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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
silvie25mar
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Traveling abroad
silvie25mar
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So we are planning to go down south in oct. prob Dominican and the thought just occurred to me about how we are going to get milk for dd. she will be 19 months by then, but I doubt they will have homo milk. They prob just have 1 or 2 percent. What do I do? Just give her 2 percent
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Re: Traveling abroad
Seriously?!
OP, your child will be fine on 2% for a few days. Heck, many doctors recommend doing 2% rather than whole. "Whole" is only 4% anyway. Besides, I'd be more concerned that the milk is pasteurized properly than that it's a different percentage of milk fat.
We will be gone for a week, I don't know much about milk and stuff but I think you're right when you said she would be fine on 2 percent for the week. I guess I'll ask my doctor. But you also have a point about the quality of milk there vs here. People travel with infants so there is definitely a way.
I don't know if I feel comfortable freezing milk, let alone a weeks worth and bring it on a plane. Just seems weird. But TMO
As a backup, you could bring a couple packs of those Enfagrow older toddler drink boxes that have the older kid formula. There's usually coupons available to make them pretty cheap and if you can score some Enfagrow checks, you can get them almost free. They don't have to be refrigerated and will be fine in place of milk for a few days. When we go out for the day, I always bring one of those along so I don't have to worry about keeping milk cold or if there's milk available where we're at.
If you really want milk, and are more comfortable bringing your own, Horizon organic also sells the single drink boxes that don't have to be refrigerated. They're usually around $1 each and I think they're 8 or 10 ounces.
This. We bought something similar when we took the kids to Asia earlier this year. We were staying with family so we just had it shipped there ahead of time. I just threw a few boxes in the fridge every couple days and DD had cold milk whenever she wanted it.
I didn't realize you'd be gone for a week. In that case, the freezing thing would just be too much. I think she's fine on 2%, but I also still think there's going to be whole milk somewhere.
What's with the attitude? Yes, seriously. People freeze and transport milk all the time, believe it or not. Especially EPers. It was just a suggestion. If it were me, I wouldn't bother, but someone else might want to do it, you never know.
I EPed. I also transported frozen BM, but knew that it won't last long frozen in a cooler that's the size you can reasonably carry on a plane, so I didn't bring much. I used what I brought while on the plane. Granted, my flight was 10 hours.
It just seems silly to me to carry frozen cow's milk when it's something that's readily available in most countries and is something that you can easily buy in a shelf-stable version at home. If she's staying in a resort in the Dominican, which she most likely is, they'll have properly pasteurized milk. They only cater to foreigners and want to make sure everything's potable.
OP, if you can't find shelf-stable Horizon where you live, try Parmalat. There's probably also a Canadian brand that does shelf-stable milk. Shelf-stable milk isn't as popular in the US, but it's really, really common in a lot of countries.
I'm guessing you will be staying at a resort?
If so, they will have milk. (People will want it for breakfast, coffee, etc and the kitchen will be using it as an ingredient for baked goods and such). I would not bother with the hassle of transporting a week's worth of milk. That sounds like a huge PITA.
2% Should be fine. That's what they give the kids at daycare, and we've switched to it for LO at home as well...someday he'll be on skim like us.
I've traveled everywhere but never needed or looked for milk options abroad
That'd probably work, too. Just make sure you're using bottled water when you make it. Sometimes the way a resort purifies water can irritate your stomach. Also, in some countries (Mexico is one), they reuse glass, and sometimes even plastic, bottles. They're not always cleaned well, so check your bottle to make sure it's fully sealed and not a reused one. I've rarely found a reused plastic one since the plastic is so flimsy now that it's hard to reuse commercially.
It'd probably help to try her on it before you go just to make sure she likes it. DS doesn't seem to care if it's milk drink (Enfamil's shelf-stable premixed version) or milk, so we've traveled with that. Though, with a plane flight and having to cart all sorts of stuff, I'd travel with a powdered mix rather than a premixed one. It'll cut down on weight and bulk.
You can also e-mail where you're staying and ask what they have available. If you're at a resort, I bet they have full fat milk there for you. Most are really accommodating.