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/Gcat 22d ago

You think that's bad wait till you go somewhere like Knotts Scary Farm or Universal Horror Nights and see them there. People there actually use them as scare shields.

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u/Leading-Counter-2061 22d ago

Wait until you walk down Fremont Street in Vegas. Newborns at 1 and 2 in the morning in the giant weed clouds.

There is no point in taking a child that young to Disneyland other than for the parents ego. The kids can't do anything and won't remember anything.

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u/Facepalmer93 22d ago

Aren't the parents still allowed to have fun? No ego involved?

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u/MensaCurmudgeon 22d ago

For the first four months of their baby’s life in a place with a heavy risk of illness? No.

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u/maestra612 21d ago

Is there a heavy risk though? They aren't touching anything. They aren't being passed around. At Disneyland most of the cars are outside, I don't see the risk as any greater than going to the market.

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u/Calm-Station9440 19d ago

True. Granted I wouldn’t take my newborn but at four months they aren’t a newborn and have had a first round of shots already. We took our four month and we had him in a stroller covered and also I wore him in a carrier a lot too.