Trips abroad with 5 to 6 month old baby

angelil

I'd agree with a sling in Paris.

As for Asia, though: why can't your wife's parents come to see you to meet the baby (even if you end up bearing part of the cost)? It seems a little selfish of them to expect you to travel with all of the hassle that this could bring with a young baby...

RaiderHammer

angelil wrote: »

I'd agree with a sling in Paris.

As for Asia, though: why can't your wife's parents come to see you to meet the baby (even if you end up bearing part of the cost)? It seems a little selfish of them to expect you to travel with all of the hassle that this could bring with a young baby...

Thanks. One of the parents is not really well and fit enough to travel, so have no choice really.

RaiderHammer

bylromarha wrote: »

Don't listen to all the killjoys! Travelling with a baby just needs a little extra prep. People do it all the time for all sorts of reasons.

Not sure how good a prep run in a European City will be for a tour to Asia tbh. V different places.

For the European trip I suggest you get a good sling to take. A 5 month old will be far easier to transport around the cobbled city streets of Rome or the metro in Paris if you sling them than pushchair. Do take a pushchair tho. Invaluable in the airport and for lazy evenings strolling around where baby can drop off. You can take minimum nappies/weaning stuff as they'll be options over there for easy purchase.

Asia is a different kettle of fish. I presume your wife knows the area well-grew up there? She'll know what resources you'll easily find out there. Consider milk too...don't know if you're breast feeding, but you will have to take enough supplies of powdered milk with you if not and watch the contamination of water when making bottles.

Yes baby will need vaccines. Your gp can advise on this.

And be very prepared for the plane. There are many threads on here on how to keep babies amused during long flights. They may be a dream on the plane, may be a nightmare, you'll never know til you do it. FWIW we took our then 15 month old to New Zealand. We prepped for the worst on the plane and he was a dream. Cried a few times, but was his normal happy chirpy self for majority of the flight. Slept well, ate the airlines food-worse bit is trying to change nappies in the teeny toilet with the even smaller fold down table!!!!!

Which part of Asia you off to?

Thanks that's a great help.

Philippines, yes my wife knows the area. We know it will be a struggle but it's something we really must do. It's nice to know that others have made similar trips with good results.

sandsy

Good grief, reading some of these posts you'd think people in Paris, Rome and Asia never had children!

My kids were born overseas, in South Afirca, and we travelled back to the UK on a reasonably regular basis to visit family. Long haul? Most definitely! And more than that, we often used to upgrade to business class using frequent flyer points. You should have seen the looks of disgust we got from the other passengers around us! it was amazing how many came up to us 11 hrs later though and say how pleasantly surprised they'd been, not to be disturbed.

Honestly, the younger my babies were, the easier it was to travel. The older and more active they became, the harder the trips became as they slept less during the flights and needed more entertaining. Just make sure they have something to suck on descent to help with ear pressure.

Everything else is do-able. Supermarkets and pharmacies everywhere sell all the baby goods you're likely to need.

Having a baby doesn't mean you have to stay confined to home. Travel, have fun and broaden your child's horizons over the years to come!

sandsy

Good grief, reading some of these posts you'd think people in Paris, Rome and Asia never had children!

My kids were born overseas, in South Africa, and we travelled back to the UK on a reasonably regular basis to visit family. Long haul? Most definitely! And more than that, we often used to upgrade to business class using frequent flyer points. You should have seen the looks of disgust we got from the other passengers around us! it was amazing how many came up to us 11 hrs later though and say how pleasantly surprised they'd been, not to be disturbed.

Honestly, the younger my babies were, the easier it was to travel. The older and more active they became, the harder the trips became as they slept less during the flights and needed more entertaining. Just make sure they have something to suck on descent to help with ear pressure.

Everything else is do-able. Supermarkets and pharmacies everywhere sell all the baby goods you're likely to need.

Having a baby doesn't mean you have to stay confined to home. Travel, have fun and broaden your child's horizons over the years to come!

RaiderHammer

Mr_Wang wrote: »

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Thanks that is a great help.

ZsaZsa

Hi, just to add my bit (I've only skimmed the other posts), we've only travelled in Europe with our little ones from 4-12 mths ish and generally we were welcomed everywhere (even when they were stroppy!). However, if you can fit a travel booster seat/high chair etc it might make your life easier. We found that European highchairs didn't contain our wrigglers and we couldn't always relax to enjoy our meals.

Enjoy your travels :-)

GlennTheBaker

When our son was 6 months old, we took the Eurostar to Brussels and connected with the ICE to Berlin. Stayed in Berlin for a night and then onto Prague via Deutsche Bahn where we stayed for 5 nights. We then did the same trip in reverse and finished by spending 3 nights in London. Yes, it took some planning but it was great fun and we and our son loved it.

Doshwaster

GlennTheBaker wrote: »

When our son was 6 months old, we took the Eurostar to Brussels and connected with the ICE to Berlin. Stayed in Berlin for a night and then onto Prague via Deutsche Bahn where we stayed for 5 nights. We then did the same trip in reverse and finished by spending 3 nights in London. Yes, it took some planning but it was great fun and we and our son loved it.

Having never travelled with a young child, I often wonder what people do in the evenings. Do you just sit in the hotel room? Doesn't sound like much of a holiday.

Dunroamin

sandsy wrote: »

Good grief, reading some of these posts you'd think people in Paris, Rome and Asia never had children!



Having a baby doesn't mean you have to stay confined to home. Travel, have fun and broaden your child's horizons over the years to come!

Personally, I think that the things that one would do in Paris and Rome aren't particularly the sort of things you'd want to do with a small baby - quite different from actually living in one of those cities with children!

I feel that cities like Barcelona, Amsterdam and Venice would be more enjoyable for everybody and just as broadening to the child's experience - leave Paris and Rome until the child's of school age.