No I dont think you are mad at all BS. Personally I think it's the easiest time to take a baby abroad . He/she will be sitting up but not yet crawling around in sand etc. You can put a big bag of toys in front of him/her and she will be happy .

Weather wise it will be a good time and obviously you will need to make sure you take the proper precautions with the sun etc and of course read all the hotel reviews and choose carefully.

Good luck .I would have no hestitation.

lyn

No I dont think you are made, most of these AI resorts are a bit like going to club-med so are self contained. I would just pick your season carefully and make sure the baby has had all the appropriate new-baby jabs, lots of bacteria and virus's are waterborn. I took a baby abroad at 5 months, far easier than when they are eighteen months LOL.

I first took my baby away when she was 8 weeks, I actually took her to live there. I also took my secodn daughter on holiday to Turkey when she was 6 months. You will be fine, don't worry.

You need to give your baby's name when you book so you will have to wait until after the birth.

You baby will be 9 months when you go so he/she will be on solid food. You can't really get nice jars of baby food in Turkey but you can get your hotle to give you ather things, soft vegetables, fruit, scrambled egg etc and you can also get baby cereals etc. Baby milk is expensive so if you are bottle feeding take your own milk. You can easily get nappies, wipes etc so you don't need to take them with you.

October shouldn't be so hot but take your own baby sun cream too as that is difficult to get out there.

If you have any other questions about baby in turkey just ask, my baby lived there till she 18 months.

Kedi

We have taken our own daughters as babies, and in more recent times our grand-daughters (with our daughter and husband). They adapt really easily to different surroundings - better than some adults!
If you follow advice as above you should have a great time. You'll also find turkish people love babies and small children so he or so she will get a lot of attention. As Kedi said the hotel (or any restaurants you go to) will go out of their way to cater for your baby.

As far as i am aware you can book before baby is born and it will be on booking as for example baby smith or whatever your surname is.

Jula wrote:

As far as i am aware you can book before baby is born and it will be on booking as for example baby smith or whatever your surname is.

That's correct. The normal practice is to book using the surname and 'baby' as the christian name. After he / she arrives, the booking can then be ammended with the chosen name. The agent / tour operator / airline needs to be aware of this so it's not possible to book online.

Darren

When we were in Icmeler in October there was a lady with a tiny baby on the beach.I dont know how old babies have to be to fly,but it looked no more then 4 weeks.
October is a perfect time for a baby and you will get plenty of attention as Turkish folk love children.

I can confirm that you can book before the baby is born as we booked for my granddaughter before she was born (as Baby X) and then just contacted the airline with her name and date of birth when she was born. We took her to Turkey in October when she was 10 weeks - she was spoiled rotten. When me and the other half returned in December, everybody's first question was how's the baby?

No you're not mad, we took our little un away when he was 8 weeks old. As other posters have said, he was booked as "infant" surname until we amended the booking after he was born.

If you can, try and also get the airline to give you a basinette, or "sky cot" as they are sometimes known. Brilliant as it means you get the front row seats too!

I think the sky cots are allocated depending on the babies weight.At 9months their baby may be too heavy.

My grandson was in Turkey three times before he was a year old ,as long as you follow all the rules about shade and sun cream ,there will be no problem .Buy your sun cream here and remember to take a canopy for the pram .Antallya is a good area especially round about Belek as it is not as crowded as say Marmaris and is a lot easier for pushing a pram about. Buy a small travel kettle for cleaning and heating bottles ,saves you having to rely on the hotels all the time.

When we were there with our granddaughter and her parents in October, it was a little chilly in the evenings so we bought a fleece blanket and used to drape that over her buggy when we went out in the evenings and she was asleep. We're lucky 'cos we have our own place over there so it was a lot easier when we were sterilising bottles, making up milk, etc (she was only 10 weeks old) but the Turkish people couldn't have been any more helpful. Another thing we found useful was a mosquito net which went over her buggy for the evenings as well. All food, etc can be bought in the supermarkets over there and we found the nappies the same price as well. One more thing that I did see suggested was taking a plug for the shower base so that you could give your little 'un a bath in there. Mind you we bought a baby bath (large) from the supermarket (Kipa in Ortakent) for only 12 lira - and you could also use it as a mini paddling pool if you wanted!