Is this terrible, and does anyone else do this?

[ErinSLP]

My Dh and I love, love, love Disney. We have lots of Disney Collectibles, ornaments,etc. and try to go to WDW every year. We have a 20 month old DD, and ever since she was born, we have exposed her to ALL THINGS DISNEY!!! Books, toys, movies, shows, you name it. She is very verbal and can basically name and identify most Disney characters!! When people hear her say, "Oh looh-Belle, Arielle, Flounder!" They look at us like we're terrible parents simply for the fact that she knows them. Now, she does like other things: Dora, Wiggles, Elmo, but her clear favorites are Pooh and the Gang (her entire room is Classic Pooh) and Mickey, Minnie and various princesses. Sometimes i think we've created a monster! She's already been there once and we are going again in January. Please tell me that I'm not ruining my child and that others out there are in a similar situation?

[Not so Dumbo]

No... You can't go wrong with Disney :cool1: :rotfl2:

We have gone as far as playing Disney classical music(Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach...check it out, it's great) in our infant daughter's room. She's going to know all the song before she even gets to WDW and the best part is she won't even know how she knows them. :rotfl:

[gris gris]

Nothing wrong with this, it gives her something to identify with and will define her life! She'll be able to say she was a Disney fan since birth!

[2 princes 1 princess]

What's wrong with that? If you're terrible then I'm the worst parent in the world. My kids have been to Disney six times in the past four years and we have two trips planned in the next three months. We go all the time and we live near Chicago. It's not like we're nearby or anything. We love it. My baby is two and he's been there 5 times allready and one of his only words is "Lightyear"!

People that give you strange looks just don't get it. They have either never been to WDW or they went years ago and haven't seen it through the eyes of their young kids!

Rock on with the "Disney Training"!

[TiggerTails57]

It's cute! :goodvibes :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Bird-Mom]

:goodvibes It's not bad at all! She will most definitely not be ruined for life. I also have 2 Disney fans from birth. My 4 year old has been 7 times and my 2 year old twice. We are planning another trip (hopefully) for February. Both girls ask many times every day when are we going back to Disney. They are currently fighting about who is going to be Princess Aurora for Halloween! (why both of them, of course!) They love to watch the planning dvd to pick hotels and the 4 year old asks for specific restaurants. No worries! Have fun with your Disney baby! :cool1:

[ErinSLP]

thanks everyone.... I'm glad to see that there are others out there like us!!! Not that we would stop our obsession with Disney anyway! :rotfl2:

[reggiemcp]

If you are a bad parent, then I am too. Not only did I go to Disneyworld when I was pregnant with DS, we took him on a DIS cruise at 5 months. Went last December to DW, and going again this December. He loves Pooh, Mickey, Buzz, and the gang. We have Disney books, tapes, stuffed animals, you name it. He also loves Sesame Street and Curious George. I planned on this brainwashing, my family says I did it so I can continue visiting my favorite place for many years to come without looking pathetic (what do they know, the have not been infected with my disease). I just took him for a haircut the other day and planned it so his next one will be at MK Barbershop!


So go for it and enjoy all the wonderful times you will have together in such a great place. :Pinkbounc :banana: :cool1: :sunny: :cheer2: :dance3: :bounce: :wave:

[flortlebap]

I'd be more worried if she knew Ronald McDonald... Wendy... etc etc :)

I think it's fine. I was brought up around Disney and I turned out fine (if not a little Disney obsessed!!) :rotfl:

[Schmeck]

My fairy goddaughter (it's not official, so I'm her fairy godmother because I chose her to spoil! :teeth: ) tells everyone that I give her the "Pooh stuff" and that I'm going to take her "to Disney". :woohoo:

[MEBs_Tinkerbell]

You're not a bad parent! My DS talks about Disney all the time. He will talk about the parks. He talks about the rides. He will just start singing "It's a Small World" or the "Yo Hoo Hoo Pirates Life for Me" at the drop of a hat :rotfl:
If a WDW ad comes on the radio he will say "Mommy they are talking about Disney or the parks" He still talks about the cruise we took in late May! He will say "Mommy, I'm talking about Disney" :rotfl: He loves Disney as much as his Mommy and Daddy....

[alloyd1170]

One of DDs (now 14 mos) first words was mermaid. Her room is done in underwater theme (soon to be mermaids once she graduates to a big bed) and all the Little Mermaid stuff Ive collected over the years is in there. In prep for our upcoming trip in 10 days!!! wherever we go I make sure to point out any Disney characters I see and name them. She can say Mickey Mouse now too, and recognizes others. I finally got her to watch some Sing Along dvds in the car, but at home she has no interest in tv/dvds since she wont sit still long enough!

alison

[tacomaranch]

DS 2 yrs old has to watch the Disney planning video each morning when he wakes up and again to go to bed. He says "I happy" when I turn it on.

We are going in two weeks!

[KelsiesMommy]

Well, my dd is a month older and she knows all the characcters! Both my girls started out at DLand as frequent visitors- My 21 month old knows pretty much any Disney character by name, and can tell you a lot about Disneyland already LOL

[NJOYURLIFE]

Hi Neighbor!

If you are a bad parent, then count us in also. My 6 year old is so Disnified that when she was first learning her address, she kept answering Cinderella's Castle.

[emma'smom]

Why would this be a bad thing? Too much commercialism? Disney is wholesome...and safe. With all of these Bratz and Barbies and violent characters...your children are better off learning about wholesome characters.

We've taken dd4 to Disney 3 times and have 2 more trips planned for this year. This will be four trips in 1 1/2 for dd1. We think its a great way to get away and spend time with each other.

The kids were princesses for Halloween last year and we did the princess birthday party routine. However, now dd4 is into the idea of a "messy paint party", so she didn't stay obsessed. We do limit movie watching and we don't have too many collectibles (because I can't stand the clutter)...but not because we are limiting Disney...just these things in general.

Hey...if your biggest vice with raising your children is exposing them to too much wholesome family fun, so be it! If you are really worried, you can diversity and ADD some other experiences to the ones you have at Disney to create more balance (notice I said "add"..not do less Disney).

Your children will only be ruined in the sense that they'll always expect high quality accommodations and pleasant surroundings on their vacations!

[ilovejack02]

I think Disney is alot better thing for her to love than .. say Spongebob. Disney is great!

[kaysmommie]

My 2 YO DS knows all the characters and loved meeting them for the first time last week. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, Disney is the best!! :)

[prestonsmomma]

I'm proud of the fact that my child loves Disney so much. Disney is known for their "family oriented atmosphere" and there is nothing more important on this earth than family to me. Yes I'm raising a Disney Addict but my parents raised three of us and I don't think it harmed any of us.

[all4fun]

I am happy to read this thread. My ds has been to WDW 4x between age 13-24mos and DL 3x between age 2-3yrs. When he was 2-1/2 he was laying on our bed looking up at the ceiling fan which also has a light fixture on it and it was casting a shadow on the ceiling that looked like mickey ears. He surprised us when he looked up and said "Mickey Mouse!" (he is also speech delayed so at that time he wasn't saying a whole lot that was intelligable anyway). Now he sees Mickey Mouse everywhere, lol. He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, he can now say many of the character names, even some of the more "obscure" ones. He talks about wanting to go to Disneyland and he knows we are going to be at WDW soon and keeps talking about seeing "Giant Buzz" (we're staying at ASMo and DH has shown him pictures of it). He also sings "Yo Ho Yo Ho A pirates life for me" a lot now, which I think is too cute. But of course, like I said, he is speech delayed so whenever he starts saying anything new I get a little bit excited about it. So what if most of the new stuff he is talking about is Disney-related, lol.

It's nice to read this thread and see that my ds is in good company! :)

[shellynn24]

I'm right there with the rest of you. DD 2 came home to a room decorated in Disney Princesses, and has been my princess ever since. Both DS and DD talk about going back to WDW, DS asks me almost every day when we are going back. When the new baby comes home, she will be in a Mickey and Minnie room. I can't wait to start the corruption of the newest addition :rotfl2: We usually watch Disney movies and I always have on one of the Disney music CD's when the radio is on. I guess I would rather it be Disney then something less wholesome, like certain things on Cartoon Network :sad2:

[dzorn]

No problem as long as some of that learning is coming from toys and books and not just from being parked in front of the tv. Disney great!

[Bugsmom73]

Umm nope not a problem. DD is a huge Disney fan and DS is well on his way. DD loves anything Disney and has been talking about our last Disney Trip in Nov of 04. We would wait and surprise her the day we leave but her brother may not do terribly well with no preparation.

[Fellowship9798]

My 18 month old asks to hear "Yo ho" (POTC) and "Tiki" (Tiki Room) quite often and identifies Mickey Mouse from the 3 circle shape. He can also identify Spaceship Earth in pictures as "Epcot" and can name the so called fab five from T ****s and pictures, although in slightly garbled 18 month old talk. I had the same concerns about whether this is just too much of our thinking inserted in his head.

Of course, his other favorite activity right now is looking through a Home Depot home improvement book and picking out every hammer, drill, saw, level, tape measure and screwdriver he can see and naming them out loud as we go. So it's not just Disney all the time.

[TikiGoddess2006]

Let's put it this way: my now 22 mo old daughter has been singing "It's a small world after all" EVERY DAY since our trip at the beginning of July. Yes, that's 66 days of non-stop SMALL WORLD!! :earseek: And of course, my 3 yr old joins in. Every time someone mentions Disney World, or small world, or she sees the castle, it starts. Her favorite video to watch: Sing Along Songs "Disneyland Fun".

I love that my girls will know a place that brings so many people so much happiness. We do try to balance all things Disney with traditional kid stories and classic books (how can you not read Curious George, or Where the Wild Things Are...). But then some of the Disney stories are classics too... my DD LOVES to play and pretend Peter Pan. She's in love with Woody and Buzz, who, when you come down to it, are a cowboy and a spaceman. What kids have been playing with for years.

I think I would get worried if she was ONLY interested in Disney stuff. There's so much great literature out there that stimulates kids imaginations! Thankfully my girls are imaginative, creative little girls that are showing interests in just about everything from dinosaurs to baby dolls.

TikiG

[disneyfan6301]

Okay, count me in. My DS is 10, and has been Disneyfied since birth. His room still has a Disney Babies border, and he will not let me take it down. It is also covered in Mickey and Buzz, plus other "boy" stuff. He still sings small world and pirates, but his favorite to sing now is "A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow". It only gets better as they grow. His teacher was showing them an ancient filmstrip on Monday, and DS ask him to turn back because he thought he saw a Mickey head in the frame. :rolleyes: Just a bit obsessed, I would say....wonder where he learned it from :goodvibes

I'll take Disney over some of the other stuff that is on anytime!!

[schlepsnort]

My 2 yr old can find hidden mickeys, my 4 yr old hums the theme song to Little Einsteins...If loving Disney is wrong, I don't want to be right!

Considering the other cartoons that are out there and other influences I'd much rather they be Disneycated than into that other 'stuff'. They are learning new words, colors, etc. by watching the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and enjoy acting out stuff from the Power Rangers.

No harm no foul I say!