Travel Health Kit

• Band-Aids
• alcohol swabs
• antibacterial hand-wash or wipes
• Anti-diarrhea medicine for adults (not recommended for babies and children)
• diaper-rash cream
• baby cold/cough medicine
• oral antihistamine (baby dose)
• Pedialyte
• bandage tape
• antibiotic ointment
• hydrocortisone cream for non-blistery rashes
• acetaminophen and/or ibuprofen
• thermometer
• teething gel
• latex gloves
• glycerin suppositories
• medication spoons or droppers
• baby lotion
• powder
• cotton-swabs
• nail clipper
• bottles and assorted nipples
• diapers

How to Pack Medications

• Keep medications in their original bottles—you won’t mix them up or forget the dosage. If the original container is too large, ask the pharmacist to give you a smaller one and label it.
• Never put two medications into one container to save space. Drugs can chemically react to one another.
• Bring more medication than you think you will need.
• If you’re packing prescription medications, take along a letter from your doctor, stating his name, phone number, what you’re taking, and why.If you have severe allergies, the letter should say exactly what you’re allergic to and what your allergic reaction is. (Diabetes patients who need routine injections must carry a doctor’s letter stating the need for syringes and needles.)
• Pack all prescription medications in your carry-on luggage in case your bags get lost or delayed.

Staying Healthy Away From Home

• Wash your hands often with soap and water.
• Don’t eat or drink dairy products that are not pasteurized.
• Eat only thoroughly cooked foods, or fruits and vegetables you have peeled yourself.
• Drink only bottled water.
• Drink only soft drinks from cans or bottles.
• Don’t drink beverages with ice.
• Don’t eat food purchased from street vendors.
• Beware of mosquitoes where malaria is a concern. Use insect repellents that contain DEET—it’s safe for adults, children, and infants older than 2 months—and wear long sleeves, pants, and hats.

At Home

Travel Medical Insurance

Packing List Example

Total of 6 bags going, 5 returning:
• 1 large hard shell luggage piece (loaded as a donation to orphanage, suitcase not returning)
• 2 large soft luggage pieces;
• 1 medium soft luggage piece;
• 1 Rolling Duffel Bag
• 1 Diaper Bag
• 1 portfolio for documents
• 1 money belt
  Carry:
• Cash, Cash in Money Belt
• Credit Card / Other ID
• Light/Medium Jackets
• Rolling Duffel Bag
• Diaper Bag
• Grace’s leather fanny pack
• Portfolio with tickets, passports, docs, …
• Journal/pens.
• 2 Neck Pillows
  Lands End Navy Blue Diaper Bag, including changing pad and Rolling Duffel Bag (These items are packed from the total list, not in addition to the total)
• 6 diapers
• 1 tube of Diaper cream
• Travel Pack of diaper wipes
• Travel size Hand Sanitizer
• Camera, with 3 rolls film
• Magazines, books, candy
• 1 4 Oz bottle, 10 liners, 5 nipples, small amount of formula (for these liners only)
• P: two pair sox, two t-shirts and two underwear, 1 long sleeve shirt, 1 short sleeve shirt, sweat pants/shirt.
• G: sox, underwear, shirt, pants
• Phone Card
  Green Toiletries bag:
• Saline nasal spray
• Benadryl
• Advil
• Pepto Bismol
• Tums
• Deodorant
• Toothbrush/Toothpaste
• Hairbrush
• Bottle Opener
• Shaving Stuff
• 2 Neck Pillows
  Gift Items
• Ghirardelli Chocolates (3 lbs)
• 2 Pennsylvania t-shirts (just circle our city in Perm. Marker before leaving/packing)
• 1 Penn State Cap
• 3 USA Caps
• Red bags and paper for gifts, red envelopes (to be put in bags after we get to China)
  Non-Clothing
• Green Striped Toiletry Bag (Baby)
• Green Toiletry Bag (Peter)
• Black Toiletry Bag (Grace)
• 4 Baby Spoons
  Food:
• 6 dehydrated camping meals (each feed 2)
• 3 pouches of tuna fish (3 oz. each)
• 2 metal forks
• 2 round & 2 rectangle Chinese Takeout containers (to be thrown away at end of trip)
• Gatorade powder (enough for 5 gallons, for adult dehydration)
• Cheerios (in one-gallon Ziploc)
• Gerber Rice Cereal, 2 boxes, 8 oz. each, in Ziplocs
• 4 jars baby food (2 prune, 1 squash & 1 peach)
• 1 1Kg canister Isomil Soy w/Iron (put in double 1-gal. Ziploc before we leave)
• 3 4-oz. Playtex bottles w/40 inserts
• 3 8-oz. Playtex bottles w/40 inserts
• Miscellaneous nipples (about 6)
  Medicine/Prescriptions:
  Elizabeth:
• Zithromax (Prescription, non-mixed!!!!!!!)
• Scabies Medicine (Prescription)
• Infant ibuprofen (3 1-oz containers)
• Equate Lice Solution Kit
• Baby Orajel
• Kaolectrolyte powder (8 – 8 oz single packs, for baby dehydration)
• J&J soothing vapor cream
• Infant Vitamin Drops
• Oral-B Baby Toothbrush (Stage 1)
• Eucerin Moisturizing lotion
• 2 Oz J&J Baby wash
• 4 Oz J&J Baby lotion
• Nasal Aspirator (aka Brain Sucker)
• Nail Clipper
  Adults:
• Vitamins in a pillbox
• Sudafed (1 box - 24 pills)
• 1 container saline nasal spray
• Pepto Bismol (100 pills, chewable)
• 50 Benadryl tablets (helps with sleep to get on their timezone)
• 50 Advil tablets
• BC Pills
• Imodium AD tablets (1 box of 96 pills)
• 40 Tums tablets
• 15 regular band-aids
• 3 finger band-aids
• 3 knuckle band-aids
• 1 tube Neosporin / triple antibiotic cream
• 1 tube Cortisone 10 anti-itch cream
• P’s Shaving stuff
  Misc:
• Small photo album of our family (6 pictures)
• Diapers (Huggies, Size 3, 16-28 lb.), total 90 diapers
• Huggies Little Swimmers (1 12 pack)
• Black MAWS fanny pack-like kid carrier
• Ear Thermometer
• 2 tubes of Diaper Cream
• J&J Lavender Lotion
• Luvs Diaper Wipes (2 refill packages)
• Large refill size sanitizer, 1 travel size for diaper bag
• 8 pocket-packs Kleenex & 3 larger (50 tissue) plastic packs Kleenex
• 3 travel-size bottles of Shampoo
• Phone card (G’s fanny pack)
• 16 rolls of 400-speed film in lead bag, one camera, and one backup battery
• Stacking cups, locking rings, misc. toys, books, (3 American Sign Language books)
• Plastic Sassy bags – for used diapers
• Baby B’Air Infant flying harness
• 2 Neck Pillows
• Puppy design Blanket
• Pink Striped Blanket
• Hairbrush for Elizabeth
  Elizabeth’s Clothing Items
• Dark Blue Jacket (medium warmth)
• Pajamas – 3 pairs with feet (9-12 month)
• Light blue bathing suit with flowered T-shirt for cover-up
• 7 nine-month one-piece outfits
• 3 nine-month onesies for under clothes
• 6-12 month Gap brown & beige outfit
• White Winter Hat
• Lavender 12 month outfit
• Pink 12 month jean outfit
• 1 pair white & 1 pair pink booty-type shoes
• 4 cloth bibs & 40 disposable Bibsters
• 6 pairs white socks, some with lace on top
  Adult Clothing:
  Peter:
• 14 T-shirts, 14 underwear, 14 pairs socks (disposable)
• 2 pair jeans (wearing one)
• 2 pairs jeans shorts
• 4 long sleeve shirts
• 3 short sleeve shirts
• 2 sweatshirts, one for sleep
• 1 sweatpants
• 1 light/medium jacket
• Slippers
• 1 bathing suit
• Sunglasses clip
• Backup pair of glasses
  Grace:
• 16 pairs underwear (disposable)
• 6 pairs socks (disposable)
• 3 bras
• 2 pairs stretch pants (blue & black)
• 2 pairs Capri pants (wish I brought more!)
• 1 pair jean shorts
• 2 short sets
• 2 long sleeved shirts
• 2 pairs pajamas
• 1 light jacket
• Slippers
• 1 bathing suit
• Sunglasses
  Wish we could have taken:
• THERMOS!!!! (Nicole didn’t want hot formula & Elizabeth loves hot formul