taking a baby to india

I think it would be very brave to take your little infant to trip to India. I don't mean anything against those who have done it but I myself can't afford the worries. My children are a little bigger now and I still don't have the courage to take them there because I fear they might caught a disease or at least a food poisoning. I may be worry too much what do you think?

A disease! That might even happen in UK!

Seriously, Jasmine, you may indeed be worrying too much, but... without knowing the age of the children is completely impossible to tell. Certainly it is very important to be sure of things like immunisation. I suppose British children are still immunised against polio? Eradicated there, but not here; it is not common it still exists.

It is a case of being aware of the risks, and doing what is necessary --- but that is true for all ages!

"Food poisoning" is usually more like an upset tummy. A day or two spent not far from the nearest toilet. Not serious --- but age has to be taken into account and small people become dehydrated sooner than adults.

Everything is available. Just, it's a case of varying values of "everything!" That can be a matter of experience, but Nayan is a well-travelled lady --- and a mother.

I actually Wonder HOW people could NOT find it. Any where I go, every small village, I find them in stores, Mostly medical stores but also in general stores.

I hate them as I do sanitary pads and plastic cups/bags/plates. For their contribution to the non degradable part of the garbage.

Actually you are quite right.I am too worried sometimes as far as my children are concerned. I have a boy at the age of 3 and a girl who is 5. They are immunized and they travel with us since they were very little. After all I must admit that I ma considering a travel to India for the next year! Thanks for the advice!

Children are only slightly more likely to get sick with tummy ailments as adults. When my son was sick enough to be hospitalised, the source was contaminated "prasad" from a temple. My wife went to a temple with my sister, who assured her that the "prasad" was safe.

Tummy related ailments can be traced to contaminated water or contaminated food.

Watch what you put in your child's mouth. If your child does get diarrhoea, be proactive, even aggressive in treating it. Children can be dehydrated fare more quickly than adults.

as the climate of india is not stable,sometimes one feels like its very hot, and too cold in winter season .as the problem of pollution is a major issue in india. so please take some precautions before taking your baby to india.bring up all the eatables,the milk powder ,baby items from your area as you should not take any kind of risk in case of a baby.

I know this is a month or whatever old

My son flew first when he was one week old- Bombay to Calcutta, and flew back two weeks later. The doctor was fine with it, and so were we.

Of course, the data is self selecting. The people whose infants died would not be posting here..

I actually wonder how people have such great difficulty comprehending something that I have already exoplained before.

Things change from time to time and from place to place.
I have seen too many people, blinded by their experience, extrapolating from their one experience, making blanket statements that are only partially true, if at all.

A vast majority of shops, even in big cities stockmerchandise that's filthy and stained with God knows what. Just touching the package makes your hands dirty.

You can see vendors even in tiniest villages all over India selling SIMS from various providers. THat does not mean anyone and every one is alowed to buy a SIM. India is one of the few places where yopu have to jum through the hoops to buy a SIM. Now, don't tell me again Ï can't see how people cannot buy a SIM as they are sold in the tiniest of Indian villages".

I don't believe I have ever seen so much excitement connected with diapers in my life. Or their cleanliness, considering that somebody is going to crap in them.

Numerous infants die i India from as simple an ailment as dehydration caused by severe diarrhoea. What is passed around as prasad in temples can be deadly, if you haven'tgot the immunity to pathogens endemic in India. Things that cause no issue with one person can have severe consequences for another.

And there is something caled commonsense. People think simply boiling water, regardless of your personal hygeine practices will protect you. No Sir. You have to be watcbful and cautious, not paranoid. I know people, not just infants, but adults, born and raised in India, demand boiled water when they return to India after a couple of years or stay abraod and get sick frequently. I have seen infants born abroad to foreign born parents with no more than half Indian blood get sicj only occasionally ecven when parents don't "demand" boiled water. Diarrhoea is not necessarily deadly if treated agressively. If I have a choice between no water in the heat of the summer in India with no prospect of water in the near future and suspect water, I would go with suspect water. Make informed choices. Do not just follow recipes of bioled water or bottled water nd throw common sense to the wind.

Hey some people like to crap in cleanliness. But YMMV.

Yeah, and some people are full of shit

Hmmmm

Is there anyone who is bereft of shit? I empathise with them.