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Traveling for 2 months with baby

molliemcguiremolliemcguire member
edited March 2016 in February 2016 Moms
My husband and I are leaving for Uganda this may when our baby will be 3 months old and staying for 2 months doing mission work. What are the essentials we need for traveling? We will be on two 9 hour plane rides and more than likely will be formula feeding due to his food allergies. I'm trying to come up with a packing list but I don't want to miss anything. 

Also, any advice for flying with an infant? 
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Re: Traveling for 2 months with baby

  • AchaeAchae member
    Do you have to pack two months worth of formula and bottled water? Does LO need any additional vaccines for traveling there? Do you have a carrier to stay hands free? I'm not sure what supplies or cleanikess Uganda has if you'll be there for mission work. 
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  • mrscammackmrscammack member
    My biggest concern would be ensuring I had enough clean water if you'll be formula feeding, or buy ready to use formula so you don't have to mix. I'd also be sure to bring some type of sterilizer for the bottles and make sure you've got bottled water to run that as well. Those would be my main areas of concern since you could realistically make do with everything else. 
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  • molliemcguiremolliemcguire member
    Achae said:
    Do you have to pack two months worth of formula and bottled water? Does LO need any additional vaccines for traveling there? Do you have a carrier to stay hands free? I'm not sure what supplies or cleanikess Uganda has if you'll be there for mission work. 
    We will be bringing 2 months worth of formula. Thankfully there is easy access to bottled water pretty much everywhere! 

    Also that is good advice about the sterilizer. That would make it easier to clean them 
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  • VitaLunaVitaLuna member
    Bring plenty of extra formula, just in case, since you likely won't be able to find the specialty stuff. 

    Other things: meds for baby (Tylenol, gripe water, gas drops, saline drops, electrolyte powder, etc), a carrier that would work well for the temperature, and lots of antibacterial type wipes, like wet ones, particularly for the plane. 

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  • MississippiCatfishMississippiCatfish member
    I don't have great advice, because we stayed in an extended stay in LA...which is very different from Uganda...but we traveled for about 6 weeks when DS1 was that age, and it was one of the best experiences we've ever had! It is a great age to be away from home with LO. It was awesome, and we did it again 3 more times during his first 18 months of life! :)
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  • CowboycorgiCowboycorgi member
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    Im sorry I have no suggestions. What is the diaper situation going to be? Cloth or disposable? If cloth, do you have to worry about detergent? If disposable, what sort of brands are available to you? Do you have to bring your own? Special sanitation precautions? (I know some countries don't allow you to throw away baby fecal waste in landfills due to water supply issues so you have to pre-clean diapers in a grey water system before disposal) 

    btw, thank you for making me feel much more normal. My in laws are going crazy over the fact that we have a 1 week trip planned for Florida to let my birth mom meet baby when she is 3 months. I thought it would be the only reasonable time to travel until baby is much older... Like 18yrs older. ;) 
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