Reise med baby og småbarn
Å reise med baby/barn kan være en meget stressende affære. Det er ekstremt viktig å være godt forberedt og pakke riktig. Men det er ikke nok. Etter et par år og utallige reiser, har jeg opparbeidet meg noen dyrkjøpte erfaringer som jeg gjerne deler. Under er noen råd, litt generelle praktiske tips samt lister for hva man trenger når man er på reise med en baby/barn og hva man bør ha i håndbagasjen på flyet. Lykke til og god tur!
Mine tre beste råd1. Prøv å legge avreise og retur utenfor leggetiden. Da vi reiste til Montenegro, måtte vi vekke Theo kl.04 for å rekke flyet. Den uken på ferie våknet han kl.04 hver morgen... Jeg var mer sliten etter Montenegro-turen enn da jeg dro! Skjer ikke med alle barn, selvsagt, men en risiko det kan være fint å styre unna.
2. Velg egen leilighet eller hotell med to separate rom! En egen leilighet er å anbefale hvis babyen har faste leggetider og sover i reiseseng og ikke vogn. Da er man ikke avhengig av å gå ut om kveldene for å spise, men kan lage egen mat. Det er også hendig å ha eget rom der barnet kan sove, så slipper man å sitte musestille i mørket etter nurket har lagt seg! 3. Skru ned forventningene. Det er deilig å være på ferie, også med barn. Men det er ikke det samme som før. Selv foretrekker jeg f.eks. nå å være relativt stasjonær på et sted og heller ta dagsturer. Å reise rundt og skifte hotell til stadighet er bare stress. Dersom man hovedsakelig befinner seg på et sted, kan man finne roen og ta det rolig en dag om barnet (og foreldrene!) har hatt en slitsom natt eller er grinete. Men alle barn er forskjellige, så prøv dere frem :) Generelle tips
Gode tips fra Rachel ThomasMin kanadiske venninne Rachel Thomas har delt sine tips fra da hun reiste til Canada alene med sin 3 måneder gamle datter:
Letter of permission: I travelled with then three-month old Emma to Canada for x-mas without my husband. At baggage drop-off I was told that Canadian customs and immigration required a notarized letter of permission from the father proving that I was not illegally "kidnapping" her. Without such a letter I could be rejected at border control and denied entrance into the country. Luckily, a nice policeman at Gardemoen drafted such a letter for me (though he was neither familiar with the requirement nor thrilled about the task). Good thing that my husband came into the airport with me with lots of extra time! I had to show this letter in Amsterdam also - not just Canadian immigration that was tricky. Best to check it out on the embassy pages for all countries you will travel to (even if just for a stop-over). I travelled to England afterwards, and was sure to have such a letter; of course, no one asked to see it :) Carry-on luggage: I found that having Emma in the carrier best (stroller would have been awkward at the airports) while she is so little. I had a small wheeled suitcase, diaper bag and a small backpack – used an elastic belt to tie the diaper bag onto the wheeled suitcase. This was fantastic – had one hand free all the time, lots of stuff, easy to move through the airport (up escalators and not heavy). I had way less than the maximum allowable weight, but as I was travelling solo, it was great not to have too much. In my carryon I had a change of clothes for me, extra diapers, small reusable shopping bags (great for coats and scarves etc) and an extra change for her, as well as a car seat sleeping bag and some blankets (came in handy for going outside during the unplanned stay in snowy Amsterdam). We had the bassinet in the airplane, which was great – glad I had extra blankets so I could “make the bed” (no sheets or blankets from the airline). I tend to pack pretty systematically – using smaller bags inside my suitcase to separate and group things – made it very easy when needing to find something quickly. In the diaper bag I had a bunch of things besides the usual diapers, wipes and clothes: sterilizer wipes (for soothers, toys, bottles etc), several extra soothers, “first aid” stuff (child paracetamol, zink cream, vitamin D drops, salt drops and nasal aspirator, hand cream, lip stuff, etc), bottles and pumped milk. Emma wouldn’t breast feed during the 16-hour trip, so I was really happy I had so much milk/formula with me* and my manual breast pump proved to be a great mastitis-avoidance tool! I had read that I should bring a diaper for every hour (most were in my carryon) – they say you never know what the pressure can do to their bowels! Emma was fine in the air and hardly used any, but we had an extra 28 hours of travel on the return journey because we got snowed in at Amsterdam – VERY happy to have the extra diapers, blankets and clothes. In the small backpack I had the essentials (a few diapers, wipes, disposable change mat, set of pjs, and toys) - very easy to have at my feet during the flight and easy to take into the cramped toilets. I also used one of those neck straps (used for keys or name tags) to clip onto her soother while walking through the airport, and later clipped onto her grabber toy and wrapped around her waist so she couldn’t throw it out of the bassinet and onto the super clean airplane floor. Passports etc were in a small inside pocket that was not easy to see (to steal from). *Liquids – you can take an extra 10x100ml of liquids for the infant. Breast milk and formula are exempt from the 100ml rule (I brought already mixed formula boxes from Naan). You will have to take these out to have them scanned as liquids. Good idea to have at least two bottles with you, as it is hard to find “clean” water to wash them. I brought the medela milk bags – easy for storing the extra formula that didn’t fit in the bottle. Airports: Most of them have “baby care” rooms – lots of quiet space for breast feeding and diaper changing, a toilet etc. The change tables have straps – I strapped her in so I could use the toilet. There were also a ton of people willing to help me, some of whom were just aching to hold the baby. That was nice in the airplane – no idea how I could have managed putting all of my luggage up or using the little toilet if no one was willing to hold her for a second. Lots of time at the airport was a huge help; she tends to have a diaper explosion at the gate :) |
Liste over hva man trenger
Dersom barnet ditt har begynt med fast føde:
I håndbagasjenHer er en liste over hva du bør ta med om bord i flyet. Se også råd fra Rachel til venstre.
Hvordan underholde barnet på reisen?På denne siden får dere mange gode tips til hvordan dere kan underholde barnet på reisen :)
Snacks: Vannflaske, juicekartonger, lettfordøyelig og sunn snacks. Gjerne noe som holder dem opptatt en stund, som en boks med mais eller blåbær. Greit å unngå ting som skaper søl. Sørg for å ha en egen boks til hvert barn. Spill og leker: Aktivitetsbok med klistremerker er et must for oss. Bøker likeså. iPaden kommer jo også godt med. Tips om de beste app´ene finner du her og her. For de aller minste funket Soundtouch veldig bra for oss. Ellers:"Vis barna på forhånd hvilken tur som skal gjøres, enten det er med bil eller fly eller annet fremkomstmiddel. Vis dem på et kart den ruten dere skal følge. Selv små barn synes dette er morsomt. Vis barna reisebrosjyrer av de stedene dere skal til, og hvis du kan låne med deg noen egnede bøker fra biblioteket, er det også et godt tips." På siden Barnevennlige tips i andre byer og land finner du bokanbefalinger og tips om aktiviteter, kafeer/restauranter, mm. Å huske ting fra en ferie eller reise er en viktig del av turen. Barna kan lage sine egne minnebøker. La dem notere ting i en skissebok. De kan ta bilder fra brosjyrer eller billetter og lime dem inn. Får de nye venner, kan de få dem til å skrive en hilsen i boken. Selv små barn kan fargelegge eller tegne noe av det de synes er morsomst på en reise. 
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