Child Travel Checklist: Part 1

Here’s a handy checklist to take the guesswork out of safe travel with your little one and have a great vacay! 🗺⛱

[ ] Check your country's travel advisory website for destination specific advisories. For Canada, visit travel.gc.ca, for the US visit travel.state.gov and for the UK visit www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice. These travel sites also contain lots of useful information about safe travel and other guidelines.

[ ] Register your child and other family members online on your country's travel website or in person at your country's consulate in the destination country. This registration allows you to get help and updates in the event of emergency evacuations due to natural disasters or civil unrest.

[ ] Consider buying travel insurance or at the very least book your flight with a credit card that offers travel protection. Check with your credit card provider if you are unsure of all the perks. There are probably more perks associted with your credit card than you know.

[ ] Get your child fully immunized. Especially if you are travelling to distant and exotic places, be sure your child has all the necessary immunizations and that you discuss travel plans with your child's physician.

[ ] Research the closest hospitals and clinics in the area you will be vacationing and have numbers on hand just in case.

[ ] Pack your child’s medictation such as puffers, epi pens and baby Tylenol in a mini first aid kit or health and safety pouch; also include your child's immunization card.

[ ] Inform Emergency contacts of your travel plans and at the very least make sure all the emergency contact information is correct and updated when making your ticket reservations.

For ideas on what to pack for your child check out Child Travel Checklist: Part 2 and be sure to leave your child travel tips in the comments below!

Safety First Comfort Pacifier

A little device I'd recommend for pacifier loving babies (or even just those who will take a pacifier) is the @safety_1st comfort check pacifier! The bonus pack also comes with a pacifier medicine dispenser. This combo has given me the confidence I needed when baby had to get the first set of immunization shots. I simply threw it in the diaper bag and started fever checking and continued at home for the 2 weeks following. Luckily, baby didn't get a fever this round, so I didn't have to use the medicine dispenser. I'm glad I have these two handy devices to face future rounds of baby immunization. It also is the best kind of budget thermometer for vacation and travel. As baby's safety comes first, this is definitely a top 10 baby must have in my books. 

What’s your go to thermometer while on the go with baby?