Beach Toys

Have you ever taking a 1 year old to the beach?

My son is going to be a year old on June 28th this summer. I’m planning on taking him to the beach as long as he’s pretty mobile (I’m assuming he’ll be walking by 1 years of age, but I could be wrong) but I’m taking him even if he isn’t walking. But, my question is, how was the trip if you went when your child was around this age? Did they mind the sand? Did they play in the water? What kind of toys did you take?
Oh and how long did you stay on the actual beach before you left…or course we’ll be using sunscreen for him.

We had a great time with our 1 year old.

And I’d be happy to share some of the tips that worked out best for us:

1) We got one of those E-Z Up canopies. It was AWSOME! It gave us lots of room and UVF rated shade. http://www.ezup.com/products/rec/sierra2.shtml

2) I got a little blow-up pool – small enough that I could blow it up each day, and brought that down. I filled it with water and she could sit and splash about it that. I took just a variety of toys that were water/sand safe – some shovels, boats, for her – dolls.

She wanted no part of crawling in the sand until she got distracted chasing seagulls. Then she was fine.

We usually stayed down at the beach for about 3-4 hours, then came back for a nap, then went back down. But we were with family and could leave the tent up.

We took to a sand-shore lake several times before the beach to sort of acclimate her a bit.

But each child is very different – so don’t go in with too many expectations -just have fun!

I Get Around performed by The Beach Toys live at Gesa Stadium

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