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4yo and 8month old, what do i pack?

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m3g · 12/03/2023 08:42

So me and my partner are frequent flyers, but this will be our first time taking our kids and we know nothing. We're going to greece at the end of august for 10 days.

My daughter is 4 and has coeliac disease, shes toilet trained but sometimes cant help an accident.

My questions are;

How many clothes/shoes/coats/bibs should I pack for them?
Is there something you took with your kids that you couldn't live without?
How should I take my sons formula? (could i take 40 bottles of premade milk on board? I'm terrified of luggage being lost and him having no milk as we're going to quite a remote resort the shops are a 2 hour walk)
How do I take his food?
How many pieces of swimwear should they both have?
Plane entertainment for my 4yo?
We're going to be buying a travel pram that folds down into a carry on, should i take a baby carrier too?
Should I take any cleaning products for clothes/cutlery?

Anything and everything welcome!😊

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reluctantbrit · 12/03/2023 16:13

Important bits are:
Travel insurance, credit card and travel medication kit. Especially if you are a bit remote you should take Calpol, thermometer, plaster, antibacterial cream and stuff for insect bites.
Sun cream - you will need a lot, Greece is hot in August, we run out and found it difficult to get high factor suncream which didn't bankrupt us.

For swimming - get the UV suits, they will reduce the battle of applying suncream.
Hats, proper sunglasses
Beach towels for the pool, even if your hotel offers them, we always had our own, for DD we had hooded ponchos.

For the plane - if you have a tablet download whatever is currently their favourites and take headphones. Sticker books are good, read to them, pad and pens, a magazine. Lots of snacks.

DD had chronic constipation at that age and frequent leaks. She was still in swim nappies until she was 5. I had double the amount of knickers for her than we were away in days and travel laundry in a tube to clean accidents, washing out shorts and trousers.

Check the state of the beach, you may want to get water shoes if it's pebble. Sliders/flip flops for the pool area. Sandals for all day. We only had trainers on the flight out and back and when we did longer excursions.

I can't help with formula/baby food, we didn't do hotels at that age.

Baby carrier - it depends. What are your plans? If you want to do excursions I would say yes, it may be easier than having the pram with you.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 13/03/2023 07:17

I’d recommend the Tommee Tippee portable blackout blind, white noise machine, a night light and this baby swim ring.
No need to take a baby carrier if you’re not going out of the resort much. In August it will probably be too hot to wear one anyway and a buggy is so much more useful as you can attach a sunshade and use it for naps whilst at restaurants etc…
For a 4yo on a plane journey, I’ve had success with Melissa and Doug reusable sticker pads, Leapstart (compatible with most headphones), lacing cards, a drawing tablet, easy jigsaws and the Lego Disney storybook play sets.

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