A nightlight to help light up an unfamiliar room. If your child uses a step up to see the bathroom mirror in your house, you might bring it along. Items to childproof a room, such as outlet plugs and pipe cleaners. Use pipe cleaners to hold up curtain cords or close cabinets. If you are traveling with an infant, don t forget to bring a bottlebrush and some dish soap.
Baby wipes are good to bring in the car, as well as little bottles of water.
If it s small enough, bring along your child s favorite toy. Their blanket, if they are still of the age where a blanket is a close personal friend. You ll need recent pictures so others can help you look for them. Consider packing each complete outfit in separate clear trash bags. Keeping an entire outfit in a bag will allow them to pick out one complete outfit so they ll have everything they need to get ready in one place.