More travel tips

I oughta start a blog just on traveling with infants! Here's the international version:

* car seats are not required in Mexico, so we left ours home and used the Ergo. The only times we were riding were back and forth to the airport and back and forth to the wedding ceremony we were attending.

* air conditioning was key to Mini-Me's comfort, especially since she still sleeps swaddled. I should have brought more plain onesies for sleeping - she sweated through everything (I mean, the PJs, the swaddling blankets, straight through to the mattress).

* heat rash is a condition that occurs when sweat glands get blocked. It looks unsightly but it's not uncomfortable for baby and it clears up quickly (12 hours after we got home in Mini-Me's case)

* in tropical climates, staying hydrated is extra important but giving the baby a lot of water can lead to electrolyte imbalance, so we gave her a lot of pear juice and breastfed more often

* baby food jars are *heavy* - my suitcase would have been overweight if I hadn't been able to offload some into my husband's luggage

* we got a little hook-on high chair which was indispensable, especially since it was so dusty and there were little mites and critters running all over the ground - nice to have a safe clean place to put the baby when we were at restaurants or hanging out at the hotel.