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One-month baby at high altitude
We live at 2,000 feet and are planning to carry our one-month baby on
a day hike that begins at 7,000 feet and ends at 9,300 feet. We would drive from 2,000 feet to 7,000 in three hours, and then the round-trip hike from 7,000 to 9,300 would take about 5 hours. We plan to return home in the evening. Please comment on: would this be a perfectly safe trip for the baby? if so, what precautions do we need to take? would there be any temporary physiological changes? if so, are those totally reversible or do they last long enough that we should avoid the trip? is there any other reason we shouldn't put the baby through it? Thanks. |
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Why would you consider doing someting like that with a one-month old? I
wouldn't, but that's me. I would A) leave the baby home with someone else, B) not go, or C) leave mom at home and you go. ) Sue wrote in message oups.com... We live at 2,000 feet and are planning to carry our one-month baby on a day hike that begins at 7,000 feet and ends at 9,300 feet. We would drive from 2,000 feet to 7,000 in three hours, and then the round-trip hike from 7,000 to 9,300 would take about 5 hours. We plan to return home in the evening. Please comment on: would this be a perfectly safe trip for the baby? if so, what precautions do we need to take? would there be any temporary physiological changes? if so, are those totally reversible or do they last long enough that we should avoid the trip? is there any other reason we shouldn't put the baby through it? Thanks. |
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"Sue" wrote in message news:yvKdnZpwdpx5_s3bnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... Why would you consider doing someting like that with a one-month old? I wouldn't, but that's me. I would A) leave the baby home with someone else, B) not go, or C) leave mom at home and you go. ) One also wonders what the mother's doctor would have to say about this type of strenuous activity four weeks post-partum as well as the pediatrician's thoughts. Certainly they have been consulted? Just in case there are issues they could identify. -Aula |
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wrote in message oups.com... We live at 2,000 feet and are planning to carry our one-month baby on a day hike that begins at 7,000 feet and ends at 9,300 feet. We would drive from 2,000 feet to 7,000 in three hours, and then the round-trip hike from 7,000 to 9,300 would take about 5 hours. We plan to return home in the evening. Please comment on: would this be a perfectly safe trip for the baby? if so, what precautions do we need to take? would there be any temporary physiological changes? if so, are those totally reversible or do they last long enough that we should avoid the trip? is there any other reason we shouldn't put the baby through it? Thanks. Why would you even want to?? From what you say, it sounds like you're hiking in the mountains, and quite frankly, in such scenarios, I wouldn't take a child on something like this unless they were much, much older. DS is 6 and I wouldn't take him on something like this. What are you going to do? Put the baby in a baby carrier on your front or back? Not that it matters, but what happens if the person carrying the baby trips or slips? Nothing like smashing a baby between you and a rock in the side of the mountain. The weather in the mountains here tends to be iffy. It seems to get colder at times, and quite frankly, warm or cold, a 1 month old baby doesn't need to be outside for an entire day. I can think of many reasons why I wouldn't put a baby through something like that. A baby doesn't need to spend 3 hours driving in a car seat then spend another 5 hours (for this 5 hour estimation, did you take into consideration time it takes to feed the baby or change diapers, among other things?) being carried on a hike. Seems like a fairly dangerous - yet fun - experience for an adult or even a teen, but a baby? Leave the baby at home. I second what Sue said. (leave the baby home with someone else, don't go or leave the baby and mom home) |
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"Aula" wrote in message ... "Sue" wrote in message news:yvKdnZpwdpx5_s3bnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... Why would you consider doing someting like that with a one-month old? I wouldn't, but that's me. I would A) leave the baby home with someone else, B) not go, or C) leave mom at home and you go. ) One also wonders what the mother's doctor would have to say about this type of strenuous activity four weeks post-partum as well as the pediatrician's thoughts. Certainly they have been consulted? Just in case there are issues they could identify. -Aula I never thought about this one! I remember I had some issues after DD2 was born. She was born end of October, and at the beginning of January or so, IIRC, I had some bad bleeding issues that started out of nowhere, it seemed. It all started after I spent about 45 mins MAX shoveling the driveway and sidewalks for my aunt and uncle after a fairly heavy snowfall. DD2 was about 10 weeks old at the time, my bleeding had stopped a couple weeks before, but it definitely came back and I'm positive it was because I just over did it with the shoveling. |
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"xkatx" wrote in message news:Oo84i.28592$g63.13326@edtnps82... I never thought about this one! I remember I had some issues after DD2 was born. She was born end of October, and at the beginning of January or so, IIRC, I had some bad bleeding issues that started out of nowhere, it seemed. It all started after I spent about 45 mins MAX shoveling the driveway and sidewalks for my aunt and uncle after a fairly heavy snowfall. DD2 was about 10 weeks old at the time, my bleeding had stopped a couple weeks before, but it definitely came back and I'm positive it was because I just over did it with the shoveling. Do we know if this baby has been born yet? I'm getting the feeling that it hasn't. I can't even imagine hiking like that one month out even without complications. Just from sheer exhaustion from sleep deprivation! JennP. |
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