going abroad - what to do about milk?

[Ziggy2]

we are off to Corfu in 3 weeks, with my little girl who will be 14 months, she has whole milk at home but what is best to do abroad - will the whole milk there be ok, or should we take a tub of toddler milk and hope she will drink that?

 

[HannahsMummy]

The milk should be fine, when we took Hannah to Majorca they had cravendale which we bought for her. If you are taking formula then personally I would take cartons rather than use the water to make up the milk.

 

[QTPie]

Should be absolutely fine, but suggest that you make sure it is pasteurised....

QT

 

[MrsT&Ben]

Were going away soon and I'm taking a tub of formula and using boiled bottled water to make it up, just in case!!!
I always hate the milk abroad so wouldnt expect lo to like it either!

 

[Jellybean2009]

This thread has been a huge help as we are planning on going away in Oct abroad and has been stressing over milk as my son loves his milk and wasn't sure whether to stop it all together or what my other choices were.
I had no idea I could get Cravendale in Spain

 

[HannahsMummy]

I was surprised to find cravendale, its expensive though Only problem with boiling the bottled water to make up formula is that when you boil water you increase the sodium content - and bottled water is high in sodium anyway.

 

[ellie27]

Milk is sooo expensive over there and if you do manage to find Cravendale then thats great!

However, we we have been in Majorca, Portugal and Lanzarote over the last year and never saw any Cravendale.

When we were away with Anna at 8 months she was still taking a lot of milk so we took formula.

Last couple holidays she was only taking a bottle milk at bedtime so just packed 7 ready-made cartons.

While we are talking of holidays........please take everything with your - nappies/wipes/swim-nappies/cartons ready-made formula and any jars if you use them. We have always took plenty of our own stuff but when in shops, I was shocked at how expensive baby stuff is!!!! 14 (£13) euro for a pack of 22 pampers!!!! 1.80 (£1.60) for a ready-made small carton cow&gate!

Enjoy your hols!

 

[clare7847]

Sorry to hijack but those who took cartons, did you take them in your hand luggage? What is the deal on tasting them? My daughter is allergic to milk so we have to take it with us. Thanks in advance x

 

[ellie27]

Sorry to hijack but those who took cartons, did you take them in your hand luggage? What is the deal on tasting them? My daughter is allergic to milk so we have to take it with us. Thanks in advance x

You can take a few handluggage. We took 3 - only asked to open and taste one.

I packed 5 in hold baggage. Had a strong plastic tupperware tub and put them in that and wrapped in a towel to stop getting bashed.




Also, when buying milk abroad, if buying cows milk - it tends to go off a lot quicker than here - think its because its so warm!

 

[HannahsMummy]

Yep, when we first took Hannah abroad I took 3 cartons of formula in the hand luggage. I was asked to open and taste 1. The rest I put in normal luggage and it came out the other side in one piece! I agree about nappies, baby food etc. Baby stuff is incredibly expensive abroad so it works out much cheaper to pay for the extra luggage allowance and take all your own gear.

 

[x Zaly x]

Im going to egypt on the 1st of september and im just going to take a tub of formula. Im to scared to give her anything else. xx

 

[MrsT&Ben]

I was surprised to find cravendale, its expensive though Only problem with boiling the bottled water to make up formula is that when you boil water you increase the sodium content - and bottled water is high in sodium anyway.

How does boiling bottled water increase the sodium level??
I always thought boiling any sort of water took any nasties away????
But where I got that from I've no idea.

 

[Tegans Mama]

I was surprised to find cravendale, its expensive though Only problem with boiling the bottled water to make up formula is that when you boil water you increase the sodium content - and bottled water is high in sodium anyway.

How does boiling bottled water increase the sodium level??
I always thought boiling any sort of water took any nasties away????
But where I got that from I've no idea.

When you boil water if heats up and some of the water evaporates - but the salt doesn't, so the salt/water ratio increases

 

[woohoo]

im interested in ideas please aswell, we are going in may when lo will be 7months old. but not sure whether to take cartoon ready made formula or just powedered formula as wasnt sure about using their water to make it up. obviously it needs boiling their water but will it still be ok? and is their tap water or bottled water better? x

 

[Tegans Mama]

Depending on where you are going you can get water over there that is "baby safe" and it says so on the bottle

 

[wantmoresleep]

We went to Menorca in May and this was my main concern because LO still really loves her bedtime milk and throws in the odd overnight bottle too.
Anyway, she took the spanish milk no probs but on the second day we found a shop that had Cravendale..but I do second what others have said..it is far more expensive 2.50 euros!

 

[amygwen]

I would take toddler milk if I were you.

I just got back from a trip to UK and Kenneth was really really sick on the whole milk in England, it really upset his stomach. I brought some formula just in case and gave that to him and he was fine on that! I was so happy I brought back up formula because the whole milk was so different, something about it really upset his stomach!

Now any time I ever leave the country and go somewhere else, I'm going to take toddler milk just in case!

 

[Pingu]

We went abroad last year when my LO was 8 months old, we took the ready made aptamil cartons. We took a few in the hand luggage and the rest in the suitcase. We did have to open one and taste it when we went through security.

 

[HannahsMummy]

I was surprised to find cravendale, its expensive though Only problem with boiling the bottled water to make up formula is that when you boil water you increase the sodium content - and bottled water is high in sodium anyway.

How does boiling bottled water increase the sodium level??
I always thought boiling any sort of water took any nasties away????
But where I got that from I've no idea.

When you boil water if heats up and some of the water evaporates - but the salt doesn't, so the salt/water ratio increases

^^ This

Only really applies on bottled water which has a high sodium content anyway. Boiling tap water is fine, but on holiday if making up formula you would be boiling bottled water... on boiling point the water starts evaporating which decreases the amount of water/sodium ratio.
If doing this then you need to check the labels carefully on the water and choose the one with the lowest sodium levels.

 

[woohoo]

were going to ibiza, do you think we should use bottled water or their tap water to boil to make up bottles? im really unsure, i know weve got time but would like to know in advance. it would just be easier to take ready made cartoons but think it might cost a fortune doing this as if i remb my son was taking about 3 bottles a day when he was 7 months old.
any advice would be great. x