Taking baby food abroad

[Lucylou321]

Going abroad with DD who will be 8 months soon and just trying to work out what I'm going to to about food as she's on 3 meals a day but a mixture of finger foods and purees. I normally make it myself and freeze it but obviously won't be able to do that when we go away.

Are the pouches likely to explode in the suitcase? Or would jars work better? Obviously I would have to pack them well I'm just worried about things bursting due to pressure changes.

I've also thought about maybe getting click and collect from boots at the airport and taking it on as hand luggage to try and minimise it getting thrown about in the hold.

Any suggestions of what works best please?

We went away with our 6 month old and took pouches. They were absolutely fine in the hold but I did pack them in a Tupperware box just in case! Are you staying in a hotel or self catering? There will likely be thing she can have off your plate if in a hotel - I guess you just have to watch the salt content.

We took pouches and they were fine.

Thank you we are self catering so will be shopping for ourselves while we are there so will be able to buy her things to eat I just want to have stuff with me incase I can't get purees out there.

My LO will be 10 months when we go away but she is purely on finger foods so will just be eating out of the restaurant but I will be taking her prune puree otherwise and gets constipated. I'm also going to buy her milk from the airport

I’ve read that you can do a Boots order and get it delivered to the airport. Make sure you collect from ‘airside’ and you can carry this onto the plane. I think you have to place the order a few days before you fly and you’re allowed one carry on carrier bag.

I've taken a lot of jars during one holiday - in the suitcase between clothes and towels. Was no problem at all.

I'd just feed her what you have whole you're away. At that age they don't need purees.

Just buy food there? We've been to 4 different countries since my DS was born and there were purees available in the supermarkets. And weirdly in Germany people in restaurants kept trying to give him jars of food which he outright rejected.

Where is "out there"? Can you not just mush local fruit and veg, or buy baby food there?

Pouches are perfectly fine in the hold, we've done this several times. Also, for when travelling we found screw on spoons for about a pound that made it much easier to keep everything less messy during travelling etc.

Which country? Why can't you get it there?

I would take a few favourite snacks and foods for the plane and first few days, but otherwise feed her normal food and buy some there.

I took my then 8 month old to Spain. I brought snacks for the plane and day 1, but otherwise he just ate what I ate plus bf. We were in Barcelona so though we did BLW, he would eat a fruit or yogurt pouch as a snack (they were fine on the plane btw), so I bought some at a local supermarket. Otherwise he grazed on fresh seafood and pinxtos and whatever I could find in the market. I took some pots with me so I could prep food to take with us for the day (cucumber sticks, crackers, berries, etc).

Until I get there I have no idea what is going to be available to buy and DD also has allergies so I need to know what she's eating without having to study ingredients in a foreign language. I appreciate some people are anti purée but DD never took to BLW despite my best efforts so purees are still very much part of her diet for the PP who said they don't need purees.

Thanks for those with helpful advice

For those saying buy it there- when we were in Portugal a few years ago pouches were extortionate- ie about £3 each! I have done a mixture of mashing my own food and using pouches I have taken when I've gone away before, sometimes there is just nothing suitable or I have been worried about salt content, DD also has a dairy intolerance which made it harder. The BLW patrol will always tell you just to give them some of yours but if that's not what your baby is used to it's not that helpful!

Where are you going? Maybe a mnetter can assist with relevant language.

I took a load of pouches when I went abroad a year ago with DS who was then about the same age. I could have bought baby food there but when I tried (we didn't take quite enough for the two weeks) it turned out to be quite difficult to find and I also felt nervous not knowing what was in the food, salt/sugar content etc (where we went had a different alphabet, not just a different language). I packed the pouches loose in our suitcase and they were absolutely fine in the hold of the plane, but Tupperware sounds like a good idea too, just to be safe! I was really glad we took them. Meant we didn't have to worry about finding food DS could eat, but of course he also tucked into whatever we were eating if it was suitable for him too, plus ate plenty of bananas etc from local supermarkets! Have a good holiday.