Baby's First Aid Kit

There is a list of what you should need for your baby's first aid kit. According to your destination, you will need more or less. Always seek your baby's pediatrician for advice.

• Infant and/or child thermometers
• Children's and/or infants' acetaminophen and ibuprofen, as recommended by your pediatrician, to relieve fever and mild pain
• Antihistamines, as recommended by your pediatrician, for insect bites, hives, and allergic reactions
• Topical calamine lotion or hydrocortisone cream (.5%) for insect bites and rashes
• Antibiotic ointment for cuts and scrapes
• Irrigating eye wash to rinse irritants from eyes
• Saline nose drops to clear stuffy noses
• Aloe gel for burns
• Tweezers for removing splinters, ticks...
• A pair of sharp scissors
• Child-safe sunscreen
• Child-safe insect repellent
• Nasal aspirator bulb
• An assortment of adhesive bandage strips in various sizes and shapes (for children's sensitive skin, get the less-sticky kind)
• Gauze rolls (1/2 to 2 inches wide)
• Gauze pads (2 by 2 inches and 4 by 4 inches)
• Adhesive tape
• Sterile cotton balls
• Cotton-tipped swabs
• Mild liquid soap (most antibacterial and deodorant soaps are too strong for babies' sensitive skin)
• An oral syringe or calibrated cup or spoon or special dummy for administering medicines
• Blanket (space blanket)
• First-aid manual

Additional items to include if recommended by your pediatrician:

• Rehydration fluids, to rehydrate children with diarrhea
• Epinephrine injector, asthma inhaler, or other prescription medication if your child is allergic to bee stings, peanuts, or shellfish, or if he has some other type of life-threatening allergy