What did you feed your children in China. To China with children
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There is an opinion that China is not quite suitable for families with small children, but this is not at all the case. China has a large number of resorts, the climate and conditions of which meet all the requirements children's recreation. For a carefree holiday with young children, the resorts of Hainan Island are perfect, which are replete with first-class hotels, sandy well-maintained beaches and all kinds of entertainment. Lovely vacation awaits you both in Weihai, located in the east of the Shandong Peninsula, and in resort region Udalyanchi. When choosing a place to live, it is important to consider the age of the child.
If the kid is under 5 years old, he is unlikely to be interested in rich excursions to museums and attractions, so for tours to China with preschoolers, it makes sense to go to seaside resorts countries. But 7-8 years old is the right age to get acquainted with the culture and history of the country, so for older children you can find excursion tours with accommodation in major cities. And, of course, going on a trip with a baby is only worth it if he is completely healthy.
In China, there are a large number of resorts, the climate and conditions of which meet all the requirements of children's recreation.
Entertainment for children
By purchasing trips to China, you can be sure that your child will never be bored. Beijing Disneyland, Beihai Park, Peace Park, Dino Beach, the Museum of Insects and Reptiles, the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, as well as dolphinariums, water parks, oceanariums - all the entertainment can not be listed.
Resting on Hainan Island, you can go to the island of monkeys, visit the oceanographic exhibition, visit the Silk Salon. Kids will also enjoy the Butterfly and Sea Shell Museum, as well as an excursion to hot springs where you can swim in pools with coconut milk. There is something to do with the baby in Baidakh. A visit to the safari park and botanical garden can take a whole day. Tigers, lions, bears, wolves and wild boars live in the safari park almost in natural conditions. Unforgettable experience the child will receive from feeding squirrels, monkeys, peacocks, giraffes, ostriches - this is very exciting and completely safe. The Botanical Garden will surprise you with a variety of plants, a tropical garden where exotic plants grow, and a pet park. An amusement park with many attractions will be a nice addition. It is better to plan a walk to the Lantern Park and the Olympic Park in the evening. At nightfall, the lantern park turns into real fairy tale: in the light of numerous lanterns of the lake, a roaring dragon, a magic castle with labyrinths look especially mysterious. The Olympic Park is known for its huge singing fountain and colorful laser show.
Almost all sights of China that are interesting for a child are available for independent visits, which is especially convenient for families with small children in order to follow the daily schedule familiar to the child. The main thing is not to forget the business card with the address of the hotel, if you suddenly need to return to the hotel by taxi.
By the way, in all tourist places China, whether it's a museum, an attraction or a zoo, the children's rate is determined by the height of the child.
If the height of the baby is less than 120 cm, then the entrance is free for him, if the child does not exceed 140 cm, then the ticket will cost half the price, for children taller than 140 cm, a full ticket is purchased.
Beijing Disneyland
Hotels for families
Anyone who has ever planned a vacation with children knows how important it is to think through all the little things. Not last place in these chores is the choice of a hotel in which all conditions for the child's stay should be created. China can rightly be proud of the abundance of comfortable hotels oriented towards family holiday. All family hotels in China are equipped in full compliance with international quality standards, and the organization of children's leisure is well thought out in them. The hotels suitable for families with children offer children's pools with safe slides, a games room and a playground with attractions adapted for kids. You can find family hotels in almost all popular Chinese resorts. The good news is that trips to China for children are usually offered at a bargain price.
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What to feed a child
Many parents, when purchasing sightseeing tours to China, are worried about what the child will eat there. And this is quite logical, because traditional Chinese cuisine is famous for its spicy sauces, unusual combinations of flavors and an abundance of spices in dishes. Children's stomachs, and even completely unusual for such food, are unlikely to like the specific taste of Chinese dishes.
Chinese chefs keep up with the times, and today almost every restaurant offers a wide range of dishes for children.
It can be boiled rice with vegetables without spices, steamed chicken breast, duck in a sweet sauce or tender shish kebab. There are also restaurants in China that specialize in Russian cuisine and include cutlets, mashed potatoes and even borscht on the menu. In addition, in Chinese supermarkets you can buy traditional adapted baby food: baby milk and yoghurts, cookies, juices.
Greetings, friends!
This summer, my husband and I decided on a joint holiday with a child abroad. For our daughter (2.5 g) everything was for the first time: an airplane flight, an endless sea, and people speaking a different language.
But the most important and dearest was invariably: mom and dad were there, and this is the most important thing for a child. Moreover, we have retained the usual daily routine for our daughter.
We rested in China, on the yellow sea in Beidaihe. Why China? The decisive factor for us was the distance: to the resort in Beidaihe - 2 hours of flight by plane + 30-40 minutes by bus.
residents Far East vacation in China is hardly surprising, although some still said: “how to go to China with a small child?”. Today I want to tell you a little about the features of holidays in China with children, sharing our experience.
Introduction
Beidaihe is a resort area of the town of Qinghuangdao, located near Beijing (4 hours by bus) on the shores of the Yellow Sea. The climate is temperate continental, similar to our Far East, but only milder. Here sandy beaches, picturesque park areas, many amusement parks, the best safari park in Asia, the Great Wall of China begins here.
Sea
The yellow sea is not like the azure sea depicted in beautiful photos. It is grey-yellow, due to the countless amount of light suspended sand in the constantly swaying sea space. It is very difficult to collect seashells here as a souvenir, because very, very early in the morning, hardworking Chinese collect them and make all kinds of souvenirs from them that you can buy right on the beach.
The sea is warm and calm during our stay: only twice in 14 days it pleased us with good waves.
What to eat?
The traditional question of parents with children traveling to China is: “How to feed a child?”. Chinese cuisine is very specific, it has many different unusual sauces and flavor combinations. Nevertheless, the Chinese have already adapted to a large number of Russian tourists with children, and in almost every restaurant you can order dishes suitable for children, for example, boiled chicken, Peking duck, rice. Some restaurants prepare a good shish kebab, without an abundance of seasonings, reminiscent of ours.
There are many restaurants in Beidaihe with Russian cuisine, where you can taste borscht, our Russian soups cooked in Chinese style, mashed potatoes with a cutlet, pilaf, Olivier salad, etc. Of course, all dishes are different from our traditional Russian ones: for example, a lot of coarsely chopped onion in half rings and chicken meatballs float in the soup with meatballs. In supermarkets you can buy children's yoghurts, milk, cookies.
Our particularly picky eater Anechka ate rice, meat, Chinese soups (she did not like Russians), yogurt, vegetables and fruits. By the way, the prices for fruit here are twice as low as in our country, however, everywhere you have to bargain a lot. Anyutka always ate quickly, and then ran to the aquariums with marine inhabitants: octopuses, fish, shrimps, mussels, and watched them for a long, long time, while we dined slowly.
Hotels
Almost all hotels in Beidaihe are three-star. We stayed at the Friendship Hotel. We chose it because of the vast territory surrounded by a forest park and the presence of a children's playground. There are many flowers, flowering trees and pine trees everywhere on the territory of the hotel, creating a heady pine scent. Pines are not ordinary: low, spreading and with large needles.
The rooms have everything you need: a refrigerator, air conditioning, two single beds, a wardrobe, a TV with Russian channels and a shower…. with water going straight to the floor. Only some Baidaihe hotels have baths. And so, even in new cottages (such as ours, after renovation), after taking a shower, the floor is half filled with water. True, thanks to a good hood, it dries quickly.
A separate issue is the cleaning of the rooms. Travel agencies warn all tourists in Baidaihe about this sensitive issue in advance. The cleanliness of the room is not important. We had to monitor the regularity of changing towels and bed linen ourselves, and before going to the beach to show the “kun” (Chinese girl) what and where it was necessary to clean. By the way, the hotel staff does not speak Russian or English. But we remember this with a smile, because. Initially tuned in to a positive vacation.
Excursions: where to go with a child?
We did not set ourselves the goal of actively attending excursions, although there is something to see in Baidaikha. Nevertheless, we still visited several local attractions (we chose what would be interesting for my daughter). Separately, I want to say about the cost of excursions for children. Height meters hang everywhere at the entrance: if a child is less than 120 cm, he passes for free, from 120 to 140 cm - for half the price, over 140 cm - with an adult ticket.
With young children in Baidaiha, you can go to the safari park, botanical garden, lantern park, Olympic park and hot springs.
It takes a lot of time to visit the safari park and the botanical garden (you can devote the whole day to the botanical garden). These days, we had daytime sleep in the bus/taxi: Anyutka slept while we were driving back and forth.
At the safari park you can see many animals, almost in their natural habitat: tigers, lions, bears, wolves, wild boars walk freely through the forest, and tourists pass by them by bus or train.
Almost all animals (except predators) can be fed. The Chinese make good money on this - small bags of food are sold everywhere. For Anyutka, this was real entertainment: she fed the monkeys right from her hands, which ran freely around the “city of monkeys” - a huge aviary with a lake, rocks, a waterfall; peacocks walking around and waiting for food; miracle fish, with huge mouths that sucked on the nipple and pulled water from the bottle with small larvae; giraffes, ostriches and goats.
IN botanical garden in addition to outlandish long cucumbers hanging overhead, and other beautiful plants, there is also a valley of butterflies, tropical garden, a pet park (where Anya finally saw live geese) and many children's attractions. Therefore, we alternated the excursion with riding on carousels, catamarans and electric cars.
Hot Springs best to visit bad weather. While it is raining outside, and there is no opportunity to swim in the sea, you can have a great splash in the pools with mineral water. Two pools are under the roof, and one is right in the fresh air, surrounded by picturesque mountains. Whether your child likes the springs depends on how much he loves the water. All pools are deep (so that an adult can stand in them), and the child must be in a circle or in the arms of a parent. Our Anya is a big fan of splashing, but indoors the water seemed too hot to her, and we spent all the time outdoors, swimming and admiring high mountains around.
To the lantern park and it is better to go to the Olympic Park in the evening, when it gets dark. Fortunately, in China it is already dark at 7-8 o'clock. Lantern Park is a fairy-tale park with mysterious lakes, a roaring dragon and a fairy-tale castle with many passages, passages and interesting rooms. There are many different lanterns in the park, and even adults begin to feel like children, getting into a fairy tale.
Olympic Park famous for its singing fountain and beautiful laser show. A huge dancing fountain with illumination impressed Anyutka so much that she told us about it for a long time afterwards.
You can go on almost all excursions on your own (except for hot springs). This option is best for parents with children. This way you can explore the local sights at your child's pace and not be in a hurry. The main thing is to have a business card of the hotel with you (to return back by taxi).
This concludes my brief account of our journey.. Although in fact, for each item, I could write an entire article. If interesting - ask questions. And next time I will tell you more about the rest of the sea.
Found some interesting foreign studies on breastfeeding in other countries, so look forward to a series of publications on breastfeeding in Australia, Iran, India and Lebanon in the near future.
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A study on the situation with breastfeeding in China was published last year, although the data in it is already quite old. However, they are interesting. The primary aim of the researchers was to describe changes in breastfeeding and to summarize breastfeeding rates, duration, and reasons for stopping breastfeeding before and after complementary feeding. Here is what they write.
Breastfeeding rates dropped in the 1970s as breast milk substitutes became available, and bottomed out in the 1980s. The situation has worsened especially in big cities. Breastfeeding rates began to rise in the 1990s, and since the mid-1990s, in most cities and provinces, including small areas, four-month-old babies on mixed breastfeeding have had about 80%.
This is exactly what the National Action Plan for Child Development has set. It set out to achieve 80% breastfeeding by the year 2000 (based on provinces) and promote breastfeeding only from 4 to 6 months. So, on average, the duration of mixed breastfeeding in most Chinese cities and provinces was 7-9 months.
Breastfeeding rates in China for children 4 months old. Gray indicates exceptional GW, white - any other. The results in the graph are summarized and are based on 16 published studies covering 1994-2004.
In the state plan until 2010, they decided to raise the bar to 85% of nursing mothers throughout China. At the same time, however, the type of feeding (exclusive or mixed) was no longer mentioned.
In the 90s, the first "" (Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative) also appeared in China, and in 1992-1998, 6745 of them were created in large or medium-sized clinics and 3475 in small ones. In Beijing, breastfeeding rates began to rise after the introduction of this initiative in 1992. The same growth of these indicators was observed in other regions of China.
Why Chinese moms didn't want to breastfeed?
P.S. Who has experience of living in China - share your observations, plz!
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Even within the same country, it is difficult to find parents who feed their children in exactly the same way. However, some trends can still be traced. Big influence on the diet of children are provided climatic conditions and cultural traditions of each country.
Asia: porridge with seaweed
IN India, Japan, countries South-East Asia wheat is hard to find, but it grows well there rice. Therefore, at 4-6 months, the child is introduced to rice porridge, to which new ingredients are gradually added. In India, these are mainly seasonings - cumin, cinnamon, in Japan - seaweed, dried fish and vegetables.
Also, Japanese children have been trying traditional miso soup almost from birth. Older children are given natto (fermented soybeans), vegetables fried in soy sauce, fish and seafood, lotus dishes, burdock root, carrots. But sushi from raw fish is not included in the diet for children under a certain age.
IN China, Vietnam, Thailand And neighboring countries rice is also the basis of the children's diet, as well as local varieties of pumpkins, green beans, bamboo shoots, seaweed, fish, shrimp, coconut milk, which is added to . Meat - chicken and pork.
It may seem that our diet is much more diverse, because in addition to rice we have buckwheat, pearl barley, millet, oatmeal. But in Asian countries there is such a variety of various varieties of rice and its combinations with other products that you definitely cannot call a boring children's menu.
Africa and the Middle East: papaya breast milk
In African countries, vitamin A-rich foods are used as the first complementary foods. sweet potatoes, cornmeal porridge, a little later - a pumpkin. During weaning, milk is mixed with papaya. They say that children like the taste of this fruit, and they are more willing to refuse in favor of it.
IN Israel many mothers from breast milk transfer the child immediately to solid food, bypassing the period of mashed potatoes and smoothies. And there they are very tolerant towards small children: forcing a child to eat by cunning, or even worse - by force, is considered unacceptable.
USA and Canada: sweet potato and sandwiches
It is difficult to talk about the peculiarities of nutrition in all states, after all, they are very different, but the preferences towards what we call fast food (sandwiches, burgers, nuggets, hot dogs, pizza, pancakes, cereals) are very noticeable. Of course, we are talking about children older than 3-4 years.
Babies, just like ours, in addition to breast milk, are given cereals (barley, oats, rice), which are specially enriched with iron and other essential trace elements. Vegetables popular with American children are pumpkin, sweet potato(sweet potatoes), carrots and green peas. But there are practically no children's dairy products (kefir, curds, children's yoghurts) in the USA.
Once a friend from the USA came to visit me. She was the first time in Russia and was very surprised at how I eat. She flatly refused to try the morning oatmeal, scrambled eggs and vegetable salad and generously smeared a piece of loaf with chocolate paste. Then I asked what her children eat. “Usually cereal with milk (it’s good), sandwiches, pasta, pizza, hot dogs. Once a week they are required to eat vegetables, although it can be difficult to force. Of course, the experience of one mother is not indicative: in the USA, the movement for healthy eating is stronger than anywhere else, however, as we can see, everyone has a different idea of healthy eating.
In Russia, as a rule, the opposite is true. The main food is soups and salads, but from time to time parents spoil the child with fast food. By the way, it can be home. Try to cook healthy. The fillet for it is fried in a pan without adding oil in special frying sheets, and pita is used instead of buns.
IN Canada fast food is treated less loyally. Children are fed with cereals, vegetable purees and fruit cocktails. Of meat, turkey is especially popular.
Western Europe: snails and lasagna
In France cereals and cereals are not considered healthy food, so babies are fed mainly with light soups and vegetable purees, and after a year soft cheeses appear in the diet. If porridge is prepared, then from quinoa or amaranth rich in vegetable proteins. No one will be surprised oysters and snails in the diet.
Children's menu in Germany not much different from ours. Unless local mothers prefer lean types of meat, such as rabbit and even pigeon. Oddly enough, rice is also popular among German women.
At Swedes has its own unique children's product - welling. This is a milk-grain mixture, similar to liquid oatmeal, which was invented almost by the Vikings.
Italians very early they offer children what they eat themselves - pasta and lasagna, and some parents even allow them to drink coffee. Few people bother with vegetable purees, here it is believed that the child should be accustomed to adult food as soon as possible. But the advantages of the Italian menu can be called an abundance of soft cheeses - ricotta and mozzarella, which are rich in proteins and easily digestible.
IN UK and Iceland one of the main children's dishes, of course, is oatmeal. It is cooked in milk or water, and in the finale, maple syrup, fruit and butter are added. Much attention is paid to foods high in vitamin D: due to cloudy weather and the constant lack of sunlight, it is this vitamin that is most often lacking in the children's body.
Latin America: coffee with milk
At 2-3 years old, many parents allow their children to drink coffee with milk. For us, this sounds a little strange, but in Brazil believe that coffee is rich in antioxidants and helps the child focus. More children in countries Latin America love banana bread, soft cream cheese and chocolate milk.
Family holidays in China
Which hotel to choose in Hainan for a family vacation.
Beach holidays with children in Hainan
A little information about Hainan Island: hainan island is located in the south of China and is washed by the waters of the South China Sea.
In order to roughly understand what kind of sea is in Hainan, let's give an example, the same Vietnam and the Philippines are washed South China Sea . If you have already rested in these resorts, then you can already approximately understand all the delights of relaxing on this azure sea.
The southern resorts of Hainan Island are located in the tropics, which allows vacation on the island all year round. In the south of the island is the city of Sanya with adjacent bays: Dadonghai, Yalunvan, Haitanvan; Further, the article will focus on the rest in these resorts.
What is good vacation in Hainan with children
All beaches in Sanya are sandy, the entrance to the sea is also sandy and gentle, except for a few hotels in Dadonghai Bay.
On the island wonderful climate, allowing you to say goodbye to various colds. No wonder Hainan is called " island of centenarians».
Whole the island is immersed in tropical greenery, which creates a special unique microclimate, and also allows you to hide from the sun's rays, and just enjoy the picturesque views, unlike scorched Egypt with its modest palm trees.
Almost all hotels on the island are designed for families with children..
People come here to relax with small children, even those who are less than a year old.
The best time for families with children in China on the island of Hainan
You can relax in Sanya all year round. But still, the best and most comfortable time for families with children in Hainan are the periods from September to December and from March to May inclusive.
Of course, holidays in Hainan are also wonderful in other months, but, for example, in June-August it is hot and tropical rains fall more often (as in Vietnam and Thailand). And in January, one or several days can turn out to be cool, although the temperature in Hainan in winter is 24-28 degrees, and the water is from 21 to 25 degrees. Weather in Hainan.
The best hotels for families with children
First of all, most the best resort for holidays with children is Yalun Bay. The second place is shared by Sanyavan Bay and the Shenzhou Peninsula.
In the photo: family vacation at Hilton Sanya Resort & SPA 5 *
Holidays with children in Yalunvan
For children in the hotel: children's menu and kids club.
Recommended family vacation "price - quality" at the Holiday Inn Resort Sanya Bay 5*. The hotel has a beautiful green area with beautiful beach(across a small road).
For children there is a mini club, there is a playground. We recommend booking rooms with a sea view.
In the photo: playground in Holiday Inn Resort Sanya Bay 5*
Holidays with children "price - quality" possible at the Howard Johonson 5* hotel. The hotel is located across the road from the sea.
For children: playground and mini club, water slide.
Holidays with children in the resort of Khaitanvan
The hotel is surrounded by lush green slopes. The only negative of the hotel is that the beach near the hotel is sandy and coral, but there is an entrance cleared of corals.
The hotel offers fun activities for children of all ages at the CoCo Club. On the territory of 3 swimming pools, one of which is heated and 3 water slides.
More budget options accommodation for families with children will mean: lack of a children's menu, more modest food - but still guaranteed great vacation on the sea.
Holidays with children in the villa
If you prefer to stay in villas, we suggest considering villas in Yalong Bay and Dadonghai.
In the photo: accommodation option in a villa with a private pool
Food for children in Hainan
If you are relaxing with children in hotels.
Children's cuisine is widely represented in the hotels. Some hotels have a special children's menu, such as hotels Ritz-Carlton 5*, Marriott 5*, Hilton and MGM Grand Sanya 5*.
Breakfast is usually offered: oatmeal, scrambled eggs and omelets, delicious yoghurts, a variety of vegetables and fruits, excellent pastries, freshly squeezed juices.