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Navigating airport security with children

December 18, 2008 by sonicblum

If infants are accidentally left on conveyer belts at supermarket checkout counters, it is unlikely that they will be packed with the groceries. But if they’re placed on belts at airport security they pass through the machine. It has happened. The scenario: Parent places infant on non-moving belt. Parent distracted. Belt moves. Infant enters machine. […]

Filed Under: Safe & Healthy Travel, Travel Tagged With: Airplane, Altitude, Travel

Air travel/sedating infants/right or wrong?

November 16, 2008 by sonicblum

To sedate or not to sedate infants for air travel, that is an oft-raised question. Is it truly nobler to spurn sedatives, risk an unruly child, and bravely suffer the heartaches of stares and scorn of outraged fellow passengers?  Or is it more virtuous to sedate infants, perchance they’ll sleep, and endure the thousand humiliations […]

Filed Under: Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: Airplane, Infants, Jet lag

Infants/air travel/feedings/dehydration

October 15, 2008 by sonicblum

My posting that has received the most comments — comments often laced with skepticism — are my statements that: In-flight dehydration is a myth; and Feeding infants frequently during air travel is counterproductive and may make them uncomfortable. Please see my answers to the skeptics. In-flight dehydration is a myth!! It doesn’t exist. Yes, it […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Airplane, Dehydration, Travel

Obtaining Safe Water and Other Beverages When You Travel

May 1, 2008 by DrNeumann

When you travel, drinking lots of water helps you stay fit – as long as the water is fit to drink. Being well hydrated helps counteract some of the vagaries of travel: fatigue and jet lag, altitude, and hot and cold environments, to mention a few. Minimal dehydration occurs even before you feel thirsty, subtly […]

Filed Under: Food & Water Precautions Tagged With: Airplane, Altitude, Cruise ships, Dehydration, Diabetes, Fatigue, Heart problems, Immune problems, Intestinal illnesses, Jet lag, Kidney problems, Pregnant, Third world

Healthy Air Travel for Infants

April 24, 2008 by DrNeumann

There is nothing novel about infants traveling by air. They have been doing so since time immemorial, long before adults. Legend has it that they were “delivered” by storks, and were never the worse for their trips. Of course, stork flights skimmed rooftops, eliminating concerns of high altitude and accompanying ear issues, dehydration, and excessive […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Airplane, Allergies, Altitude, Dehydration, Diabetes, Ear infections, Immune problems, Infants, Intestinal illnesses, Newborns, Pregnant, Respiratory infections

Preparing a Medical Kit for Travel

April 22, 2008 by DrNeumann

A small, customized medical kit can be a real lifesaver when traveling with children. Never leave home without it. 1. Buy or assemble a first aid kit. This is not the same as a medical kit. A first aid kit includes items to treat the inevitable minor illnesses and scrapes children get at home or […]

Filed Under: Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: Airplane, Altitude, Diarrhea, Ear infections, Epinephrine kits, First aid, Medications

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