How to travel long distances by train with children, tips and life hacks for traveling. How to keep your child occupied on the train Children's book with waterproof pages

Winter is the right time to plan summer trips. If you are planning to go to the Russian sea coast by train with children, then TOP-10 entertainment for preschoolers on a long journey along railway for you.

1) Many modern parents think that by taking a tablet, laptop, smartphone or some other gadget with them on a trip, they will thereby get rid of their children’s annoying behavior for a long time. But playing games on the phone and watching cartoons on the laptop does not entertain hyperactive three-year-olds for long. Moreover, on the train there is a problem of recharging electronics. And although I put this popular look entertainment comes first, in practice we rarely use it, in extreme cases, when we ourselves are completely exhausted, and children cross all the boundaries of what is permitted, begin to be capricious or quarrel among themselves.

2) A good alternative to watching cartoons is listening to children's songs on an MP3 player. The advantage of the player is that it is easy to replace dead batteries. Children listen with pleasure and sing along to the lion cub (“I’m lying in the sun”), the bunny with the wolf (“Tell me, Snow Maiden, where have you been?”), the Bremen Town Musicians (“There is nothing better in the world…”), and so on. cartoon characters.

If there is only one player, and two children, then give each one an earphone - listening together is even more interesting.

3) At all long stops (more than 20 minutes), be sure to go out with your children for a walk: get some fresh air, get some exercise. And under no circumstances stand. Walk along the train, count the cars, do exercises, play tag within reason, observing safety measures.

And be sure to buy some tasty treats: ice cream, kozinak, lollipop. After all, children quickly get bored with bland and monotonous food on the train, and sweetness improves their mood.

4) We always take board games, books, drawing sets and children's magazines with crossword puzzles, tasks and interesting stories on the train. From board games Age-appropriate puzzles, themed lotto with animals, bright dominoes, and walkers for preschoolers are suitable. Books with children's stories and poems will help you calm children before daytime and nighttime sleep. And with children's magazines such as “Fidget”, “Golden Antelope”, “3/9 Kingdom”, “The Adventures of Nikita and His Friends” you will not only entertain your children, but also spend time usefully for their development. Relatively recently, the magazine “Zoo” appeared on sale, in which you can make interesting applications, as well as cut and glue various animals from paper, which will serve as toys for your children for some time.

5) Let children play active games. And, of course, for safety reasons, keep them company. So, children love to climb onto the top shelves.

Moreover, as soon as they climb there, they immediately need to climb down. Be patient and let them climb up and down to their heart's content; your prohibitions not to climb up will still not stop little explorers. In addition to climbing on the top shelves, our children also loved to dance.

After allowing your children to run wild and fool around a little, switch them to a more calm pastime.

6) Look out the window with your children. For example, after the Ural forests, it was very interesting for us to look at the fields and steppes in central Russia. One could see grazing herds of cows, sheep and goats, which our city children had never seen in person. Also, draw children’s attention to houses and gardens when driving past villages - they are so different from city high-rise buildings. Be sure to show your children rivers and reservoirs; they will be interested in looking at the “big water” and the bridges over which the train passes. And, of course, draw the children’s attention to architectural monuments, for example, station buildings, churches and other interesting buildings.

So, driving through Volgograd, our children looked for a long time, with their noses pressed to the window, at the “Motherland” - “a huge woman with a sword.” And then we listened with interest to an excursion into history, about the Great Patriotic War and about “how children were hungry then and were happy even with a stale crust of bread, but now you don’t even eat delicious porridge.”

7) Let the children blow bubbles. This simple activity, in my opinion, is loved by both adults and, especially, children.

8) Blow up a balloon for each child. Children will persistently try to throw them onto the top shelf, and the balls will roll down from the train's motion. You are guaranteed ten minutes of rest. With the help of a ball, you can play “edible - inedible”: it is safe for surrounding objects, and it is easier for children to figure out during the flight of the ball whether to catch it or not.

9) Try organizing a role-playing game with your children. "Daughters - Mothers"

- one of the favorite options. You can also play as Indians by tying a waffle towel over your child’s head and decorating his cheeks with lipstick, or as spies by giving the children some secret mission, for example, to find the oldest grandmother in the carriage and find out where she is going.

10) If you have tried all the options listed above, but have not yet reached your destination, and your children obsessively demand attention, just walk along the train. Surely you are not alone traveling with children. Introduce your kids to your fellow travelers, take your toys, a handful of sweets and go visit your neighbors. When the children get used to it, they will start playing with each other longer, and you will have a free minute.

By the way, don’t forget to take some entertainment for yourself on the train, because small children, no matter how long they stay awake, will still fall asleep sooner or later.

Enjoy your travels and have an easy journey!

I recently wrote a post about traveling with children, but there I basically talked about how we managed to do it with three kids.

Today I would like to do useful post for everyone who dares to travel with children.

On the way back from Anapa, we spent almost two days shaking on the train, and we were not the only people on the train who were traveling with children.

The most popular and simple entertainment is to play a cartoon on your child’s laptop and let him sit and watch.

I personally have nothing against cartoons, I show them to children myself, but it is obvious that it is still extremely undesirable for a child of two years to watch more than forty minutes.

What to do the rest of the time? And is it possible to carry it out with real benefit for the baby?

Let's put together a “magic suitcase of joy” for a child on a trip.

If I go somewhere with a child, I always prepare for the fact that I will have to entertain him, so I take toys with me.

Most the best option- buy new toys and books for the trip and show them to the child only on the road.

What to take for a child six months to two years old:

1. Baby slings with toys

A very convenient thing for traveling, they only take up space on your neck.

My favorite beads are made up of knitted beads with small knitted toys.

Little children love to chew them and crush them in their little hands. You can order from any craftswoman you like on the Internet.

2. Children's book with waterproof pages

Nowadays they make wonderful children's toy books for little ones.

We had several such indestructible books with wonderful illustrations.

In our favorites, the cardboard base is applied to a polymer base. Warm floors for children's rooms are also made from this material. It's very difficult to chew this one off. This is important for parents of baby beavers who violently chew ordinary cardboard books.

There are options made of fabric or completely waterproof. You need to choose something that will captivate your baby.

3. “Quiet” musical educational toy

Almost all children like light and sound toys.

For example, a completely win-win form is a telephone with buttons and sounds. They are specially made quiet for children, so they will not disturb passengers.

I always take educational toys that have a lot of all sorts of bells and whistles - rustling toys, rattles, nozzles.

All these “treasures” can be put in a soft, bright backpack or a children's handbag with drawstrings. Kids love to take out and put back different objects, so the handbag can become a separate toy.

What to take for a child from two to five years old:

There is more room for imagination here. The child can already be captivated by some spiritually beneficial activities.

1. Coloring books and washable crayons. Sticker books

Ideally, the crayons will be in some kind of plastic box. You can put them in a small food container.

Why not markers? It’s possible, but even washable ones can leave too bright marks, and the caps get lost very easily.

It's easier with crayons - they are soft and dry.

Another great form of entertainment is sticker books.

You can take a sticker book where you need to stick on assignments. Or you can take stickers and an empty album separately.

Let the child make “collages” himself.

2. Children's lotto and small puzzles

There is also a lot of room for imagination here - I like most of all the wooden puzzles on a backing, from which you need to put together a picture.

Insert puzzles are suitable for smaller children. It's easier there - just choose the size.

On a trip, you can take a plastic lotto with animals or fruits and vegetables.

It may not be possible to keep your child occupied for an hour, but fifteen to twenty minutes is quite possible to sit through this exciting game.

3. Children's plasticine Playdo with some modeling kit

This plasticine, although it would probably be more appropriate to call it modeling dough, is the coolest.

I recently discovered some awesome kits with which you can create all sorts of interesting things. A variety of molds, carved cutting knives and other artifacts will keep children occupied for a long time.

After the game, the plasticine is put away in plastic cups and, in general, all this wealth is compactly packaged.

4. Tablet

Maybe someone will say a word against it, but I don’t see anything terrible in children’s applications on a tablet.

There are incredibly beautiful and educational games. My children sometimes play at home too. True, no more than twenty minutes, as the great and terrible Komarovsky bequeathed.

I really like books that come to life and various alphabets.

Of course, all these methods work if the child is quite diligent. I assume that it will not be so easy for active specimens a la “shilo-popa” to sit down and fold some kind of lotto.

Active children are difficult to keep in place. In this case, they can be captivated by the views from the window. Can you tell me some interesting stories about the places you pass. And no one has ever prohibited walking into neighboring carriages.

During the day, passengers usually have a very favorable attitude towards children walking importantly up and down the corridor.

In general, it is important to alternate a child’s mental activity with motor activity. Don’t forcefully keep him in place, give him the opportunity to “take a walk,” and then quietly captivate him with some kind of game.

Probably what is more important is not so much the set of games as the attitude of the parents themselves.

Children absorb our mood like sponges, so it is important to be relaxed and not worry too much about the upcoming journey.

When we traveled with kids, everything was pretty smooth. The older three-year-old mostly looked out the window, listened to a book, colored, and watched cartoons from her neighbors.

But the twins liked to walk and stare at people.

But I know that now, when I decide to go with older children, I will definitely pack for each "magic box of joy".

Although, maybe I won’t go by train at all, but will go to Momondo and with a generous hand I will buy air tickets for the whole family. Who knows?

However, something tells me that maybe this summer I’ll decide on a similar trip with my whole cheerful family.

It's much easier with older children. They can read books themselves. And you can also occupy them interesting thing- creating a travel notebook. Let them write down some of their thoughts while traveling, collect tickets, unusual candy wrappers and paste them into a notebook.

They may be trying to sketch some road scenes. It’s okay if all this looks crooked and naive. After some time, the child will look through his notebook and remember the trip.

By the way, instead of chocolates, you can take with you various milk and nut bars and children's cookies.

More a good thing - special hammock for train . With its help, you can create a safe environment for a child on a narrow shelf, as well as visually isolate yourself from the rest of the space, especially if you are traveling in a reserved seat rather than a compartment.

It looks like some kind of mosquito net with straps, but it looks like it should be taken. The main advantage is that you don’t have to be afraid that the child will roll onto the floor in his sleep.

This concludes the list of items for comprehensive children's entertainment during long trips.

One way or another, a lot of people travel with children on trains. Yes, this experience is not always positive because all children are different. But in general, if you are in the mood for a trip, the parents are mentally prepared and have collected the necessary entertainment things - everything should go smoothly.

Don’t forget that everything is new for a child when traveling, and sometimes the best toys are the materials at hand: spoons, mugs, or mom’s incredibly alluring cosmetic bag.

Write in the comments what else you can take with you on the train for children?

It is important to properly organize a train trip with children so that no unpleasant situations arise. Exist general rules trips that you should get acquainted with in advance. An important point is the choice of the type of carriage and the time of departure of the train. You need to think about what to take with you on the road (food, entertainment, medicine) and how to dress the child. Recommendations will help turn your trip into an exciting journey.

It is not recommended to travel long distances with children under 3 months. During the first months, the body adapts to new living conditions. Imperfections of the vestibular apparatus and immune system can lead to health problems. It is easier to travel with an infant over 3 months old. For most of the road he will sleep under the monotonous sound of wheels. From 6 months onwards, you will need to take additional care of what to do with the time between bedtimes. The baby becomes mobile, and it is difficult for him to sit still.

Traveling with one-year-old children is more difficult. They need a lot of space to move, but they do not understand what is possible and what is not. They do not accept prohibitions. It is easier to explain to a child over 1.5 years old about the rules of conduct on a train.

A comfortable trip will be with children from three years old. Grown-up children eat well, easily communicate with other people, study the landscapes outside the window with interest, play and look at books.

What documents are needed to purchase tickets?

Children under 5 years old accompanied by an adult can travel by train for free. One shelf in this case will be intended for an adult and a child. You can purchase a ticket, then the baby can stay separately.

If two children are traveling accompanied by one adult, then it becomes necessary to purchase two tickets.

To purchase a ticket, parents must bring their passport and children’s birth certificate with them.

How to plan and prepare your baby for a trip

First you need to prepare all your things and documents, choose the right seats in the carriage, and decide on the departure time. You may need to consult a pediatrician. The doctor, taking into account the baby’s health condition, will give his recommendations. Permission from a doctor is especially important for infants under 1 year of age.

Travel time

If possible, it is better to choose a train that starts in the evening. The main part of the trip in this case will be at night, when everyone is sleeping.

Choose the type of carriage that will be comfortable for you

To make the trip comfortable, it is better to choose the type of carriage. Compartment or sleeping cars are considered suitable. In the case when tickets are purchased in a reserved seat carriage, you should take care of purchasing tickets in advance. This will allow you to choose the most suitable location.

Important! Parents need to remember that in the 3rd and 6th compartments of the reserved seat car there are emergency windows that do not open. Odd numbers are the bottom places, and even numbers are the top places.

With and without neighbors

If tickets are purchased for reserved seats, then you cannot do without neighbors:

• It’s good if the trip is planned with friends who have children. In this case, neighboring seats will be occupied.
• It’s convenient to have a separate compartment where it’s quiet, no one disturbs you, and you can put your baby to sleep or feed him at any time.

The positive aspect of being close to strangers is the opportunity to communicate, and there will be people who want to entertain the baby.

Getting settled on the train

If you plan to buy one ticket for two, it is better to choose the lower shelf. It's easier to spend the night on one bottom shelf. How to travel with a child on the top bunk? The baby should definitely lie closer to the wall, but it is better, of course, to negotiate with the neighbors and move to the bottom shelf.

What should I wear for my child on the train?

At any time of the year, it is better to wear a tracksuit, as there may be a draft on the train due to the air conditioning or open windows. Slippers will also come in handy. There must be a change of clothes.

What you need on the train

It is better to take a small blanket with you to cover your baby and a playpen for sleeping. You also need to take care of hygiene. Young children will need other things too.

Medicines

The first aid kit should take its main place in your luggage. It should include the following groups of drugs:

• means that relieve fever and pain (Ibuprofen, Nurofen);
• drugs that help with digestive disorders (Mezim, Linex, Espumisan);
• antiviral medications;
• antiallergic drugs;
• cold drops;
• antiseptic solutions;
• cotton wool, plaster, bandage.

It is useful to rinse your baby's nose with saline solutions. Aqualor and Aquamaris are suitable.

Food

For infants, you need to take a thermos with boiled or purified hot water. It is useful for breeding cereals, mixtures, and tea. If complementary foods are already included in the baby’s menu, then it would be a good idea to take jars of ready-made fruit, vegetable and meat purees with you. Attention! You cannot introduce new products during a trip.

Older children need to take with them foods and dishes that do not spoil quickly, for example, berries, fruits, vegetables, cookies, nuts, dried fruits.

Allowed to boil potatoes, take cheese and sausage. It is better to put all products in a separate bag. Disposable tableware, a folding knife, napkins will come in handy

Hygiene products

List of hygiene products:

• toothbrush (for a child you need to take a separate baby brush, toothpaste and towel);
• comb and mirror;
• paper and wet wipes;
• soap;
• garbage bags.

For children you need to take a potty. Special travel potties are sold that fold, inflate and come with disposable bags. Even if the child is used to the toilet, it is better not to go to public places.

Baby clothing items

Take a warm jacket, pants, and cap for the baby on the road. You should stock up on diapers and wet wipes. The bottle is useful for drinking or feeding formula.

Maintaining hygiene rules on the train

To maintain cleanliness, you need to take disinfectants with you. Having taken a seat in the compartment, you should immediately wipe all surfaces with antiseptic solutions. You should wipe your baby’s hands with antiseptics not only before eating or after visiting the toilet, but also just like that.

What to do with your child on the road

Lots of activities to keep your child entertained on the go:

• reading a book and looking at pictures;
• coloring books, puzzles;
• felt-tip pens, pencils, sketchbook, plasticine;
• mosaic, puzzles, applique;
• tablet.

For babies on the road, you can buy a new rattle. A variety of travel games are sold for older children.

Games

On the shelves of children's stores there are many games that you can take with you on the road: dominoes, checkers, adventure games, lotto, sea battle. Parents can come up with word games (say words starting with the letter, list fruits, wild animals), there is an option to stock up on riddles and puzzles in advance.

Books

You can take any age-appropriate book on the road. Books with bright pictures and simple tasks are suitable for little ones. For older children, you can take entertaining encyclopedias, fairy tales, stories and stories.

How to calm a baby under one year old

To travel with infant did not bring negative impressions, you need to prepare. Be sure to take diapers, a pacifier, a bottle, a thermos, and rattles.

To calm the baby, you can try giving him some water or compote, picking him up and distracting his attention with some object, walking along the corridor, or looking at a book.

It’s better to take new toys on the road so that your baby finds it interesting to play with them.

• You can play verbal educational games with children over 3 years old.
• If you run out of disposable bags for a baby potty, you can put sanitary pads or a disposable diaper on the bottom and throw them away after use.
• You can put the child in a large, thick garbage bag and wash him with water if it is hot in the compartment.
• You can take a spray bottle with you and spray it with water periodically.
• For safe sleep, make a cushion from a sheet or buy a special playpen.

If you follow all the recommendations and properly prepare for the trip, then no unpleasant situations will arise, and the child will receive only positive emotions.

What to do with a child on the train? On the eve of vacations and trips to the sea, more and more parents and grandparents are asking this question.
A train ride... is difficult for almost all travelers. It is especially difficult to sit in one place for long hours to a small child. Boredom is what makes the baby nervous, which makes everyone else feel uncomfortable, because moaning, fidgeting and even crying can spark a scandal, which will only worsen the situation. And what could be worse than an educational process that failed and then escalated into abuse, and even in the cramped space of a train. We are all human, and even mothers can reach a “boiling point.” However, we need to pull ourselves together and eliminate any reasons for nerves. Therefore, before you go on a trip, you should definitely stock up on notebooks, albums and books with pencils. These items will help keep your child occupied on the train, which means everyone will have only pleasant impressions from the trip.

Why might you need stationery and “literary” supplies on the train?

"Fantasy"

A healthy atmosphere will be supported by an unusual game called “Fantasy”, in which parents will also be involved. The baby is given a choice of any geometric figure that he says, and the mother draws it on a piece of paper. Then, through analogies, this figure can acquire a roof, a chimney, windows, like a house, if it is a square, or rays and clouds, like the sun, if the original figure is a circle. You can continue until your memory runs out of figures... or your imagination! Although the latter is unlikely to happen.

Puzzles

Everyone loves them, not only to solve them, but also to make them riddle. Childhood is that period when you want to endlessly invent and dream, so maybe it’s worth letting your child’s imagination take flight? Let the child come up with a couple of riddles himself! At first it will be difficult and you won’t be able to do without your mother, but then... the little inventor’s riddles will pour out like from a cornucopia. It will be interesting for everyone.

Fairy tales

Fairy tales read by mother are always interesting to any child. Therefore, parents should definitely arm themselves with a couple of dozen fairy tales. It will be great if you take a book with you that is a collection of fairy tales. And it’s better that the binding and illustrations are up to par. Because literature, after reading it aloud, can be given to a child for self-study. This will be facilitated by a beautiful design that will “absorb” the little book lover for a long time.

Stories

And everyone will love this activity! Building on the previous idea, you can invite your child to create a separate story about a fairy-tale character that the child likes the most. This game requires an initial example: first the mother tells her story, for example, about the little fox from “Kolobok” and why she became cunning... this will make it easier for the child to pick up the topic. If the story is successful, you can reward the storyteller with a sweet prize.

"Young photojournalist"

It requires any gadget with a camera function, which the parent gives to the child, and he, on instructions from the editors (mom or dad), takes photographs of objects specified by his superiors. Fortunately, there will be a great many of them in the train window. And in the compartment you can find many interesting things. Of course, in a reserved seat carriage, playing at being a photojournalist is not very convenient, since there will be a lot of people around the baby. However, the game is quite suitable for a short-term change of activity.

Children's magazines

Here again you will need imagination, only this time from the parents. Let the child choose a picture of the person or animal he likes, and the mother will tell a story about him and how her son or daughter is friends with the hero of the magazine photo reports. Also, the child can search among the colorful illustrations for things of the same category, for example: animals (the child looks in a magazine for all drawn and photographed four-legged animals), cars (search for cars), etc.

Games

Children find it very difficult to sit still! Even on a trip, they find how to get rid of stagnant energy, while disturbing the peace of their neighbors, or the parents themselves. This restlessness can be turned into a peaceful direction. For example, ask the child to quickly touch the part of the body indicated by the mother. You can even train your lungs through air retention exercises; parents should also join in the company or even arrange a mini-competition.

Gadgets and train travel for children

Sometimes a lot of time is wasted on the road from point “a” to point “b”, and if a family with a small child is traveling, then wasting precious hours is simply unacceptable. Yes, many now use the “fruits” of modern technologies, namely:

• laptop;
• tablet;
• telephone.

By turning on cartoon series or playing games on these gadgets, parents keep their child engaged for a long time. But will this be beneficial for the baby? Hardly. Therefore, it is imperative to communicate with the child so that every minute brings maximum benefit for his development and a minimum of painful waiting for the moment of arrival at his destination.

Coloring and joint drawings develop the creative side well. Good old tongue twisters will also help pass the time! If parents do not know a sufficient number of speed poems, then you can find dozens and hundreds of them on the Internet or “paper” collections. In general, taking into account not only your desires, but also the interests of the little passenger, you can make the train trip fun and exciting.

Many parents are afraid to travel by train with small children. Although if you prepare carefully and think through the important points, the trip will be comfortable and exciting for both the baby and the parents.

At what age can children travel by train?

It is better to avoid traveling by train until the age of 3 months, unless there is an urgent need to go to another city. The child’s body is not yet strong enough. He is susceptible to infections and diseases, and it is not difficult to catch them on the train.

It is best to travel with a child whose age is between 3 and 6 months. The baby will snore peacefully almost all the time to the monotonous clatter of wheels, without causing any problems. A slightly older child (up to a year) will cause more trouble. He already has the ability to sit and crawl, so he needs to be watched carefully.

The decision to buy train tickets when the baby is 1-1.5 years old is quite bold. This is the most difficult period for travel. The baby already knows how to walk, and since he is learning about the world, he cannot sit in one place for even a minute. He touches everything, and even wants to try a lot of things, but at the same time he still does not understand what is possible and what is not. When a child is 1.5-2.5 years old, it is easier to occupy him with something useful.

Older children (up to 5 years old) cope well with train trips. They are inquisitive, so they are happy to get acquainted with everything new that surrounds them, but at the same time they have sufficient sociability. It won’t be difficult to keep them busy, because they already know how to do so many things: sculpt, draw, put together puzzles, and so on.

Purchasing tickets

Children under 5 years old, accompanied by an adult, can travel by train for free. True, there is no provision for a separate shelf. If you think that your child needs a shelf, you should buy a children's train ticket. A must purchase travel document, if two children who are not yet 5 years old are traveling with one adult.

To create maximum comfort for your child during the trip, choose coupe or SV cars. Strangers will not annoy you and create discomfort if you buy out the entire compartment. If there is no financial opportunity to do this, and you plan to purchase reserved seat tickets, pay attention to the seats. Refuse to purchase side seats, as well as seats in the outer compartments. In compartments 3 and 6 the windows usually do not open because they are emergency windows. To be able to choose suitable seats, make your purchase in advance.

If several trains run in the direction you have chosen, give preference to the night train. The baby will sleep on the road, and you will have less trouble.

Take care of hygiene

Since the trains are not sterile clean, be sure to bring not only wet wipes, but also disinfectant. Immediately after landing, wipe the table, door handles and other surfaces that the child will touch with an antiseptic. Disinfection must be carried out if the child can walk, because it is impossible to control that he does not touch anything. Many parents mistakenly believe that you only need to wipe your hands with napkins before eating or after going to the toilet, but this should be done regularly. Babies have a bad habit of putting their hands in their mouths, so such measures can prevent negative consequences.

For very small children, take enough diapers, as well as disposable diapers. Since it is not possible to wash your baby, use wet wipes to maintain hygiene. For an older child, be sure to take a potty, preferably a special travel one, into which a disposable bag is inserted. It will take up little space, but the child will be comfortable. Even if your baby is already able to go to the toilet, still take the potty, as there may be long stops at the stations.

Food on the road

Babies who feed on mother's milk or formula must take a thermos with boiling water to make tea and mix porridge. On trains long distance There are titans with hot water, but it is not suitable for use by small children, since it is not boiled, but only heated.

For children who are already on complementary foods, you can take ready-made vegetable, fruit or meat purees in jars on the road. For older children, you can take the following products with you:

• vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes);
• fruits (apples, bananas);
• boiled eggs;
• sausage and cheese for sandwiches;
• boiled potatoes in their jackets;
• baked goods (pies, buns);
• cookies (without chocolate or other filling).

Give preference to non-perishable foods. You should not take with you dairy or other products that can spoil in just a couple of hours. Dried fruits or nuts are perfect for a snack. You can take caramel candies with you. Be sure to take care of drinking. Give preference to tea or compote; purified still water is suitable.

You should not give your child food just before the train departs, as he may get motion sickness. You need to eat at home a couple of hours before departure. You shouldn’t eat right away on the train either; you need to wait at least half an hour.

In addition to food, do not forget to take the necessary utensils with you:

• a cup (sippy cup if the child is small enough);
• disposable plates, forks and spoons;
• jackknife.

You will also need a kitchen towel.

What do you need to take with you?

If you want to create comfort for your child, take a sheet from home. Secure it to the top shelf and tuck it underneath the mattress. When traveling in winter, bring a blanket. Regardless of the season and weather, be sure to take a suit or warm jacket for your child, since even in extreme heat the air conditioning on the train can work. For convenience, replacement shoes are required.

Don't forget to take a first aid kit with a set of medications to help your child on the road. It should include not only antiseptics and dressings, but also antipyretic medications and medications for intestinal disorders.

What to do with your baby on the road?

It is necessary to take care of your child’s leisure time on the train in advance. When going to the station, take with you not only train tickets, but also your child’s favorite toy. Books, a drawing set, small puzzles and other compact interactive toys will help you pass the time on the road. You can also let your child listen to music or fairy tales on the train. If you don't have an audio player, a tablet or smartphone can replace it. The main thing is to upload the appropriate files in advance.

If you plan your trip in advance and carefully prepare for it, it will be comfortable and leave only pleasant memories in your memory.