Travelling with a 7 month old

We’re going on holiday for the first time with our baby who will be 7 months old. Please recommend me ALL your baby travel essentials. Toys/food/clothes the lot. Thank you in advance x

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We just took our 10 week old on a 6 hour drive to visit family and stay for 4 days. Our biggest bring was the play pen for her to sleep in (which she did amazing in) then plenty of clothes because the accidents will happen (bring some dreft detergent with you to wash clothes). I would otherwise say our carrier was a good bring. We brought the stroller and didn't use it at all.

Hope this helps some!

I started traveling with my daughter around 5 months & i brought the stroller (was used mostly for airport), extra clothing, i premade bottles and carried them in breast milk bags that i put in the mom cozy cooler. I brought a a couple of toys but only used them off the plane

We just got back from a 6 day trip with our 7 month old and had a blast. The main takeaway we had is that she is so much more resilient than we thought and needed fewer toys than we expected. The great thing is that they are so curious at this age and novelty is good so she had just as much fun sight seeing as we did - she was just loving tagging along with mom and dad all day and looking at stuff and smiling at new people. What did come in handy was the medela on the go pump and bottle sterilizer wipes and microwave sterilizer bags. Other brands make them too, I just got the modela ones because that is the brand of my pump. And if you are flying, definitely have bottles for takeoff and landing as others have said - that really helped. Hope you and your family have FUN! Naps and sleep will be weird but it’s temporary and your little one will be alright. Enjoy!!!

7 months is the sweet spot! It’s really hard from 12-36 months.
Book the red eye so your baby sleeps on the flights and you all deal with less jet lag.
Less is more. The more you have to carry and track the more disheveled you feel.
Find a super light car seat and baby carrier.
I don’t use a stroller at all since a lot of places aren’t stroller friendly anyways and it’s so clunky and risky trying to find a place to stash it. Places that are stroller friendly usually have ones you can rent.
Organize the diaper bag so you know where everything is at a zip and grasp.
Bring a spare outfit everywhere in case of a blowout.
Only bring 3-5 diapers and buy a pack to keep in the hotel when you get there to save space.
Don’t bring toys. Bring one suction cup spinner and a roll of painters tape. Put little pieces all over and your baby thinks it’s a fun sticker scavenger hunt.
Here is my favorite travel car seat and it only weighs 7.75lbs. Super quick and easy to setup.
https://a.co/d/03mVvXLf

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