Crowded places
Going on a trip with your baby involves a lot of responsibility. The younger your baby, the more challenging your travel. If your baby is only a few months old and you decide that you need to travel for pleasure, select quiet and peaceful destinations with warm, mild weather. Avoid drastic climate changes and overcrowded attractions. Babies are weaker and more prone to infections than toddlers and older kids. Their immunity system has not yet been developed. They also get tired more easily and need a lot of rest in a quiet peaceful environment. Crowded places are louder, more polluted, and more prone to accidents. When you are traveling with a baby to a crowded destination, you are exposing your baby to all sorts of potential dangers: Someone can accidentally kick or push your baby, you can fall, people may be coughing and sneezing around you... all this will put your baby at additional risk. Traveling with a baby to crowded tourist destinations is dangerous and should be avoided.
Sun screen
If you are traveling with a baby for pleasure, consider
going to a family resort somewhere by the sea. Iodine-rich salty sea waters and
lots of natural sunshine in safe timing (before 11 a.m. and after 4 p.m.) will
be very beneficial for your baby's health. It is important to avoid sun
burns at all costs, but we won't recommend using sun screen, as they often
contain dangerous and harmful chemicals. The rule of thumb is "if you can't
take it in, don't put it on either", and that's especially important for infants
and babies, whose immunity system hasn't been fully formed yet. Instead of using
chemically-loaded sun screens, simply avoid roasting in the sun, but walking,
swimming, wave jumping and playing in the sand are all safe activities that
do not require sun screens if you are doing them in proper timing and in
moderation. If you are seriously concerned about the sun, take breaks every 15
minutes and keep your baby in the shade, cover yourself and your baby in cotton
clothes, put a wide-brimmed hat on your baby's head and you will be
perfectly safe without any sun screen.
If your baby's skin is highly sensitive, get some fine
cotton or silk clothes and cover your baby well. Ever wondered why you feel
tired and unclean after wearing your polyester shirt even for a couple of
hours? Unlike nylon and polyester, cotton and silk are natural materials that
allow your skin to breathe freely, leaving you with a wonderful feeling of rest
and comfort. Try sleeping on 100% cotton sheets for a few days and then switch
to polyester sheets you'll immediately know the difference! So when traveling
with babies, bring clothes made out of natural fabrics, like cotton, silk and
wool.
When traveling with babies, keep in mind that a change in the environment and food can lead to digestive discomfort and colic. There are many things you can do to help prevent baby colic. Some of these things include giving small, frequent feedings and soothing your baby with skin-to-skin contact during feedings. Feeding your baby in a calm, safe place can help digestion flow more easily.
If you are breastfeeding, you should avoid gas-producing foods like
broccoli, kale, and cabbage as well as onions and garlic, even strawberries! It is also
recommended to go easy on the beans, spicy foods and soft drinks. Other foods
like chocolate, peanuts, sugar, and white flour can slow intestinal activity
and lead to colic, so try cutting these out while traveling with your baby.
Water
One of the most important things to look after when traveling with babies and young children is water. Whether you are traveling with your baby nationally or internationally, use only purified bottled water; try to buy purified water that is also chlorine free. If you drink chlorinated water while nursing, you will pass chlorine to your baby through milk. Chlorine is a poison, it was used as a weapon in the form of a gas during World War I, but because it's cheap, it came to be used for cleaning purposes to kill bacteria. But even small amounts are very harmful for babies, so read the labels and buy bottled water that does not contain chlorine. Chlorine-free water will also taste a lot better!
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