advice please, taking our two year old to spain!

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Hi ladies
Please can you give me any tips or advice, taking our little boy abroad for the first time, what will we need to take as regards toys, clothes. medicine, food etc?????
thanks ladies really appreciate your advice.

Chemists in Spain are generally great for normal children's ills - earache, diarrhoea etc.

Toys - a few, but if you're going to be on the beach then a bucket and spade will keep him amused for ages!

Food - is fine and there are usually dishes on every menu that your child could/would eat - supermarkets again excellent. At this age, I brought raisins and snacks with me.

The spanish love kids so you will be fine, but I recommend you take your own mecicines. I remember being pregnant and finding out that I couldn't even buy Gaviscon out there because they have different prescription rules. Have had similar problems getting stuff for my kids in France (chidrens ibuprufen I think, can't remember now). I always take calpol & piritin & sting relief etc with me for them and I also take out stuff I might need as well, just in case.

Oh, and you will have no problem with food - even the poshest restaurant will rustle up pasta or something for toddlers - much more receptive to kids than restaurants in the UK. And if you are going to a built-up resort you will always find a british/irish restaurant if you really really cannot do without fish fingers or baked beans or similar....