https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 06:28:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo/page/2#post-1848146 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 20:48:28 +0000 X0X0X0 1848146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in L.A. so we go to the beach often. We take the following: an umbrella, beach blanket, sand toys, cooler, and hat for all of us, sandals or water shoes (the sand gets hot), and sunblock. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1848010 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:38:11 +0000 Boheme 1848010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Yes, but a Radio Flyer would work just fine!<br /> We just had a beach wagon at the house we're renting this week so we didn't bring ours </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1847907 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:13:06 +0000 Smurfette 1847907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boheme: it is a beach wagon? Not just a radio flyer one? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1847858 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:32:50 +0000 Boogs 1847858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Sounds like you have it pretty figured out. Just don't forget the baby powder to help get the sand off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1847656 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:35:54 +0000 yoursilverlining 1847656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don’t bring much because (at least in my limited experience) taking toddlers to the beach isn’t an all-day lounge-around affair like it is with grownups. We are on the move and stay about 2 hours, tops. We are lucky to live about 10 minutes from the beach though, so it’s not a hassle to only stay for an hour or 2. </p> <p>All I bring are: beach towels, hat (for myself and LO), sunscreen, a set of beach toys for LO (she likes digging in the sand, collecting shells and rocks, etc.), 1 bottle of water and sometimes an umbrella.</p> <p>I avoid going to the beach between 11-2 when the UV rays are the worst. </p> <p>Oh, and I bring a spare outfit for LO and change her after I hose her down (there is a foot wash type station at the beach we go to). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1847654 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:35:12 +0000 Boheme 1847654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do chairs, a pop up tent, an umbrella, towels, a cooler, and cart it all down in a beach wagon. C just rides in the wagon :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1847635 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:20:09 +0000 birdofafeather 1847635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: i've taken DD to the beach by myself and brought a chair and a magazine and later thought, that was idiotic. no way was i sitting or reading!! ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1847632 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:18:21 +0000 birdofafeather 1847632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: this is true!</p> <p>we live by the beach and bring: an umbrella, a outdoor blanket to lay on the sand, towels, snacks, water bottles, sand toys, a wetsuit (if the water is cold), and a boogie board. we did just get a sunshade/tent that we'll probably bring for all day excursions in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1847223 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:27:16 +0000 travelgirl1 1847223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just take a bucket and spade and a bag with snacks, diapers, sun cream etc. maybe a small pool would be good if you are going to be there all day..... I wouldn't bother with chairs, I'd just sit on the sand. Maybe a pop up tent for R for shade...... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846969 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:04:13 +0000 Chillybear 1846969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: The cart is great! if its like ours it should have a bar that you can stack the chairs on with. Hubs dragged the cart and i carried the kid. </p> <p><a href="http://www.auntievis.com/?pn=Beach+Cart&#038;p=668&#038;c=5" rel="nofollow">http://www.auntievis.com/?pn=Beach+Cart&#038;p=668&#038;c=5</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846867 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:31:05 +0000 Smurfette 1846867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: we get back on the 20th. Late afternoon. We will just take the pop up tent. Thanks though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846857 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:27:01 +0000 chopsuey 1846857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: will you be back before the 20th? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846835 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:19:50 +0000 Smurfette 1846835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: Aren't you going to need it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846829 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:18:08 +0000 chopsuey 1846829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're just taking some beach toys and pool floaties!<br /> @Smurfette: we have a superbrella if you wanna borrow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846828 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:17:40 +0000 Foodnerd81 1846828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: WHAT? Sit on the beach and read?!?! I actually laughed at myself the first time we were taking C to the beach and I thought, oh wait, do I have a book or magazine to bring? Then remembered I was bringing a one year old and there would be no relaxing beach reading. That sounds amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846818 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:16:06 +0000 Smurfette 1846818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: Tupperware noted!<br /> @sandy: I think it will still be in the 80's/90's there so we will need the tent. I don't think we have a big blanket, but I can get one cause I know we will use it again. My Aunt has a beach cart we can borrow. Maybe that would be better then the wagon.<br /> @Foodnerd81: She naps once a day. So we are planning on going out early in the AM to the beach. Then after nap maybe going to the pool or going off and doing something else. DH already said that he will nap with her, so I can sit on the beach and read. Heaven! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846784 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:08:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 1846784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: How often is R napping? C is still on 2 naps, so when we go to the beach our time there is pretty limited anyway, between naps, it's like 2 hours maybe once you factor in getting there and back. </p> <p>I don't bother with chairs since I just sit on a big blanket with her. We have happened to go during low tide so we sit in the tide pools with her, which is more fun than a pool. But she isn't walking yet so I imagine things will be a lot different next year! </p> <p>@Cherrybee: Yes, to the sand eating. She cries because she got a mouthful of sand before I could stop her and has sand in her mouth. Then she cries because I'm trying to get the sand out of her mouth. Later on she cries when she poops sand.... No but really, it's fun! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846770 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:05:31 +0000 autumn865 1846770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we take DD to the beach (2 years old) we bring chairs, a small cooler of snacks, a few towels, sand toys and occasionally a boogie board or floaty. The pool and umbrella hasn't been useful for us because DD loves the ocean water and never naps or sits still long enough to use the shade of the umbrella. But it does sometimes feel like you're schlepping the whole house down to the beach sometime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846748 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:59:49 +0000 sandy 1846748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to the beach for 4 days with our 2 year old and this is what we actually used at the beach - giant blanket (the kind that is sturdy and foldable, beach towels, lots of sand toys (cars, buckets, shovels, etc plus ziplock bags for storing the toys), cooler bag for snacks and waters. </p> <p>We ended up not using our wagon on the beach bc it was actually hard to use on the sand. We did use it a ton on the condo property (to go to the cabana area, go to the pool and playground). </p> <p>We didn't use our chairs for beach time with LO bc mostly we were running around with her collecting shells and rocks and playing in the sand. We did use them late at night for bonfires on the beach after the kids were in bed </p> <p>What we did was have someone stay with the kids while others took everything down to the beach bc it was easier to carry everything down to the beach rather than use the wagon. Once everything was set up and down there we'd bring the kids down. Not sure how your condo is set up but ours had beach access so we just had to walk out and down a little path to the beach </p> <p>We got our blanket at costco but this is what I'm talking about - it's heavy weight so it stays put once you lay it down. And mine had weighted corners so the wind doesn't blow it up. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0033OG86K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1409756203&#038;sr=8-1&#038;pi=SX200_QL40" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0033OG86K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1409756203&#038;sr=8-1&#038;pi=SX200_QL40</a></p> <p>We also didn't end up using our sun tent bc it wasn't that hot when we were there - mid-70s and the kids were fine. We just did tons of sunscreen and hats and rash guards. Everyone was fine and no burns </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846737 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:57:54 +0000 Chillybear 1846737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>umbrella is a must.... i also like bringing a beach blanket we picked up a water repellant one at target on clearance. </p> <p>instead of a baby pool we brought a larger tupperware bowl and just let fi play in that. I've also seen my BIL bring an inflatable baby bath tub to the beach. </p> <p>Fi doesnt like to touch the sand and is a little frightened of the water so she spent most days in my lap on the beach chair. A &amp; A blankets were the perfect weight for beach naps and blocking the sun and wind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846736 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:57:39 +0000 aegie 1846736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>tent is good because you need to be in the shade. Pool is good only if your kid can't walk by themselves. Then it's just not worth it to take them to the ocean .. it'll kill your back. Since the pool and tent are portable and don't really take up too much space, I think it's better to have them than not. If your tent can hold chairs, why not? It's easier and less messy than beach towels! The wagon .... let me tell you ... it's SUPER SUPER hard to pull that thin on sand. There are carts made for sand and they have super wide heavy duty wheels. You're basically pulling the wagon on sand. NOT FUN. I would take 2 coolers. 1 with drinks and ice and 1 with all your stuff. Everything's going to get sandy, so I stuff them into a foam cooler to contain the mess. Lots of baby powder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846735 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:57:38 +0000 Cherrybee 1846735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I wouldn't mind (ok, I probably would!) but she doesn't eat food!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846730 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:55:38 +0000 Smurfette 1846730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: That is on my list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846728 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:54:39 +0000 cheert16 1846728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I forgot to say baby powder! It gets the sand off their hands when its snack time. (although b kept dipping his cracker in the sand and eating it....silly boy) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846727 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:54:38 +0000 photojane 1846727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live by the beach, so we go pretty frequently. If you're planning on staying at the beach for a while, I would bring a small inflatable pool. We always do. With the pool and sand toys Sadie is content to just stay in our little area, and we don't have to chase her around. The pool keeps her cool too. We take her to play in the wave breaks, but the waves are too big here to take her all the way in the ocean. We bring an inflatable pool that folds up pretty small, so it doesn't take up much space, and fill it with a couple of buckets of water when we get there. </p> <p>Between chairs, blankets, towels, food, umbrella, toys, diapers, etc. it's a lot to carry. I am usually exhausted after going! Next year we will definitely get a beach wagon. We can throw the stuff and Sadie in... so much easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846723 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:52:43 +0000 fairy 1846723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rented or borrowed (b&amp;b had them for free at one beach) chairs/umbrella and just brought a sand pail and scoops, and a small cooler with sandwiches and drinks, and then my beach bag with towels, swim diaper, hats/sunglasses, sunscreen, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846706 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:48:51 +0000 autumnlove 1846706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Umbrellas, umbrella stake, sand toys, cooler, large towels, baby powder and other stuff that I usually have in my diaper bag.</p> <p>I want to get some chairs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846698 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:46:28 +0000 Smurfette 1846698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: genesis! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846695 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:46:00 +0000 cheert16 1846695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: tie a ribbon to the bottom rail of each chair- then you can throw them over your shoulder like a strap but don't have to buy new chairs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-take-to-the-beach-with-lo#post-1846688 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:43:50 +0000 Smurfette 1846688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: It could hold a little amount. It is the Radio Flyer one. It has the wooden sides.<br /> @sheskrafty: She didn't like it at the park over the weekend, but she had sandals on. Planning on keeping her water shoes on so it doesn't get on her feet. But in general she has issues with different grounds till she gets use to them.<br /> @Ginabean3: the chairs we have don't have straps. I don't want to buy new ones. Thanks for the tip on the plastic bags though! Good idea.<br /> @Adira: We bought some toys from the dollar store and Target so we are set on those. </p>