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Travel Vaccines
Very young babies may not be able to receive any vaccines, even routine ones, and will be very ill if infected with the associated diseases. Check with a healthcare provider about traveling with a child who is not vaccinated, either by choice or for age reasons. Your healthcare providers can advise on the suitability of travel vaccinations for older children, if they cannot receive them you may wish not to travel to some destinations.

Cold Climate
Children get cold faster than adults. If in a cold climate or participating in winter sports, your children may need warmer clothes than you do, and it's likely that by the time you feel the cold your children are already on the way to hypothermia.

Motion Sickness
Children suffer motion sickness more easily than adults, particularly since they are usually relegated to smaller seats with less visibility. You might need to give them travel sickness medication and prepare to clean up if they are sick. Regular pit stops on car trips to let them get out and walk around helps.

Ascending and Descending
Children and especially babies have trouble equalizing their ears on airplanes. Teach older children to yawn and offer them hard candy or gum for take off and landings. Babies should nurse or drink something to help with the pressure. For toddlers, bring a spill-proof cup and have them drink something during take-off and landing. However, if they're asleep, don't wake them, they'll be fine.

Other Tips
Train your child a couple of weeks beforehand to brush their teeth and rinse out of a water bottle (if appropriate) and to wear slippers in the hotel rooms as well as thongs in the shower to avoid picking up any foot fungus. Spraying feet with a fungicide, may be good preventative measure, ask your physician first. Make it routine for a while before leaving.

 

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