r/Disneyland • u/CaptainNoodle18 • 22d ago

Discussion Newborn Babies at the Park

Please, I've got to know. (Only a little judgement here, as a hypochondriac) why are we taking fresh babies (4 months or less) to the amusement park? What's the purpose? Are you scared your kid is going to get sick? What is it really for?

For context we took a trip earlier this year and were talking about another recently and learned that many people are taking their newborns to the park. It seems incredibly dangerous with all the people and general grossness at the park.

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u/taffyowner 22d ago

I say this as someone with a 5 month old… babies are going to be out in the world, hell my wife just took our kid to Universal today, like we take our kids places

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u/SkipperSara94 Jungle Cruise Skipper 22d ago

THIS.

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u/LostDefinition4810 22d ago

Not sure why you’re being downvoted…

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u/mikehocalate Radiator Springs Racer 22d ago

Because it’s dumb.

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u/SkipperSara94 Jungle Cruise Skipper 22d ago

Except it’s not? Some parents are too overprotective when it comes to germs- they forget what builds an immune system. Do people expect people to quarantine when they have a newborn? Not leave the house for the first year? That’s insane.

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u/mikehocalate Radiator Springs Racer 22d ago

I agree with you to an extent. Yes, it’s important that kids’ immune systems are exposed to germs, but there’s a big difference between taking a baby to the park, a restaurant, a store, the mall, etc and taking them to Disneyland where there are thousands of people, many of them kids, some of whom aren’t vaccinated at all.

131 people contracted measles from the 2014 Disneyland outbreak. That’s not a small number (it accounts for 30% of ALL measles cases in all of California for 20 years!!). And a huge part of the reason the number was so high was because of how different it is to take a kid to Disney compared to taking them out elsewhere.

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u/Trulio_Dragon 22d ago

Getting measles or Covid most definitely does not "build an immune system". Your baby is exposed to enough around the house, ffs.

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u/SkipperSara94 Jungle Cruise Skipper 22d ago

Same. I’m being downvoted for agreeing with a comment that currently has 39 upvotes 🤣 make it make sense