Keeping Your Baby Comfortable on a Hike

Series Summary

Before your child was born, you could hike as long as you wanted wherever you wanted to go. But now that you are responsible for your baby, your hiking career has been put on hold. No more trips to the woods to enjoy nature, no more treks to wilderness parks. You have to stay within shouting distance of sidewalks, sinks and cribs. Or do you? Expert Village will now demonstrate how you can continue hiking with your baby along for the ride. You may not be able to travel quite as long or quite as far, but with our help you can still hit the trail.

Our experienced nature fanatic has hiked extensively with her infant. In this series of free hiking videos, she shares tips for making sure you and your baby are as comfortable as possible. She tells you what supplies to bring, including an overview of the best baby carrier for you. Learn how to protect your youngster from the sun without having to cover them with sunscreen, as well as how to change their diapers and how to feed them miles away from modern conveniences. All you have to do is take a few precautions and you can trek through the forest just like you did before baby was born.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Liz Hood on behalf of Expert Village and I'm going to be talking about taking a baby out on a hike now one thing about hiking even if you have a baby along you need to still keep in mind all the regular hiking safety tips for adults as well. Like for one thing don't just go hiking the woods with just you and the baby you need to have the buddy system with another adult. Number 2 is you need to wear layers so that you can take off an outer shirt if you start to get to hot and if your hiking in the mountains or hills you can put them back on as you get to higher altitudes and it gets colder. You should also make sure that you wear comfortable shoes if you buy those hiking boots you need to kind of break them in first before you actually take them out and always keep hydrated."