Originally Posted By familyguy I think there are some definite differences between men and women, but more so between people. I am not a single dad who left babies behind. I'm married and MY WIFE and I left our kids behind when they were young. We love our kids and it was sad to leave them for a couple days, but we felt like it was probably best for all who were involved. (including the baby) Anyway, I hope you have a killer time with the whole family! Baby inclued.
Originally Posted By Mr X Smart man. This issue, along with "am I too fat to ride space mountain?", are the "religion and politics" of LaughingPlace. Best not to broach the subject at all!
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki I understand you familyguy. When I visited DL with my boy (he was 20 months old at the time), the experience was just too overwhelming for him. He was loving it but there were some things that scared him a bit. At 12 noon we had to call my sister in law to come pick him up because he had fallen asleep from so much excitement. To tell the real truth, from the moment we got to DL, hubby and I were regretting the fact that we had taken him... weeee weren´t going to be able to run around like we wanted to!! Ok, it sounds a bit selfish, but it´s the truth!!!! But I also think it´s perfectly fine wanting to take babies along. It can be a wonderful experience.
Originally Posted By disneywife i took my daught twice to the parks and both times she hated it . i have the only child who thought disneyland was dumb, lol so now hubby and i have gone twice for 3 weeks at a time. way better just the two of us. some kids do well there others you have to judge yourself.
Originally Posted By NJ AP We took our daughter to Animal Kingdom when she was 2 months old for an afternoon (fortunate to have a friend who is a CM and could get us in for a few hours while we were in Florida visiting my parents). We did not know about Baby Swap. We mostly just wanted to walk around the area as it was our first trip to Animal Kingdom. We made out fine because our expectations were low. When she was 17 months old we took her to WDW. She was afraid of EVERY ride because every ride has a dark scene in it. We took her on Carousel of Progress (thunderstorm), Pooh's ride (ditto), PeopleMover (dark tunnel), etc. BTW, Small World was closed for renovations. We learned to adjust and just visit the characters instead. That is the awesome thing about Disney parks, as you grow up, you find new things to explore in the parks. Advice -- be flexible and take everyone up on their offers of help. You know your child best.
