Europe beach holiday with 10 month old in September

[poppymatilda]

Just the above really. We're planning our first family holiday to the sunshine and just wondered if anyone had any hotel/apartment recommendations.
DD is bottle fed and doing quite well with weaning so I assume she'll be on 3 meals a day by the time we go (do people just shove a load of food pouches in the suitcase?).

Also any tips gratefully received. Feeling slightly daunted! X

We went to Tenerife when our dc was 9 months, took quite a few pouches but found she ate most things we did by then. We went half board so there was always a pasta dish at the evening buffet and porridge/fruit in the morning which she would eat.

Insotel Punta Prima, Menorca.

We went one September with 2 year old DS1 and 11 month old DS2.

Went All Inclusive but there was a kitchenette in the apartment so best of both worlds. As with most hotels they had a small buffet for children but they could also pick from the adults part. The selection of fresh fruit each mealtime was immense!

Perfect small resort, lovely little beach, plenty of places to roam for walks while pushing a pram so DS2 would sleep, playgrounds at the hotel and in the resort near the beach. Lovely hotel and reasonable transfer time of 20 minutes.

It was a lovely holiday, just perfect for preschoolers and babies.

We stayed here in Maderia in apartment when ours was that age and it was lovely - they do lots of good food onsite. Porto Mare Apartments.

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My dc never ate puréed food, just what we had or lots of vegetables. We travelled with babies and toddlers a fair bit. I'd take something for the first day and then just find a supermarket.

If you want to take food pouches with you and don't want them in the case you can order them to pick up from Boots airside so they don't take up your luggage allowance. Also useful to do this for your formula. Last year I bought fruit pouches & yoghurts from the supermarket when we were there. Also bought nappies there, just took enough for the first 24 hours.

I would get an apartment or at least a family room with a kitchenette to make life easier with bottle feeding.

For food, most buffets are easy for babies or toddlers. Lots of fresh fruit, bread, yoghurt for breakfast. You wil always find plain pasta, grilled fish and chicken l rice, potatoes and vegetables.

If you go to Majorca, there is a chain called Müller, your typical drugstore with lots of baby bits. Pampers are sold in Spain under a different name and we also found Huggies years ago. I bought them on holiday as with DD on a fruit and water diet I needed a lot more than at home.

But take swim nappies with you, these are quite expensive in the resort towns,