老大帶“小老大”回國經驗分享

I just came back from a 3-week trip to China with my 18-month old. I had the same worry as you because my baby is on all organic food/milk here, and there is no such thing as organic in Asia . In addition, I worry about all the food safety issues. However, just think, your baby will only be living on those food for a few weeks--it is not going to do too much harm. This is what you can do:

1) Bring some room-temp packaged milk---Horizon brand have small paper container organic milk (240ml each) perfect for travel. While in China , ask your family for what they trust. Essentially, all Chinese milk contain additives. I did a tasting parallel with the organic milk I brought back. The Chinese one tasted too good (and weird) to be natural (I read that natural milk should not be too tasty) but contained less protein. They did a lot of things during the manufacture process. But you cannot possibly bring enough milk from US. So do the best you can.

2) Yogurt: Again very diluted. Look for ones that have the highest protein concentration. Don't touch yogurt drinks--that is not yogurt.

3) shop at places your family trust--get high quality chicken and pork and cook for yourself. Don't eat shellfish!!! My baby loved shrimp and almost lived on shrimp for 6 months here. While in China , she ate some shrimp in a really high-end restaurent and became allergic (probably due to contaminants or toxins in the shrimps) and could not touch shellfish any more. My feeling is that all shellfishes in China are contaminated somewhat, although we adults do not have any reaction, young children are more sensitive.

4) fruit: bring some apple sauce with you. The sizes are small enough that you can bring a lot.

5) my baby found what she liked in the end. It took her a while to get used to the tastes there. She was low on veggie intake during the time though. She is now back for a week and has been eating like she is been starved for her life. So they will compensate by themselves.


我也是剛剛和我18個月大的寶寶從中國回來。去之前，我和很擔心，應為寶寶在這裏都是吃的有機食物，而中國還沒有。另外，我也很擔心食品的安全衛生。不過，寶寶隻是在那裏呆幾個禮拜，還不至於會帶來什麽傷害。下麵幾條我的經驗，僅供參考。

1。 帶一些小盒裝的室溫牛奶。Horizon 有這樣的紙盒裝的有機牛奶（240毫升一盒），非常適合旅行時用。到了中國，可以買家人信的過的牌子的牛奶。從根本上來說，中國的奶製品都還有添加劑。和美國帶去的奶比較，中國的牛奶味道雖好（有點太好了）（天然奶不應該有那麽好的味道），帶所含蛋白相對少。他們在生產過程中，作了很多處理。

2。 酸奶。買那些含蛋白高的。不要買酸奶飲料。那些不是酸奶。

3。 在你家人信賴的地方買東西，盡可能買高質量的雞肉和豬肉。不要吃蝦和貝殼類食物。我的寶寶很愛吃蝦，她幾乎天天吃蝦連著吃了6個月。在中國的時候，我們在一家高級食肆食用蝦之後，她就過敏了（也許是蝦裏的汙染物)，之後，在也不能吃那類食物了。我感覺中國的貝殼類食物可能在某些程度上受汙染，雖然我們大人沒感覺，可寶寶們很敏感。

4。 水果。帶一些蘋果泥。小瓶裝的很容易帶多一些。

5。 我的寶寶最後還是找到自己喜歡吃的，雖然還是花了一段時間適應的。隻是她蔬菜吃的少。現在，我們已經回來一個星期了，她像個小餓鬼似的猛吃。看來她們還是知道怎麽補回來的。