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In hot climates natural fabrics are the only fabrics to wear, mixtures of man made fabrics with cotton, even mixtures containing 70% cotton or synthetic cotton mixtures are hot and encourage problems like prickly heat. The wearer sweats more and hot clammy children are often whingey children.
Dark colours attract malaria mosquitoes and since, black or navy absorb more sunlight radiation, they are hotter than pastel shades. Bees are attracted to flowery patterns surprisingly enough and tsetse flies are attracted to the colour blue.
Separates are best for toddlers and young children; tops or bottoms that have fallen foul of the sticky finger brigade can easily be swapped. Layers allow you to adjust clothing as quickly as the temperatures do. Short trips on small boats can get surprisingly cold, even in the tropics. Sea Spray plus wind is a chilling combination even at the Equator. Monsoon downpours can make you all feel cold too; light weight waterproofs may be worth packing as they take up such little room in your luggage.
If it's going to be cold a woolly hat will be needed, and for both woolly hats and sun hats you may need to do some pre-trip training to get younger children used to wearing them.
Too much sun is a primary cause of concern when travelling with young children. Under threes are especially sensitive to it because the surface area of their heads is large relative to their bodies. If exposed for too long, their heads can absorb harmful amounts of heat. Peaked caps leave the tips of the ears exposed to the sun; this area is a common site for skin cancer. For babies take a sun hat and pack a spare.
All in one sleep suits are good to cover up baby and help reduce insect bites. Woolly tights make a good extra layer in cold weather.
Pack at least one change of clothes which are readily accessible in case of any kind of sicky, poohy, sticky accidents.
Make sure all clothes allow quick and easy nappy changing in difficult conditions.
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These need ties around the wrist or poppers to prevent them getting lost. |
| Shoes
Sturdy shoes are useful for travelling with toddlers; this is a clumsy age when the child is learning about mobility. Keeping shoes on will protect him from injuring his feet and for the beach or frolicking in a mountain stream Crocs are ideal, and back home can be used for good hygiene at your local swimming pool. Don't however buy new shoes explicitly for the holiday as you may find they are uncomfortable, rub or cause blisters. |
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