Please help w/ planning disney trip with a 3 month old

[Anonymous]

Please dont shame me, these may be stupid questions but i have never flown before or been to disney and to do it with a 3 month old, i will be nervous.

For the flight, do we just keep the infant on our lap or in a carseat?

Will taking formula with us be an issue?

Any advice on anything regarding flying with an infant?

For disney, how do we protect baby from the sun being she is too young for sunscreen? Do we just do a tank top onsie or should we fully cover her arms and legs with light clothing?

Also, what should we take along with us and what should we leave behind? Carseat? Stroller? Pack and play? We will be in a hotel, if that matters.

Should we take the necessary items with us or buy there? Such as diapers, wipes, cream, formula, etc. we will be there for a week.

And please, please, please, anymore suggestions or tips are welcomed!

[Anonymous]

why would you take a 3 month old to disney? i would recommend waiting a year until you all can actually enjoy it.

[Anonymous]

Are you going in the summer? A tip from this born & raised central Florida girl - DO NOT take a 3 month old into the parks between 11am and 4pm - it is insanely hot, insanely crowded, minimal shade. Go early for an hour or two and then go in the evenings. Florida is a nightmare during the day in the summer. Good luck!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why would you take a 3 month old to disney? i would recommend waiting a year until you all can actually enjoy it.

I would recommend waiting 5 or 6 years.
As a child, I went to Disneyland quite often since we lived in the area. I have only vague memories of those visits.
We waited to go to Disney until our kids were 9 and 14. They LOVED it. They were able to go on all the rides and they had a blast.
They still talk about the trip as adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please dont shame me, these may be stupid questions but i have never flown before or been to disney and to do it with a 3 month old, i will be nervous.

For the flight, do we just keep the infant on our lap or in a carseat?

Will taking formula with us be an issue?

Any advice on anything regarding flying with an infant?

For disney, how do we protect baby from the sun being she is too young for sunscreen? Do we just do a tank top onsie or should we fully cover her arms and legs with light clothing?

Also, what should we take along with us and what should we leave behind? Carseat? Stroller? Pack and play? We will be in a hotel, if that matters.

Should we take the necessary items with us or buy there? Such as diapers, wipes, cream, formula, etc. we will be there for a week.

And please, please, please, anymore suggestions or tips are welcomed!

Florida girl again - YOU ABSOLUTELY have to have her covered head to toe and also break the sunscreen rule. She will burn to a crisp - I got skin cancer at 20 years old from growing up in Fl and my parents were vigilant(ish) on sunscreen. Those early burns do you in and she will burn up in 10 mins flat. She will also get heat rash, so plan ahead for that.

[Anonymous]

There are infant care centers in the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and I think the Animal Kingdom. The centers are cool, with darkened rooms for nursing and have a dedicated changing area (complete with changing table liners). They also have formula and babyhood for sale. My older daughters enjoyed the tv viewing area and coloring sheets they had available while i nursed my son. Taking an infant to Disney World is doable with the proper planning.

[Anonymous]

Just got back with my 15 mo and it was fun but a ton of work.

Why are you going? I was even flamed for taking a 15 mo but I would never take a 3 month old.

WARNING: It gets incredibly hot oustide. Even with your baby covered in a stroller it traps the heat and my daughter got so hot as did many other kids in strollers. If you decide to do this DO NOT spend a lot of time outside in the parks when its hot and humid at 90+ and buy a fan to attach to the stroller.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why would you take a 3 month old to disney? i would recommend waiting a year until you all can actually enjoy it.

Good lord, the DCUM flame machine at work again. It's entirely possible that they have older children, or maybe OP and her husband want to go because THEY'VE never gone before.

OP ignore.

That said, summer time is an insane time to go. It is incredibly hot and crowded. I would wait until October/November or March/February. Google "tips for Disneyworld" or "Disneyland," and you'll get a lot of advice sites, including some that have calendars that show what days are the most crowded in the year.

As for a separate seat, I was pretty comfortable traveling with my babies on my lap until they hit about a year old. For a 3-month old, I would put them in a Moby or another soft carrier with no straps or buckles to dig into you. It also gives you a built-in nursing cover.

[Anonymous]

OP, do you have to go? Do you have older children that you promised? If you are just taking your 3 month old to Disney for the heck of it I would not bother. You will be miserable, the baby will be hot and miserable, and oh, please don't do this.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I have three children! I am of course concerned about the 3 month old more. The other two are 7 and 10. I only asked questions regarding the infant. I dont want to leave her with family here and dont mind staying in hotel most of the time while husband takes the kids on rides. At the same time, i want to get out and explore.

[Anonymous]

We went a few years ago when our youngest was 10 mos old. We ordered formula/wipes/diapers from Garden Grocer and they were waiting in our hotel room when we got there (we were at a disney hotel). I just took enough on the plane for what we needed in transit. Definitely get the packnplay at the hotel- you don't want to pay to bring that with you and lug it about. You might bring your own sheet. We brought a stroller and an ergo-- at 3 mos if the baby is the only one who needs a stroller I might just do the ergo. If you are staying on property and taking Magical Express you don't need a carseat and probably can't use one. If you are renting a car you need to bring your carseat.
In terms of the airplane- do you have a seat for your 3 mos old? if so bring the carseat. If baby is a lapchild you won't be able to use it.

[Anonymous]

For the flight, do we just keep the infant on our lap or in a carseat?

If you're planning to take a carseat, you can buy a ticket for the baby and use the carseat in her seat (it will have to be window for safety reasons) or you can gate check the car seat and just hold her in your lap. When I flew with my children at that age I just held them in my lap and didn't buy the extra seat.

Will taking formula with us be an issue?

Formula will not be an issue. You are allowed to take whatever you need to feed the baby on the plane.

Any advice on anything regarding flying with an infant?

It's easiest to soothe them on the altitude changes with a bottle since it helps clear their ears so I usually held off feeding until just as we were taking off and tried to make sure that the baby would still be hungry as we start to descend for landing.

For disney, how do we protect baby from the sun being she is too young for sunscreen? Do we just do a tank top onsie or should we fully cover her arms and legs with light clothing?

We live in FL and have gone to Disney a lot with infants. I usually had the baby in something very light and used a light blanket to cover arms and legs if I had the baby in a carrier or to shade the stroller if she was in it. A sun hat that can be wet down to help cool off the baby can also help. Each of the 4 main parks has a Baby Care center with changing tables, nursing rooms, and a place to just sit in the AC and cool off. These can be a life saver if it's hot and crowded and you just need a moment of peace to sit and relax, though I also spent a lot of time sitting inside some of the restaurants with the baby while the rest of my family was off riding rides. They do sell essentials like formula and diapers in the Baby Care center, but it's expensive and more of an emergency supply.

Also, what should we take along with us and what should we leave behind? Carseat? Stroller? Pack and play? We will be in a hotel, if that matters.

If you're renting a car you'll need a carseat, but if you're just using Disney transportation too and from the airport you would be fine without it. A stroller is a must, but if you don't want to travel with yours there are a lot of companies that rent them for Disney and will deliver it to your hotel prior to your arrival. Hotels often have pack and plays, so you could check on that if you didn't want to bring your own (or even rent that as well from some of the same companies that do stroller rentals).

Should we take the necessary items with us or buy there? Such as diapers, wipes, cream, formula, etc. we will be there for a week.

It depends on your luggage situation. If you'd rather not take everything with you, and you have access to a car it's not too difficult to get to a Target or Publix grocery store to buy supplies. If on the other hand you would be buying things at the hotel, it will probably be fairly expensive so you may want to just bring what you need with you.

And please, please, please, anymore suggestions or tips are welcomed!

[Anonymous]

There are companies in Orlando that rent strollers & will deliver to Disney hotels. We did that & it was easy & convenient. Disney also offers stroller rentals but they are not comfortable & not the type you'd want for an infant anyway. I would plan to wear the baby in a wrap most of the time - that will give her protection from sun & germs (Disney is germ central!). You can park a stroller in designated areas & leave it - that would work too if you want to have it for walking longer distances & you can take it into restaurants.

Disney has the baby care centers as a PP noted so plan to use those & just try to stay indoors as much as possible. The good thing about Disney is they are super kid friendly so your baby will be welcome in restaurants etc. Also people seem to think Animal Kingdom is the hottest park (seems like it has the least shade) so maybe skip part or all of that day to keep baby in the hotel. Plan to take swimsuits for your older kids so they can do water activitie. If you go to the lazy river water park place (I forget the name right now) you can rent a cabana so you could sit in the shade there with the baby while your husband takes the older kids swimming.

Get a fan for the stroller if you use one. look into the handheld fans that mist water for everyone. It will be burning hot so take hats for everyone & plan to spend $$ on drinks (they sell yummy frozen lemonade at the parks).

Plane: Let her drink during takeoff & especially as you descend - that's when the pressure changes & her ears will hurt. Pacifier / sucking won't cut it; she needs to swallow to clear the pressure from her ears.

Have a great trip! It will be hot and crowded but just accept it and go with it. Hope it's fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
For disney, how do we protect baby from the sun being she is too young for sunscreen? Do we just do a tank top onsie or should we fully cover her arms and legs with light clothing?

A tank top onesie with NO sunscreen is just telling the sun "Please give me child a sunburn."

Honestly, I would break the no sunscreen rule. Ask the pediatrician. I am sure ours said to start sunscreen prior to 6 months. I remember putting it on our son for July 4 and he was only about 3 months old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why would you take a 3 month old to disney? i would recommend waiting a year until you all can actually enjoy it.

So assume you haven't planned a trip to Disney in the last um, at least 5 years? I say that for multiple reasons but usually you plan more than 6 months in advance. Crap, you can make dining reservations almost 6 months I'm advance!