To leave with a child, and in addition with a baby on
holiday, requires additional precautions and organization.
The choice of the destination, the aspects related to the
formalities, with health, as well as the accessories of voyages to be
carried for transport and the stay itself are as many elements to be
considered before the departure to travel peacefully and not to be
taken with deprived on the spot.
Theoretically, a baby can travel as of his three
completed weeks. Will know nevertheless, that in low age, the
babies can have difficulties of adapting to a new environment.
In the same way, the time shift can disturb their cycles of
sleep and food. In this context, the short stays together with
time shifts are to be avoided because your baby will be disturbed with
the outward journey and the return. Inform finally near your
tour operator about the tariff conditions and of comfort envisaged within
the framework of a voyage by plane.Indeed, it is frequent that
in low age, the babies do not have a appointed place.
If your child is caught cold, or were it little
time ago, it is important to make check its tympanums a few days
before the departure in order to be sure that it does not have otitis.
Do not hesitate to take RDV in the pediatrist or the doctor who
follows usually your baby. It is necessary to clean carefully
the nose to him a few minutes before takeoff and the landing.
Envisage what to make often drink your baby, the
pressurized air of the plane is very dry and dessicant.
To avoid the earache (due to the changes of pressure of
takeoff and the landing), make drink it, give him tétine, or cookies
to nibble so that it swallows regularly.
The destinations characterized by strong heats,
important coefficients of moisture, the cold intense ones are not to
privilege. The same applies to places located in altitude.
Thus, better is worth to choose destinations in the
countryside, in low mountain or with the sea, by taking particularly
care for the latter to secure its enfants/bébés against the risks of
the sun.
The minor who travels with his parents must be
provided with his his passport or indentity card (country of the
EU in particular).
The inscriptions of children who are reproduced already on the
passport of the valid parents are still valid provided the child is
old less than 15 years. Since April 3, 2006, the children cannot
be registered any more on that their parents. Thus for all the
destinations requiring a passport, the minor, whatever his age, must
from now on have an electronic passport whose validity is five years.
The request must be made by the parents or the legal
representative.
The documents required are as follows:
two recent photographs of identity of the child,
a copy of the birth certificate,
a document in proof of residence,
a revenue stamp of 30 euros,
a form of request filled and signed by the parents
or the legal representative
identity papers of the parents or the legal
representative.
To travel within the European Union, a valid indentity
card is enough. To obtain it, you address to the town hall of
your residence, provided with your family record book, and
of :
2 recent photographs of identity (less than 3 months) of
your child,
2 documents in proof of residence (invoice
EDF-GDF, rent receipt...)
of a birth certificate.
If the child leaves with another person, the parents will
have to sign a discharge of parental authority and an authorization of
exit of the territory which will allow the person designated to take
measurements which will be essential in the event of urgency or of
need. The Authorization of exit of territory is free and valid 5
years. To obtain it, it is enough for you to address yourselves
to the town hall or the police station of your residence, provided
with its, document in proof indentity card of residence, your and
family record book indentity card.
If a visa is necessary, in good time make contact with the
foreign consular services in France, because it can be necessary to
have a sufficient time to produce certain documents according to
countries' (form, photography, extracted from criminal record, bank
statement, ticket of outward journey transport and return, etc).
Particular case of the United States :
If you leave towards the United States or that you forward there
simply here what it is appropriate to envisage in term of
formalities :
A visa is obligatory if you are in possession:
- of a model old passport (nonreadable out of machine).
- of a model new passport (with optical character reading) and
delivered it or after October 25, 2005.
You are exempted visas if you are in possession of a new
passport with optical character reading delivered before October 25,
2005 or of a passport with biometric data with numerical photograph or
biometric data on microchip.
An individual passport is obligatory for each member of the same
family including the minors and the babies.
It is imperative that your enfants/bébés are
up to date of vaccination at the French level, namely (BCG, DT POLIO).
In addition for any voyage it is necessary to establish a
program of vaccination which must hold account of two criteria:
Administrative obligation. It corresponds to the
protection of the country against an infectious risk coming from
outside more than to the risks incurred by the traveller.
Real risks incurred by the traveller. They vary
according to the medical situation of the visited country, the
conditions and the duration of the stay, the particular
characteristics of the traveller, in particular the age and also
former vaccinations.
This program relates to mainly the African, Asian destinations
and of South America.
It is thus one, even two months before the departure which it
is necessary to be concerned with the vaccines necessary to the risk
to be taken of short. The consultation of its pediatrist is
thus absolutely necessary in order to practise well before the
departure the whole of the vaccines specific to the selected
destination.
Among the specific vaccines, it is advisable to
quote :
the vaccine against the yellow fever can be managed as
of 6 months, but is exigible only from 1 year.
vaccination against the typhoid fever is particularly
recommended to the children of immigrant families which leave on
holiday in their country of origin, in particular in North Africa.
the vaccine against hepatitis A can be managed as of the
age of 1 year. Although the disease is generally benign, even
unapparent at this stage, the child can nevertheless be infected and
to transmit the virus to his entourage.
vaccination against meningitis with méningocoque is
indicated as from 2 years in the zones and during the seasons at the
risk (season dries). This vaccination can be carried out as of the 6 months age in
the event of epidemic. One 2nd injection will have in this
case, being practised a few months later.
In the event of hasty departure, associations or
combinations are possible.
(Source : Pasteur Institute)
It is disadvised taking along young children in
zones impaludées in particular in the countries of Group 3.
The risks of access engraves are increased.
The fight against the mosquitos is of primary importance.
The harmlessness of repulsive is not established before the 2
years age. It is recommended to avoid the risks of puncture of
mosquito after laying down it sun, in particular while placing the
beds and cradles, the night, under impregnated insecticide mosquito
nets.
The attending practitionar will have to prescribe a antipaludic
disease prevention adapted to the weight of the child.
The méfloquine exists only in the form of compressed quadri
sectile and is not recommended below 15 kg (3 years), Savarineฎ does not have a paediatric form, Malaroneฎ)
is now available in paediatric tablets and can be managed with the
children between 11 and 40 kg, and the doxycycline is contra-indicated
for the children of less than 8 years.
Lastly, it is necessary to consult in urgency a doctor in the
event of fever. For an infant, to consult for any
faintness even in the absence of fever. The anti paludiques
ones must remain out of reach children.
Prevention of the diarrhoeas
It is essential and rests to the only measures of
hygiene:
use of mineral water or filtered water pulp for the
feeding-bottles
sterilization of the feeding-bottles
strict hygiene of the people occupying itself of
the baby
Breast feeding with the centre must be favoured
In the event of diarrhoea
The action to be taken should be known (to ask
council to a doctor before the departure). In
particular :
mode of use of the sachets of oral rehydration of type WHO
or derived
to know to recognize the signs of gravity
the diarrheal anti mode according to the age
in the event of fever : to
consult quickly
General precautions:
Never not to expose the child to the sun and to protect it
(hat, clothing, creams screen so necessary)
To avoid the heat stroke at the time of too long
displacements in very hot countries, in particular in the car, while
envisaging to make drink the child with feeding-bottles of water, or
better, aqueous solutions of rehydration
Light, broad, ventilated clothing (nonsynthetic
cotton and fabrics).
To prevent that children :
go naked feet, in particular in contact with the sand or
of wet ground which can be soiled by dejections of animals
(parasitic),
bathe in ponds or rivers (bilharzioses),
play with animals (rage).
(Source : Pasteur Institute)
Medical case :
There does not exist of standard case of pharmacy.
The composition of this one is to be adapted according to the
voyage (to ask council to your doctor).
Nevertheless, some elements impossible to circumvent can
be announced after validation near your doctor :
anti-diarrheal, according to the age
a drug counters the evil of transport
compressed to sterilize the feeding-bottles (cold
sterilization),
sachets of standard rehydration WHO,
a drug counters the pain and the fever
(paracetamol is preserved better than the acid acetylsalicylic
(aspirin) at heat),
The European Chart of Sickness insurance (valid 1 year)
which comes to replace the old E-111 form, is individual and personal.
It attests your rights to the sickness insurance and will allow
you, at the time of a temporary stay in Europe, to profit from the
assumption of responsibility of the care médicalement necessary,
whatever the reason for your displacement.
It is however necessary to respect the formalities in force in
the country of stay. Any person must have her own chart,
including the children. Attention, you must make the request
near your Case of Sickness insurance at least 2 weeks before the
departure envisaged. No particular document is necessary to
obtain it: the case of sickness insurance has all the elements
normally concerning you. If you are caught there too late,
CPAM will be able to deliver you all the same a provisional
certificate in replacement.
For the voyages out of Europe :
It is recommended to subscribe an insurance travels, with
the profit in particular of your enfants/bébés envisaging good
guarantees of Expenses of health and repatriation.
Some accessories are essential to travel with a child or
a baby. Those will enable you to face unforeseen situations
even not very comfortable and to occupy it during a part of the
way :
To privilege a bag adapted especially if you leave with a
baby
Collations or its meals following the duration of
the voyage
Tétine.
A milk feeding-bottle
A water feeding-bottle
A small cover and le(s) doudou(s)
Couches/lingettes
Some pockets with hermetic closing
Clothing of replacement for the child and also
for you
Books of colouring, pencils for the young
children
Toys of voyages (small and nonnoisy)
Accessories to be privileged for the stay
For the babies or the infants the recourse to
poussette canes, handy can prove to be useful especially if you wish
to walk or visit.
Generally, to take necessary useful layers for the
duration of the stay, idem for the lingettes, lotions creams and other
usual care of your child or baby.
Acting of clothing, the choice will depend on the climate
of the destination and your housing conditions (existence or not of a
laundry). To always envisage, even in the event of hot
destinations, one or two sweaters, as well as replacements of
tee-shirts and under sufficient clothing in a number.
To envisage a practical and handy bag finally to spend the
necessary one for one or 2 days of excursion.
