Wipes don't work for wiping away sand. - I like Melissa's idea of bringing the jug of water to get sand off. I HATE sand.

Also, I don't know what kinds of creep crawlys you have in Italy but mosquitos and sand fleas suck here big time so I would bring bug spray.

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Seeing how Im on an islnad in the middle of the ocean maybe I can help LMAO! I normally just keep Brooke in her swimsuit. I do load up on sunblock and I use at LEAST 50 proof. If you have a hat take that. If Brooke wont keep her hat on I load her head up with sun screen. Dont forget ears, neck and feet!
We do use the swim diapers but Im not fond of them. They always leak on me, I can feel the warmth if ya know what I mean..gross. If we are at the beach I usually let her swim without anything. If we are at the pool its a swim diaper.
Ive taken blankets and things out with us to the bech but she wont stay on it so it's a waste. I just let her crawl around and when we leave I shower her off.

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Banana Boat (I think) sells these new Aloe wipes that DO wipe away sand at the beach and they cool at the same time. I really love them, they are one of my proud finds that I found when we went to the beach in May, they sell them at Walmart btw.

Swim diapers are a MUST! I have never had a problem with them, I think they absorb pretty well actually. Huggies also makes new baby sunblock. I bought the new spray kind but it sucks, I cant remember what brand it was, but it was for babies.

The tents are a great thing to have also, but if you can rent an umbrella then you dont really need one I guess.

I am one of the ones that uses the little surfer shirts from Old Navy and I only use it when he is done swimming and were still outside, he doesnt wear it when he is swimming.

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great tips ladies thanks!!!

another question regarding the diapers... do you need to change it after you get out of the water?? G doent have sensitive skin at all, but i'd imagine that the wet diaper has to come off???? just trying to think of how many packs i need for a weeks' vacation. hmmmmm

luckily his skintone is pretty dark but i know i still need to be careful, i bought a spray spf but it comes out milky and i still need to rub it in.. are there some that comes out in a finer mist??? i picture myself wiping the sweat off my brow while slathering Giacomo up and i'd end up havng one streak of spf 50 across my face.. that would be cute....

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Dani
mommy to Giacomo
born 09 August 2007

Dani~ You will need to put a regular diaper on him if he will not be swimming. The swimmers are designed to not absorb water which means they don't absorb the pee either. They don't stop liquid. They are more for keeping in the poo, so it doesn't end up in the water. HTH!

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now i get it.. makes sense....
i was really confused for a while there hahah

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Dani
mommy to Giacomo
born 09 August 2007

Agree with what everyone else has said!!!

G is getting this for her birthday. For beach excursions. (we live on the coast so we will use it a lot)


It has a canopy, padding and a cooler that hooks on the back too!

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Here's what we did for Owen:

Took the beach umbrella. A lot of the ones they have now are at least SPF 50 rated. Some people were using the EZ up tents similar to these: International E-Z UP - #1 Best Selling Instant Shelter in the World! but to me it was something else to drag to the beach.

We ended up buying one of these: http://www.instep.net/Product/Bicycl...iler_13-SC770/ We used it on the back of our bike to haul Owen to the beach. There is tons of room in the rear where we could put all of our beach stuff like chairs, cooler, boogie boards, and umbrella in the back and secure it with bungie cords. It also converts to a stroller and it was great for pushing on the beach.

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