Travelling to turkey with 8 month old?

Welshie · Mar 8th, 2012, 04:15 AM

We are off to turkey in may and our baby will be 8 months by then. I have a couple of questions if anyone can help?

1) do you use tap water boiled to make the bottles up or use bottled water?

2) has anyone used the steriliser bags instead of taking the steriliser with you?

Thanks x x

ellie27 · Mar 8th, 2012, 04:54 AM

We were on holiday a few times abroad while I was off on maternity with our first LO.

I wouldnt drink tap water abroad, boiled or not, so I didnt offer it to LO. I bought bottled water, no need to boil it unless its for making bottles of milk.

You can stop sterilising at 6 months - so no need to worry about that!

Enjoy your hols!

Fergie · Mar 8th, 2012, 05:37 AM

Oohh whereabouts in Turkey are you going ?. I lived in Fethiye for a few years.

You can't drink the tap water over there but you can get bottled water everywhere (make sure you check the seal as there are some schmucks that will try to sell you refilled bottles). I have used the sterilising bags and they worked okay (we used them over here) just make sure you have plenty !!.

Enjoy your hols .. ohh i wish i was going back

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Welshie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 344	Travelling to turkey with 8 month old? We are off to turkey in may and our baby will be 8 months by then. I have a couple of questions if anyone can help? 1) do you use tap water boiled to make the bottles up or use bottled water? 2) has anyone used the steriliser bags instead of taking the steriliser with you? Thanks x x

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ellie27 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: uk Posts: 10,560	We were on holiday a few times abroad while I was off on maternity with our first LO. I wouldnt drink tap water abroad, boiled or not, so I didnt offer it to LO. I bought bottled water, no need to boil it unless its for making bottles of milk. You can stop sterilising at 6 months - so no need to worry about that! Enjoy your hols!

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Fergie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Scotland - Perthshire Posts: 1,090	Oohh whereabouts in Turkey are you going ?. I lived in Fethiye for a few years. You can't drink the tap water over there but you can get bottled water everywhere (make sure you check the seal as there are some schmucks that will try to sell you refilled bottles). I have used the sterilising bags and they worked okay (we used them over here) just make sure you have plenty !!. Enjoy your hols .. ohh i wish i was going back

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