What’s in Noahs suitcase?
So were off to Barbados on Friday! Wahoo! However excited I
am, I am seriously nervous! The flight is 10 hours long and we have a 4 hour
time difference! Ouch! How do you explain that to a baby? We are going with the
in laws so thankfully we have a very lovely extra two pairs of hands! Its mid
20c-30c in temp with seriously strong sun! So I am living in constant fear of
that but will simply keep him out of the Sun, however when in the sea/swimming
pool etc. I will be covering him head to toe! Hehe!
It’s coming up to spring so I thought finding summer items
would be hard but actually majority of shops have actually bought out some of their
SS range already. My favourites have been from Baby Gap. Were fortunate to have
a lovely lady who will do our washing when we are there so others keep saying
you don’t need to bring much….. but I have 23kg to fill! And it is his first
holiday so he has to look dapper! I was googling baby holiday lists to try and
find essentials so have purchased some and not others. I will review what is
truly essential when home!
These items I think are great and will be very helpful:
- 0.5 Grobag travel sleeping bag – this has a hole for stroller/car seat straps so great if up and out at funny times and
they are wanting to nap or sleep! It is super lightweight and will be great in
the hot weather and hopefully to use in this lovely hot summer were going to
have right? ;) It also has a super cute holiday themed print! Comes in a handy
travel bag.
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- -Tomee Tippee one use steribottles. I plan to use
these on the plane so it is one less thing to worry about and more space when
we arrive as my hand luggage is going to be bursting!
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- Microwave sterilising bags – Our steriliser is
huge and would take up half the suitcase these take up no space and can be used
a number of times.
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- Snooze shade – For snoozing in his stroller – it
blocks out 100% UV. I just hope he doesn’t get too hot under it.
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- Bepanthen sun cream – Noah has very sensitive
skin and we use the Bepanthen cream on him sometimes so I hope this will be ok
for him. It is made for babies so hopefully with sensitive skin in mind!
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- - BabyBanz – sunglasses for babies!! Cute I know!
His eyes are more precious than any so I hope he will keep these on if he is in
the sun! Elastic strap to keep on (Supposedly)
He has about two outfits a day and we will
be putting him in sleep suits at night as he has such a light sleeping bag as
there will be air conditioning in our accommodation. He has two pairs of flip
flops (lol) that were just too cute to miss! He is crawling everywhere now and
having shoes or booties on actually help him steady himself so hopefully these
do too.
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Swimming shorts and hats with Pampers swim
nappies. He is such little legs bless him his shorts are more like swim trousers
lol but it keeps him nice and covered up so I am not bothered!
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Luckily he eats pretty much everything so I
don’t feel too worried about food for him I am packing just a few Ellas kitchen
pouches and Organix snacks to keep him going. Our virgin flight actually includes
baby food but unsure what this will be, so will take a few pouches for this.
The flight
We have reserved a sky cot but he is
nearing the weight of being too big for this so from experience I think this
will only be useful if asleep. He gets bored VERY easily as do they all so I
think it will be a matter or introducing something new every 30 mins or so.
Rotating toys and things to watch on the ipad! In the night garden is a
favourite of his! There will be 4 of us so hopefully we can all share the load
of entertaining him. It will certainly be different to what we are all used to!
Especially being an air hostess for a living I won’t know what to do with
myself!
Most important of all: having an amazing time! Our first proper family holiday, a rare week off for Daddy and precious, precious memories I can't wait to create. My booboo is nearing one year old and it has been the quickest year of my life, I will cherish every minute of this holiday whether its a tough hour of listening to Noah scream with angry looks from surrounding passengers - this is our family holiday. I know it's going to be just magical. Bring it on!
Most important of all: having an amazing time! Our first proper family holiday, a rare week off for Daddy and precious, precious memories I can't wait to create. My booboo is nearing one year old and it has been the quickest year of my life, I will cherish every minute of this holiday whether its a tough hour of listening to Noah scream with angry looks from surrounding passengers - this is our family holiday. I know it's going to be just magical. Bring it on!
I will of course blog when home with what
was useful and how we got on! Big kisses.
Love,
My high flying Mummy and me x
