simone@lsuc.UUCP (Simone Sherman) (02/07/85)
We're thinking of taking a vacation within the next couple of
months. Ariela is now almost 10 months old, and she's very content
and all that, so we aren't really worried about the travelling part.
But what happens when we get to a hotel? Up till now I've been
nursing her most of the time, but she gets two meals of solids
a day (milk and cereal at lunch, and fruits and vegetables at
supper). She's never had a bottle or baby food from a jar.
I'm a bit concerned about how feeding will work out, and
also whether hotel stays in a resort area (where we'd normally
want to lie on the beach all day) get difficult with a little
one in tow. What about baby-sitting? (When we were in New York
in September, we inquired about baby-sitting at the hotel where
we were staying, and it was unbelievably expensive.)
I'd appreciate hearing suggestions and experiences from others.
Although I haven't posted to net.kids before, I have been
following it and enjoying it for quite a while.
Simone Sherman
Toronto
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{allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsrgv!lsuc!simonemark@tove.UUCP (Mark Weiser) (02/08/85)
In article <377@lsuc.UUCP> simone@lsuc.UUCP (Simone Sherman) writes: >...also whether hotel stays in a resort area (where we'd normally >want to lie on the beach all day) get difficult with a little >one in tow. Well, not difficult, but your 10 month old won't be lying in the Sun so much as crawling all over the sand. Unlikely you will ever be able to close your eyes--no telling what in the sand will be so interesting it requires the ultimate tactile exploration, in the mouth. >What about baby-sitting? (When we were in New York >in September, we inquired about baby-sitting at the hotel where >we were staying, and it was unbelievably expensive.) I have to think that the cost is the least of the problems with transient baby-sitting. The potential for abuse and mistreatment is the other. If I had a prediliction to child abuse I'd try to get myself a job someplace where I knew the parents were too busy to care and I was likely to get myself a compliant child hungry for love--like a big hotel or resort chain. I'd also like one where the families were soon gone and so there would be no long term pattern anyone could pin on me, like at a hotel. The hotels say they check references of their babysitters but as the recent rash of newspaper articles have shown, that is not enough. -- Spoken: Mark Weiser ARPA: mark@maryland Phone: +1-301-454-7817 CSNet: mark@umcp-cs UUCP: {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!mark USPS: Computer Science Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
djw@lanl.ARPA (02/08/85)
> We're thinking of taking a vacation within the next couple of > months. Ariela is now almost 10 months old... > > I'd appreciate hearing suggestions and experiences from others. > > Simone Sherman > Toronto > -- Buy distilled bottles of water at any large supermarket. Your baby will stay healthy and won't have to readjust to the various waters if you'll buy distilled water for her. Most supermarkets carry it for about 50 cents per gallon, anywhere in the USA. This one precaution will give you a much better chance of having a good time. The baby won't get diarrhea or an upset stomach thus won't cry all the time. Another thing you should know is to blow warm air into the babies' ears or nurse the baby whenever you fly or drive over mountains. The built up internal pressure on the babies' ears can also be relieved when he cries. Blowing warm air into their ears will relax the pressure and allow the baby to acclimatize to the altitude.
rcs@byucsc.UUCP (Shin Roxann C Moore ) (02/22/85)
> We're thinking of taking a vacation within the next couple of > months. Ariela is now almost 10 months old, and she's very content > and all that, so we aren't really worried about the travelling part. > But what happens when we get to a hotel? Up till now I've been > nursing her most of the time, but she gets two meals of solids > a day (milk and cereal at lunch, and fruits and vegetables *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Breast feeding will make travelling easier. My kid was about the same age when we took a month-long trip to the Orient. I had only expiramented with feeding her solids at that point, so it was a simple matter to simply discontinue the solids and give her bits of rice from my own bowl. Unless your room has refrigerator, you may want to give her softer bits of food from your own plate. Restaurant meals are usually fairly generous, anyway. One thing I wish I had brought with me is a rubberized flannel mat. I was staying with relatives, and I am a bit embarrassed when I recall how badly I stained the sleeping mats when I nursed.