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for International Travel :: A Quick Checklist
- Activity blanket for very young infants
- Aquaphor or Cetaphil cream
for eczematous skin (twice a day)
- Avent, Gerber, or Playtex bottles (with refill drop-in bags and 5
nipples)
- Ayr, Nasal or Ocean saline
nose drops
- Baby spoon (plastic) and bowl
- Baby wipes (unscented and without alcohol)
- Bacitracin or Neosporin
or triple antibiotic ointment for cuts, scrapes, scratches
- Benadryl (liquid)
12.5 mg per 5 ml (1mg X kg of weight every 6-8 hours) (For hives from
allergy or itching secondary to scabies)
- Bibs (lots)
- Bjorn, Snugli or Sara's Ride baby carriers
- Bottles (Avent, Gerber) as back up with a variety of nipples (total
of 4 bottles)
- Thermos bottle for preparation of bottles
- Bulb aspirator (ear
syringe)
- Cotton garments all pre-washed before travel
- Diapers (cloth) for your shoulders
- Diapers (disposable) sized based on weight of baby/child, 8 to 12
changes per day
- A&D ointment, Balmex
or Desitin (applied with each diaper change)
- Nystatin cream
(100,000 U/gm for fungal diaper rash - prescription); apply three times
a day for 7 days
- Digital rectal thermometer (ear thermometers are useful for children
over three years)
- KY Jelly
- Dove soap (unscented)
- Echinacea for coughs
and colds: 5 drops twice a day
- Elimite 5% Cream (prescription) Apply from the neck down, leave on
10 hours over night, wash off (shower) in morning; one application only
- First aid kit: band aids, gauze, paper tape, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide
- Formula as a powder (milk
or soy) with iron (28-32 ounces per day)
- Hydrocortisone 1% cream
or ointment for eczema
- Insect repellant to be applied to clothes only in infants!
- Kaolectrolyte or Pedialyte
(to prevent and/or treat dehydration)
- Kaolectrolyte packets to mixed with 8 oz. of bottled water (plain,
bubble gum, and grape). Available at Rite Aid, Walgreen, CVS, Eckerd
- Prune juice
for constipation (1-2 ounces a few times a day - increase fluids between
feeds)
- Rice cereal to be
added to formula, such as Gerber, BeechNut or any organic brand (1-2
magic scoops per 8 oz. Bottle) for babies adopted from China
- Scissors for infant fingernails and for enlarging nipple openings
- Sippy cup
- Snugli, Bjorn, or Sara's Ride for carrying the baby on the chest or
back (for young infants only)
- Sunscreen (seasonal) #15 is enough, hat for the child
- T-Gel Shampoo by Neutrogena
for treatment of cradle cap
- Tape recorder with children's music, children's books
- Teething rings
- Tobrex Drops (prescription):
For conjunctivitis ("pink eye"): 2 drops in each eye three times a day
for one week. Look for yellow discharge from eye(s). Clean eye(s) off
with cotton ball.
- Tylenol, Motrin or
Advil: (infant 80mg/0.8ml or children's Tylenol 160mg/5ml); Motrin
(100mg/5ml).
- Dose based on weight: Tylenol dose 10 mg X kg of weight every 4 hours;
Motrin or Advil 5mg X kg of weight every 6-8 hours (i.e. child weighs
8 kg; multiply 10 X 8 =80mg which is one infant dropperful of Tylenol)
*To convert pounds to kilograms, divide the pounds by 2.2 i.e. 22 pounds
divided by 2.2 equals 10 kilograms
- Teething: use Tylenol before bed
- Fever >101.5 degrees, use Tylenol
- Ear infection (you want to treat the pain!)
- Umbrella Stroller (can be purchased in some countries outside U.S.)
- Wash 'n' Dri packets 20 per box (Wet cloths that are used for cleansing
hands)
- Zithromax
(prescription - 200 mg per 5 cc) For possible ear infections, pneumonia,
bacterial infection (Do not reconstitute until ready to use)
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