What snacks can I give my baby while traveling for a week?

Moms suggest dry, easy-to-carry snacks like puffed rice, soft chillas, poha, and baby-friendly packaged purees.

Community Answers from Moms(14)

Here's what moms in our community shared based on their own experience.

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   Puffed rice works really well — babies love self-feeding tiny pieces.

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   Rava dosa, poha, or veggie chillas are good travel snacks if you can prep a little.

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   Homemade cerelac is easy: roast and powder rice and dals (called uggu), then cook in an electric kettle or cooker; it's quick and filling. You can also roast ragi and mash in bananas, or roast suji to cook like cerelac.

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   Avocado puree, oats, and sweet potato work well. Avocado and banana can be mashed with a fork.

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   Keep powdered makhana (just add hot milk), homemade or packed cerelac, and fruits. You can ask the hotel for dalia prepared in cow milk.

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   Khichdi can be made as a premix at home and carried, or hotels can easily prepare it. Carry an electric cooker for cooking khichdi on the go.

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   Make a mix of makhana, puffed rice/poha, moong dal, almonds and cashews; roast well before powdering, then add hot water, room-temperature breast milk or formula.

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   For Europe-style travel, get your baby used to sourdough breads, finely cut pasta in tomato sauce, soups and flavoured yogurts which are abundant there. Carry instant khichri powder, Slurrp Farm instant cereals, or sattu maavu that can be made in a kettle. Food pouches on Amazon are also handy.

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   Try rava chilla, oat and rice powder chilla with yogurt and veggies, gram flour chilla, soft paneer or aloo paratha, upma, dahi poha, ragi pancakes. Dry foods like puffed rice work as a self-feed snack.

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    Prepacked baby food pouches from Rorosaur (on Amazon), like dal chawal and millet purees, are a great help during travel. Other options people use: Happa and Costar.

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    Most hotels provide baby food like boiled palak, khichdi or veg puree. Slurrp Farm ragi just needs hot water; top with ghee.

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    Ask the hotel breakfast staff to prepare simple things like plain sooji upma or oats with banana and keep them in your room. They can also do a boiled egg or plain bread.

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    Ready-made organic cereals from HIPP or Organix (rice powder) mixed with water/formula, plus Ella's fruit pouches.

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    Offer small amounts more often rather than sticking rigidly to routine.