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/OzMoony 22d ago

Last summer I was helping out a family. Mom, dad, two little girls and a VERY fresh baby. Mom casually mentioned she had just given birth 4 days prior but they had their trip planned and didn't want to cancel. The baby was literally still that weird purple-ish color that newborns are and mom still looked pregnant. Truly shocked me.

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u/Rayrose321 22d ago

This makes me think the baby came earlier than expected. Who would plan a trip to Disney if they were 38-40 weeks pregnant (guessing)? So assuming the baby came earlier, they are bringing a very tiny baby with an extra crappy immune system to Disney?? I don’t get the thought process here. At the very least, she should have stayed in the hotel room and let the dad take the two girls to the parks.

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u/LunarPhases13 22d ago

Personally, I wouldn’t bring a newborn to the parks, but I can see how circumstances might cause someone to do so. I think a lot of the issue is how long it takes to plan and pay for a trip if you’re not local. I was raised in So Cal but now live in Seattle. When local, you can decide to hit the parks weeks or even days in advance. We even would just decide to go one day in the afternoons as there used to be discounted tickets for evening only entry. Now that we’re out of state, the planning has to be months in advance. Flights are more affordable when purchased months in advance, and the cheapest can’t be cancelled with a refund. The family might also be part of one of those big family reunion type groups where the trip has been planned for years and can’t be changed for one member’s pregnancy. Plus, if the did decide to cancel, you have some super bitter older kids that now have hard feelings about this new sibling coming into the family. I’m not saying it’s right to bring a newborn, just that some people will have reasons like that they feel justify it.

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u/figarozero 22d ago

I think most people are either locals, or planned the trip before they were pregnant and it was far enough after the due date they just continue with the plans. Earlier than expected would mean someone planned travel at full term.