try provo in turks and caicos. has all you're looking for. search box blamona to read her reports on all the resorts on grace bay beach. one of the mid range resorts has screened porches. arid island, cool (to touch) sand, warm water.
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usvi on st. john look at caneel bay. caneel has 7 beaches. island has a couple dozen more. some dining/drinking.

bvi virgin gorda has little dix and biras creek, but not a lot of going out options.

i'd skip st.lucia for now. large island & not the easiest to get around. has jungle so more bugs.

You might want to check out your idea with your baby's pediatrician. Since he/she will not have had many of it's immunizations (measels comes to mind), it may not be the best idea to travel to the Caribbean. And dengue is also a concern. Have you thought about Hawaii until the baby gets a bit older? Just a thought...

we went to Turks and caicos pre- baby and said "it's nice but we don't think we will go back until we have children" - now that we have a child (she's 2 now) we are taking her to turks and caicos - we took her to bermuda when she was around 1 (so I personally wouldn't be afraid to take a child to the Caribbean, but of course consult your pediatrician) - T & C is a good choice because most of the hotels are condo style so you can get a 1 or 2 bedroom and a kitchen - IMO its not a vacation if you have to sleep in the same room as a toddler and staying all in one hotel room is just impossible - what do you do when the child goes to bed - sit in the dark?

oh and at any carribean resort I wouldn't expect to pay less than 20$ an hour for baby sitting - if you are expecting to need a nanny for extended periods of time I would look into leaving the baby home with family or bring your own nanny/ grandma with you.

Barbados is the best place lots of scuba diving and water sports there is a property on Rentalo.com that offers a free car close to the beach baby sitting price is very low as well.

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Try Turtle Beach House on St Kitts. They have a cot, playpen and a babysitting service, plus someone to cook for you if you fancy staying in but don't want to cook. Lovely island too with plenty to explore

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The price for babysitting at that villa is $12.50usd per hour.

we took our 3 yo to the Regent palms in T & C this year and it was perfect. They were very family friendly without being children-centric. the accomodations were 5 star.

i'm w wsm2004, it's no vacation for me if we all have to sleep in the same room. we got a one bedroom suite at the Rp and it was so big and so beautiful. I could have stayed for a month!

Both of my kids visited the Caribbean prior to the age of 2 & both have been there several times. I would not be overly concerned about inoculations & such. Children have much better immune systems than we, as adults do. A bigger concern is diapers, food (easy if you are breast-feeding) & transport.

We love the Turks and staying on Grace Bay is fantastic. We made the mistake of sailing through the West Indies and we anchored at Castries and I thought this island was miserable. Jump up parties all night with extremely loud music. We could hear from our boat and it was not pleasant.

Sorry = Castries is St Lucia and we moved our boat and docked at Marigot Bay and that wasn't much better. Too much poverty on this island.

Do you receive “cancel your vacation” when you are in hotel? I hate that! It was like that, I had a vacation and I’d already in hotel, and was planning to go to shopping later. At that time, my boss told me to cancel the vacation. It was really really nightmare. And I had to immediately go back to work. So I didn’t waste time to set hotel as departure and company as destination. I just chose: GPS position as departure and company as destination, my ZorroGPS immediately built the road. When I arrived, my boss could believe I was in hotel two hours ago.

I just got back from St. Lucia and wat at the Coconut Beach Resort all-inclusive. They hav a fabulous childrens facility and do take care of infants (licensed and everything). I saw the really cut room where they take care of the infants.

It is 5 minutes from Hewenorra airport and a beautiful property. Fantastic kds program. www.coconutbay.com

kaymit