To the beach!

Last weekend Isaac had his first trip to the beach. We packed the car (95% Isaac stuff, 5% our own) and headed to Alex for a peaceful (?) weekend away. Upon arriving at our destination we learned that you could “hire” a cot for a baby from reception. My husband is not keen on spending money unnecessarily and thought this was a blatant grab for cash. It was one of those places where you had to pay to get extra blankets and had a sign saying that cleaning charges would be applicable should the kitchen not be left in the state it was found. So we pushed together a couple of chairs and hey presto! A cot for Isaac. Isaac is the kind of baby that sleeps anywhere so he wasn’t too perturbed by his new surrounds and slept well.

The morning after we arrived we decided to tackle the beach. Loaded down with a shade cabana, baby carrier, nappy bag, towels, hats and sunscreen we walk over to the beach. The shade cabana is the type that takes 5 seconds to put up and a 30 minutes struggle complete with giggling on lookers to put down. After kitting Isaac out in his new hat , baby sun block applied we placed him in the shadiest corner of the cabana. As we looked around the beach we realised that we were the only ones fool enough to try and go to the beach with a baby under 12 months. Eventually, after quite a bit of grumbling, Isaac feel asleep, leaving me free to lie on my beach towel and read my magazine.... For two seconds before he grumbled again. Being able to sleep everywhere obviously didn't extend to this hot, sandy and rather unpleasant environment. Eventually Isaac and I went back to the room leaving Nathan free to go for an ocean swim. The next day we went to the lagoon pool at the hotel which was 100% more successful and lo-and behold where all the other parents with little babies were!