Holiday must haves?

[daisydoo05]

I am going on holiday with my baby who will be 16 weeks and my nephew who will be 6 months.

Any must haves that will make the journey and holiday easier? We are travelling by car and ferry to holland

Thanks

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Would guess they will both sleep a fair bit in the car. Make sure you have decent stops scheduled in so that they get a couple of hours awake and in the fresh air before having to get back in car seats. It is quite hard to keep little ones this age amused when you are driving- will someone else be able to sit in the back with them do that if it all kicks off when you are on the motorway, you're not going to get anxious?

Enjoy the holiday!

is it just you &2 babies?

I'd stay at home!

Oh no there 2 babies and 6 adults across two cars :) we've booked a hotel half way home there and back. We've also kept in mind the not staying in car seats more then two hours also every feed and nappy change time. More wondering about thing actually on holiday that people would recommend, I'm bound to forget something that will make my life easier :')

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I took one of the full stroller sunshade you can get. Worked like a charm - the darkness zonked 8 month old DS out on his pram in minutes. It was this one

Mosquito net for travel cot?
A couple of those bags that can sterilise a bottle at a time in a microwave- excellent for travelling.
Plenty of formula if that's what you use- I spent an anxious afternoon in France trying to find the kind I used- had to get it in a pharmacy!

DS was eight months old when we went on summer last year. I took:

• Canned air (get it from Boots/supermarkets). It's like a blast of icy air con.
• Cartons of formula that I could just rip open and pour into sterilised bottles.
• A sheet/cloth big enough to cover the buggy for shady naps. He rather liked it even when awake as it able him some peace and time out.
• I reduced the number of toys he played with then took them with us for the comfort of familiarity.
• Calpol and Calprofen sachets. No matter what age they are, babies always seem to be teething on holidays. Much easier than messing about with bottles.

Have a fab time.