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gentoo_penguin said:Hi Everyone,
We have just returned from walking the Camino from Leon to Santiago (between 7 and 27 of October) with our 16 month old daughter (Anika). It was the most amazing experience for all of us, although it had its moments. What we lacked in time to reflect for ourselves we gained by bonding together as a family. We also met a number of incredible people (walkers on the Camino as well as locals) and felt like we were propelled by the good wishes of the people we met.
We weren't the only ones on the trail with children, we met a Swedish couple with three children (7, 5 and an 8 month old) who were walking from Sarria to Santiago.
On the practical side we used a baby backpack for Anika (which my wife carried) and I carried the rest of the stuff. I'll be putting together a website (my first go at web publishing) with info about what we did and took to help others out.
Cheers and buen Camino
peter
scruffy1 said:October is better so is April. The heat! Babies are not as adaptable as adults to temperature change. A baby's body surface is about three times greater than an adult's, compared to the weight of his/her body. Take some sort of first aid course, recognize the symptoms of heat stoke and dehydration, learn to recognize early symptoms know what to do neither is something to be shrugged off - inexplicable crying or long periods of sleep at strange hours are first signs. No direct exposure to the sun, baby sun hats (take several they get lost easily) rest during the hottest hours (you wrote that you will be taking it easy so no problem there) look for air conditioning (not as easy as it may sound) a reliable medical themometer and everybody should drink drink drink-especially if you are still breast feeding. As a grandfather four times over, I would be less then enthusiastic should my children announce such an adventure for sure but Buen Camino-bailout is an honorable option.
I have seen those videos, but I would respectfully say that those videos provide as many good reasons for not taking a baby as good ones. I won't disrespect someone else's camino by going into detail about my thoughts about those videos, to each their own.ManyMiles2Go said:There is a series of You Tube videos of a couple that walked the Camino Frances with their 6 month old baby! They started on January 1st and to make it even more difficult, they were both vegans :shock: My wife and I watched their entire journey. They did a video of about 10-20 minutes each day of their journey. What an inspiration!! Just get on You Tube and do a search for "Baby Camino de Santiago" and look for the videos from "BeYourPotential". Very inspiring and what a cute and happy baby!!
Hi Peter, it looks like your web page is down or not available anymore. Did you change the website?Hi All,
Just to let you all know that I've put most of the website about traveling with a child on the Camino up. The site is http://www.kidsoncamino.com and has lots of practical information. The only part of the site still under construction is the our story section. Please feel free to link it to your own websites and blogs (it would be much appreciated). Comments about improvements to the site would also be appreciated.
And hi Esau. We remember meeting you on the way to Astorga. I'll send you a photo of us for your collection (including the pink rabbit).
Cheers
peter
Hi Peter, it looks like your web page is down or not available anymore. Did you change the website?
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