Dana's Packing List
Dana traveled to Soc Trang to adopt her 7 month old daughter in 1998.
| Clothing: | ||
| Erin: 5 outfits 4 sleepers 4 socks 1 hat 1 baby blanket |
Dana 2 pairs pants 2 pair shorts 6 shirts 1 dress 1 shoes 4 underwear 3 bra 2 socks |
Nate: 3 pants 2 long shorts 1 gym shorts 4 shirts 2 shoes 4 underwear 3 socks |
| Should have brought 1 pair footed pajamas for Erin. Needed another pair of shoes! I only took one pair of canvas sandal type shoes. After a few days of walking in the heat and humidity of South Vietnam, my shoes began to smell like a boys locker room. Next time, I'll take an extra pair, to give one some time to "air out" while I'm wearing the other! |
| Toiletries: | |
| 1 roll tp saline/contacts/case glasses & case extra contact lenses 1 deoderant each 1 bar soap 1 shampoo 1 noxema creme 1 noxema astringent 1 toothpaste/2 toothbrush 1 travel size shave creme/razors eucerin lotion nail clippers tweezers scissors |
80 size 2 diapers 140 wet wipes 100 diaper sacks small baby lotion small baby bath small baby oil small baby powder 2 tubes desitin baby nail clippers 2 cloth diapers 50 q-tips cotton squares nasal aspirator small vaseline antibacterial hand gel alcohol swabs |
| We forgot to pack insect repellant, and fortunately did not need it. But, you should plan to take some along just in case. |
| Other Supplies: | |
| $3,000 spending money-- used around 1500 Video camera / battery charger/ plug in 2 (8mm)video tapes 1 camera 12 rolls film voltage converter 1 calculator 1 walkman 3 cassette tapes bag of batteries |
Baby Bjorn carrier 3 money belts 2 blank notebooks 4 pens 3 viet nam guidebooks 3 paperbacks for travel sewing kit tape 1 sunglasses 1 activity quilt 2 teething toys 2 rattle toys |
| Medical Supplies: | |
| peptobismol tablets dulcolax immodium a-d tylenol excedrin pepcid rolaids benadryl pills benadryl creme triple antibiotic hydrocortisone cortaid Cipro 500mg-- 1 prescription each Diphenoxylate/Atropine-- 1 prescription each |
bandaids med doseage dropper baby dimetap baby tylenol teething gel kao lectrolyte thermometer gas medicine elimite 5 sterile syringes nix (lice) cephalexin mytrex sodium sulamyd |
| Should have packed calemine lotion, as our daughter's skin
became very itchy, and red after being treated for scabies. We should have brought infant suppositories, as we ended up needing to get some from another family to treat our daughter for constipation. |
| Food & Meal Supplies: | |
| ziploc bags 2 platex bottles 2 boxes of bottle liners 2 of EACH platex nipple 1 can of soy formula 1 box rice cereal 1 baby spoon 2 bibs 1 bowl |
1 jar peanut butter 24 peanut butter cracker packs 1 package nutrigrain bars 2 bags dried fruit 2 bags prunes 2 bags sunflower seeds 2 plastic spoons 1 ziploc bag full of gum twist ties small dish detergent |
| Paperwork: | |
| passports |
all INS paperwork 1040's for the past 3years W2's for past 3 years notarized 1-864 form |
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