https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 23:19:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-92372 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:00:57 +0000 SugarplumsMom 92372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cupcakemama: Good point about the water. A friend of mine visited Thailand a few years ago with her husband for a month. He's half Thai so they stayed with family for half the time. She told me that the locals didn't have a concept of bottled water - as in they would refill the water bottles with tap! Regardless, she was fine until it was time for them to stay at a hotel in a big city. It was at the fancy hotel that they both came down with food poisoning!</p> <p>But it seems one else shares the same experience. A lot of people around here go to Thailand and take a charter. They bring their babies and no horror stories at all.</p> <p>It's still a possibility but my husband's talking me into visiting family instead. It's the right thing to do, but vacation only comes once a year and I know my Mom wants to plan a baptism when we're there - it'll be stressful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-92366 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:46:22 +0000 aunt pol 92366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DHs friend went for three weeks to Thailand when their LO was one, I think, and the whole family had a fantastic time. Lo was treated like a celebrity and loved every minute of it- when they arrived back into Dublin airport she was disappointed people weren't lining up to make a fuss of her:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-92334 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:35:55 +0000 cupcakemama 92334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: I was actually thinking more of when you bath the baby. I don't know about you but I find it hard to keep LO from swallowing some water. And yes, even a small amount is enough.</p> <p>Having lived in the region and travelled extensively there it's not somewhere that I would choose with an infant. I know some people love going there with babies but I can't think of anything worse - I would be paranoid the whole time.</p> <p>Yes you can buy food from the supermarket for baby but you have to be able to find the supermarket and that can be a pain when you are travelling rather than living somewhere.</p> <p>Yes food a 7 month is readily available but I would be worried about how it's prepared the whole time. To each their own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91984 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:21:53 +0000 plantains 91984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Thailand is an excellent choice for babies. I spent my honeymoon there and saw tons of families and people with infants holidaying. I stayed at Le Meridiens in both Chiang Rai and Khao Lak, and they were both extremely baby friendly places. I would take our LO when she comes in a heartbeat. </p> <p>The water thing is a non-issue since parents will need bottled water too. Just add some extra for baby. Most nice hotels will provide complimentary bottled water anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91851 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:32:06 +0000 Lozza 91851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cupcakemama: Unless you're going pretty far off the beaten track, you can find bottled water and baby-friendly food very easily. (Pretty much anything my kid was eating at 7 months is easily available, plus they sell jarred baby food at supermarkets)</p> <p>I'm hoping to take LO to Southeast Asia sometime in the next couple years (as soon as finances and work schedules align), and while I didn't have a child when I lived in Southeast Asia for a couple years, plenty of my friends did and commented all the time about how baby-friendly the region is.<br /> Re: flying, I had several friends comment on how great it was to fly Thai Airways with kids- they said that they often had flight attendants coming by and offering to take their babies off their hands for a bit so the parents could relax.<br /> I do think that taking a newborn sounds a lot easier than taking a 7 month old.... most things that occupy a newborn's day (eating and sleeping) can be done on the plane, whereas a more active 7 month old would be harder to occupy. That doesn't mean I wouldn't do it... just that I'd think hard about scheduling and stopovers and such and try to maximize time spent flying during the night and minimize time spent on the airplane during waking hours.<br /> Once there, though, I think Thailand is a great place to vacation with babies- it's a super baby-friendly culture. If you end up going and want recommendations for specific places to go/stay with kids, let me know and I will ask around with friends who still live in the region! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91716 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:11:03 +0000 cupcakemama 91716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew with LO at 5.5 months and it was all good on the plane.<br /> My worry with Thailand would be the water and the food. You can't drink the water there. At all. I don't know what you would feed LO. Everything needs to be cooked. I would also check for shots. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91672 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:11:02 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 91672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think being there would be awesome, but having recently flown with a 7 month old, it was tough. They're super squirmy at that age. Maybe you will luck out and have a good plane sleeper, but my LO is not used to napping anywhere other than his crib or carseat, so the most we would get is 40 min catnaps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91634 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:52:35 +0000 chopsuey 91634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only flown domestic with my LO. She did really well all 6 times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91541 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:05:37 +0000 BoogieBea 91541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to phuket with LO when he was 7 months old. We were living in the region at the time so it was just a short 1.5 hour flight. We stayed north of patong in kata noi because it was less crowded. We had a fantastic time and LO loved being on the beach. The thing i worried most about traveling with kids to places like that is feeding them. But at that age, he wasn't eating table food yet so we brought all his food along with us. We had also gone on separate trips to Australia and Cambodia around that time and LO did great as well. He was really easy to take on trips at that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91523 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:34:44 +0000 heffalump 91523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice on flying or traveling .... just wanted to say that visiting family who will help with lo sounds more like a vacation to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91498 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:23:45 +0000 SAHM0811 91498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have flown a lot with my babies as infants and with my toddler. We've taken at least 1-2 flights per year for the past 4 years since DD1 was born and I would say that traveling before the age of 1 is much more enjoyable than after 1. 7 months would be a great time to fly </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91491 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:15:22 +0000 MrsMccarthy 91491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got knocked up in Thailand on my honeymoon! I was there in December and I would say so long as you stay in one of the more mellow spots it wouldnt be bad. The resort we stayed at on Koh Kood Beach called THE BEACH NATURAL had many babies and children staying there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thailand-with-a-infant-has-anyone-done-it#post-91490 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:12:09 +0000 SugarplumsMom 91490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm up in the middle of the night again and daydreaming about our next vacation. We prefer to take vacations during Feb to escape the cold and I'm now second-guessing visiting my Mom and thinking about a real vacation instead. I might need it by then, who knows?</p> <p>DH has a co-worker that went to Thailand with their newborn last year (I thought it was crazy) but after reading about bassinet seats and how some babies tend to sleep during the flight, I got hopeful. If all goes smoothly, LO should be around 7 months by then.</p> <p>Have you taken your baby to Thailand or another beach vacation? How did it go? In hindsight, would you do it again? How old was your LO when you made the trip? How far did you have to travel? </p>