Originally Posted By Mousekateer Mommy Ok, I've been to DL a few times... but never with an infant. My daughter is only 5 months old, but my boys (7 & 8) want to go to DL. How can it be done with an infant? My husband and I both like to ride. What rides offer a parent/child swap? What rides can my daughter go on? I'm guessing most of the rides in Fantasyland?
Originally Posted By Jungle Cruisin We did both DL and DCA when my son was 2 months old. I carried him all day in a front pack carrier. He did everything with us except rides with a height restriction. Anything that has a height restriction will allow baby swap. In fact, I suspect they would let you swap on just about any ride if you wanted.
Originally Posted By iamsally All 5 of my children visited Disneyland as very small infants. As have my grandchildren. Just some common sense planning and it is really a lot of fun. Some rides are loud or jerk around a lot so you need to evaluate your baby. Mine never minded but some do. Make use of the baby center at the end of Main Street. Nice quiet rooms for feeding, changing tables, rocking chairs. And the CM's are wonderful. Just don't wear yourselves out. A baby makes things a bit more complicated but at 5 months she will have some memories. Honest! You will love it.
Originally Posted By raer We took our son at 4 weeks & our daughter at 2 months. It was pretty easy. As stated they rode just about any ride without restrictions. Be sure & use the baby centers. It makes for a nice break at feeding/changing time.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 As mentioned above your daughter can go on many many rides in both Disneyland and CA Adventure Small World, Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Winnie the Pooh (a great one to go on while waiting for baby swap time for Splash) Tiki Room, Nemo, Buzz Lightyear. When we went with our grandson we were able to keep together most of the time. When his parents would go on Space we'd take him to Buzz a couple of times, come out and do the switch. Remember that you can used the baby switch pass anytime during that day. It doesn't have to be right after the others ride So say, you and your boys ride on Thunder while DH and baby take a walk and look at the ducks. You could take off and do Pirates and Splash and Haunted Mansion and then go back and use the baby switch pass for DH and the boys. Same with DCA, she can go in the Animation building, Muppets, Monsters INC, Bugs Land, the Carousel has seats, Playhouse Disney. At 5 months she will be amused by most things and probably conk out in the stroller with no problem. You can take all your baby food, bottles, etc. in with you, even in a cooler. Just be prepared at the check station to haul everything out of the stroller. Have fun! Oh, also have some plans for crowds. Disneyland seems to be busier than "normal" lately. We find that with a plan in mind of what we "have" to do we are never overwhelmed or sorry we went. Let the boys take some control in the decision making and if it's NOT busy they'll get to do more than planned
Originally Posted By charming husband My DW always remembers to bring sunblock for the baby remembering how prone little ones are to sunburns.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins My youngest is now 9, so I don't know how it is now, but I remember it was not advised to put sunscreen on babies younger than six months. For those really young babies it's best just to shield them from too much sunlight on their skin.
Originally Posted By charming husband There are now extremely low sunscreens available and that is what our Dr recommended but of course check with your own Pediatrician as to what they recommend.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Both of my kids went before age 1. Pirates, HM, Winnie the Pooh, and most of Fantasyland is fine for infants. Good thing about infants is they nap in their strollers! Also, the train is a great ride. Have fun and be sure to get pictures of that baby with all the characters.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I just remembered this one. Our grandson (at 18 mos)was sleeping in his mothers arms while we were inline for Roger Rabbit. The CM advised us that we needed to wake him up to ride (we opted to do a switch which they let us do without a pass.) I think others have mentioned that there is another ride or 2 where the child has to be awake/sitting up to ride. (yes I know they are attractions and not rides but ride is shorter to type out
