What to Bring

What Each Adoptive Family Should Bring To Haiti To Take Their Child Home:

If your child is an infant up to 3 years of age, we suggest you bring the following:

  • Diaper bag
  • Diaper rash cream
  • Gravol or Dramamine for children
  • Shoes
  • Soft toys for the trip home
  • Bib
  • Baby cereal and Gerber baby food for the trip home
  • One bottle of Pedialyte
  • Disposable diapers
  • Infant Tylenol drops
  • Clothes (2 or 3 changes)
  • Blanket for the airplane
  • Changing pad
  • Baby bottles or no-spill sippy cups (for older children)
  • Berets or coloured elastics for little girl's hair
  • Wet wipes
  • Decongestant drops
  • Socks
  • Jacket or sweater if it's cold
  • Small baggy for soiled clothing
  • Formula for your child
  • Scabies cream treatment (most parents like to treat their children for scabies the night before they leave Haiti)

If your child is 3 years of age and older, We suggest you bring the following:

  • Clothes (2 or 3 changes)
  • Underwear or Pullups
  • Some little bottles of juice
  • Socks
  • Wet Wipes
  • Snacks for the airplane
  • Shoes
  • No-Spill cup for use on plane and in restaurants
  • Berets or coloured elastics for little girl's hair