Flying with nutramigen. How?

[buttonmoon78]

We're going to Kenya in April with 4dcs, of which ds 2 is CMPI (amongst other things). He's therefore on nutramigen but of course you can't get that in premade cartons so I can't order any airside.

I'll be taking enough powder to last us the flight, but how do I deal with the water issue? He'll be needing 3 bottles but I'd probably double that to be sure but that's a lot of water to take on board given the rules.

Without using something like evian, how else am I going to do it? Will Boots airside sell a suitable water?

Am totally !

Can't you just ask the flight attendants to give you water? or is he young enough to need mineral water or boiled water?

He'll be 9m but I'd still make up using boiled water at that age.

Mineral water has too much sodium iirc.

We've taken bottles of boiled water through customs previously. I think they make exceptions for baby bottles (or certainly used to - worth checking). We had to drink some of the water to prove that it wasn't anything but water.

Airlines will often provide boiled water for bottles. BA certainly do (we flew with our 3 DC recently who all required boiled water for bottles). Contact your airline to confirm that they do.

If all else fails, it's not going to harm your DC having bottled water for 3 bottles but it shouldn't come to that.

We used to take FisherPrice flasks of boiled water through customs when DS was little - we just had to drink a bit to prove it wasn't bomb-making liquid. There are certain mineral waters that are very low in sodium too which are suitable for use in baby formula (I know in Spain some of them even say this). You need to check that the sodium content (Na) is less than 200mg/L and the sulphate content (SO or SO4) is less than 250mg/L. Many airlines will also provide boiled water for babies bottles so worth checking with your airline beforehand.

sorry, I was thinking he was older... do check what the others have said, and I know where we live (France/Luxembourg) everyone uses Evian rather than boiled water anyway as they seem to think it's the best one for babies.

Am sure you'll manage to sort it one way or another - I just got back from NZ and found the whole management of food etc on the flights very daunting but once I got my head round how to do it it was fine.

@buttonmoon78 - have you decided how to tackle your flight next month? I have a 4-month old who is severely allergic to cows milk and we have to travel from uk to new Zealand next month with nutramigen formula. I am totally at a loss as to how I will manage her feeds for the 30 hours we're travelling / in transit! Be grateful to hear your plans. How are you going to get the boiled water and cool it to the recommended 70 degrees, then cool further for your LO?

The good thing about the Fisher Price flask is it comes with container big enough for a bottle so you can put cold water in it then put the bottle of hot water in the container to cool down.