I have many friends who come to visit with babies and they have never gotten anti- malarial medication for the trip. The risk is very small here and the side effects of the antimalarial are substantial.

antimalarial med.s are bad for the liver and we all need livers to work good if we live here.
To bad the US Health adv. people arn't more savy , they warn traverlers about Malaria in Belize and that an unrealistic fear.
worry about liver from dark carrib. rum is more realistic.

Don't let the Kid drink the dark carrib. rum

Very very small. If you were going into the jungle areas, yes I would, but on the cayes, no. Just my .02

We are planning a trip for April and I'd also be curious to hear of any medication or shots given to infants. We will be traveling with a 7 mos. old and 3 yr. old. I'd like to hear if anyone has taken such young children to some of the sights on the mainland (i.e Tikal, Caracol, Zoo etc) and how manageable it was with them. Thanks Tanya

I wouldn't do Tikal with kids so young as it is a very long day & they wouldn't get much out of it, possibly the same for Caracol. But you could do one of the closer ruins like Altun Ha or Lamanai. The zoo is a good idea with kids. Are you staying all on the island or splitting it up and staying part on the island, part on the mainland (where the ruins & zoo are)? Any of the day trips from the island would be a long day but enjoyable with boat ride to the mainland, etc. Be sure to bring juices, diapers and anything you will need since not a lot is available on the tours. Probably a kid carrying backpack would be the way to go with the 7 month old as strollers would not be very manageable either on the island or on the tours.

No shots needed - just bring a good kid safe bug spray.