We are planning to go to Nepal in June with our 1 year old
baby and staying for 2 months+. We will be doing voluntary
work with a local charity. Has anybody ever done this and
can give me any information. Also any info regarding
health, Malaria, vaccinations, nappies, food, milk etc..
(we are Veggie/Vegan and our baby needs soya milk due to an
allergy to dairy products). Any info at all would be
appreciated.
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I have seen many people with babies. I think bringing
diapers and formula might be good. I never shopped for those
things there. I have six children, grown, I have taken them
many places. Get antibiotics as soon as you reach nepal.
They are increditably cheap at pharmacys, no prescriptions,
and the owners know what pills for what. Get medicine for
parasites, amoeba, worms, dysntery, etc., plus rehydration
powder. Have a doctor of foreign medicine in your own
country tell you about the baby's needs. I took malaria
pills for the Terai and it made me crazy. They are bad. I
went to the terai again, without them, in the moonson, and
was fine. It is a risk either way. Katmando, and all high
elavations have no problem with malaria. If you get sick,
get medical help there. The members of our group were
pleased. We lived in Nepal three months. I have been back
since. No tests in the USA showed my problem, I got medicine
when I went back. Take lots of anti-diarreah medicine with
you, and a water pump would be helpful, at least purify all
the babies water. I love Nepal, good luck!
Nappies are available in the shopping mall near Durbar
Square in Kathmandu, but I don┤t know the price (we had our
own supply with us). Our kids (4y and 18 months at that
time) got hepatitis A+B,meningitis and typhus vaccinations.
No antimalarials, because we stayed only in the Kathmandu
Valley.I don┤t know anything about milk, because I was still
breastfeeding, but I think you should bring it with you and
try to give your child much fruit, rice and vegetables just
now,so the baby can get used to it before leaving.
Enjoy Nepal, we loved it!
My best advice for you, not as a Nepal traveller, but as a
Lactation Educator, is to continue to brestfeed your one-
year-old. In most parts of the world nursing toddlers is
acceptable, and the protection from your breastmilk will
keep your baby from many forms of diarrhea and other
illnesses. If you have stopped breastfeeding, you can
return to lactation with stimulation. Your local chapter of
the La Leche League can help you out. Good luck, and safe
travel.
I am a third year journalism student and I am currently
writing a magazine for young adventurous mothers. One of my
features is about backpacking with a baby. I would love to
hear any positive experiences about parents who have
travelled to the Far east for more than a month with their
offspring. Any information will be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!