• Swimming clothes (swimwear)
• Light clothing with long sleeves for the beach

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Children's first aid kit on the sea

The sea with the child