Travelling with a Toddler...Need Help!

Hi! I will be visiting Paris in a few weeks with my 16 month old baby and I have a few questions.

First, I am a little concerned about food for her. We will be renting an appartment near the louvre so we will have access to pots and pans when we want to cook. My question is what is available in terms of Baby food in Paris? Is the milk sold there pasturized? I have a picky eater on my hands hence my apprehension.

Anyone know of any good market place near the louvre?

Also anything I should keep in mind with regards to travelling and sightseeing with a young toddler?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

a 16 month old doesn't need pasteurized milk she can have homogenized, but anyway ofcourse they do have it. What do you mean baby food, do you still buy special pots with babyfood, at that age you should cook yourself, especially when she is a picky eater, but yes they have bottled babyfood. It's not a third world country you know.

well in US all milk is pasturized. Hence I asked....i don't know what I should look for in a label in France that would be simlar to pasturized milk. I don't want to give her unpasturized milk.

she does eat cooked home food but I still feed her Gerber brand fruits....i can bring that with me from US but would like to avoid since I want to travel light. I know it is not a 3rd world country (have travelled there with her already) but still apprehensive going to a new country. we are indian so she lives off on rice and lentil....

thanks for your suggestions.

I am afraid your baby will get very sick with the french food. Better travel to Bolivia!

All regular milk in France is pasteurized - it's called pasteurise. You would have a harder time fining non-pasteurized milk. And in any supermarket you can find baby food in jars, probably including Gerber.

Not only is milk pasturized, in my experience, all you can find in western Europe is ULTRA pasturized.
I think there is LOTS to keep in mind when traveling with a toddler! There are literally hundreds of books about traveling with kids. Rick Steves' Paris book has tips for kids. There is a forum here for traveling with kids.

Louis Pasteur must be spinning in his grave.

The principal baby food brand is Nestlé. You may have heard of it.

Although the ULTRApasturized milk (the one that does not need to be kept cooled) is available in France (but not common in very many other north European countries) it is mainly common at discount supermarkets and in "7-11" type of shops.
The ULTRAp. milk should be avoided - tastes terrible and often have vitamins/minerals added.
You won't find lots of food shop around Louvre - nor many ppl. live there.

Normal milk in shops is pastaurized - and if it is not (there is some very, very costly super quality gastronomical non-pastaurized milk sold here and there) it is so heavly analyzed and controlled that it is safe.

Kerouac2, you just had me laughing out loud!!!! my thoughts were along the same lines.

Hi,

there is a Monoprix supermarket between Le Louvre and Opera Garnier, 21 avenue de L'Opera, metro station is "Pyramides". You should be able to get milk and baby food, Nestle or Bledina. You'll find also mineral water anywhere.
FYI, I don't give cow milk to my baby boy (21 month yo) but "lait de croissance" as it contains vitamines, iron and whatever he is supposed to need.

Don't worry, French women don't always cook for their babies so there is plenty of choice available in the supermarkets.

Have a good stay.

Thank you all so much for your helpful advise. I will definitely look into the Monoprix. And the suggestions for milk was helpful as well.

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why is it that having a child turns peoples brains into mush? for god's sake, there ARE babies in France too.