Tips reqd on going for a vacation with LO

P - It all depends on what your DD eats usually, where she sleeps etc. For us travel wasnt a big problem because DS was eating regular food at that ge (except for toning down the spiciness) and we co-slept. So I used to give him whatever was available - at the very least idli/bread will be there for breakfast and curd rice for lunch. These plus fruits, biscuits, juice, milk would see us through. I only carried water and his sipper for milk; nothing else. We didnt do bottle-feeding at all; so one less thing to worry about. I also carried diapers and small toys/books everywhere for him. Wet wipes and a small multi-purpose blanket will be useful too.

V.

 

it all depents on your child, as vanathi said, dont forget take her basic medicines for cold, cough like

 

No-cook foods - bananas are my top fav - high energy and always hygenic. If you can wash them then apples/oranges/grapes are all good. You can also try flavoured milk/yogurt/fruit juice - all readily available and safe. Dont worry about feeding schedules or quantities while travelliing - it will only make you tense. Just let her eat when she wants to. A few days of eating less wont do any lasting harm.

V.

 

We recently got back from a long roadtrip. For the little one, did the following

• Apples
• Bottled Water
• Aussie bites (google for the recipe)--this is a high energy baked good
• Trail mix (kind of a softer chikki with dry fruits, oats, puffed rice...)

We would stop to get her 1 bottle of milk per day.

Also had a small bag of her toys and couple of books to keep her entertained.

 

P, does she like breakfast cereal? If she does, then that plus some milk is nutritious food. Since you can get milk pretty much everywhere this is a no-cook food. When I first came to India with my son I used to carry that and milk in tetra paks everywhere. Bananas are another great food plus do not need to worry about hygiene. I was still bottle feeding at that time so we carried microwave sterilizer bags everywhere and made sure we had access to a microwave.

Not sure if these are available, but if they are instant oatmeal that can be microwaved would also be helpful.

 

does the guesthouse have a basic kitchen? The ones we stayed in had a small kitchenette with m/w and a single burner stove. So we took a tawa and a spatula and made a lot of dosas. I would recommend granola and muesli bars, fruit loop/cereals. I also took a lot of fruit juice tetrapacks (DS was never on milk) but Aavin has these 200 ml flavoured milk tetras which keep well in travel.

 

P - we took our DD on her first vacation within tamilnadu when she was 1.5years old. till now (she is now 3.5 yrs old), her paed is totally against feeding her milk outside. she says we wouldn't miss anything by not giving DD milk for a few days. and i have been following the same till date. i carry a small electric kettle to boil water, though it isn't great it definitely comes handy sometimes. about solids, she was comfortable with idlis/bread/rotis.. at that age, it was only one of these outside. have fun !