Crying baby in nearby room at Disneyland Hotel

[Dismama2boys]

That's when you ask the grandparents to watch the babies for a quick getaway.

Some of us exclusively nurse our babies. Some of us don’t have parents who can watch our children. Sometimes grandparents are on the trip too. I’m finding all of these posts about babies not belonging anywhere but home pretty offensive. And in this case it’s DISNEY. It attracts FAMILIES.

 

[mom2rtk]

I think if you are looking for as close to silence as possible, perhaps you should rent a house rather than stay at a hotel. Hotels are some of the loudest places I can think of, and crying babies are just one of the noises. Doors slamming, elevators, screaming and running teenagers, fighting adults, etc.

That's funny. I actually thought about posting that about anyone who thought they might be making a lot of noise in the night. But stopped because I thought it might be taken as presumptuous and rude.

 

[Astylla]

I open admit crying kids and babies drive me insane in small quarters or shared spaces , I'm childfree for a reason. It really depends how long this went on for though, multiple hours I may ask to switch rooms as regardless of the reason because that's just not something I want to deal with for multiple nights. Granted I usually have the TV on as my white noise so it's rare much bothers me.

Context and circumstances are important and from an outside point of view it might feel like nothing was being done, as some parents I know at home or when traveling let their kids/babies cry it out. The OP has a fair complaint just as others would have fair ones if it was a loud adult guest and I've dealt with it all.

I typically try to give more of a pass at Disney since its family centric however that isn't to say I don't have reasonable limits too.

 

[Dismama2boys]

That's funny. I actually thought about posting that about anyone who thought they might be making a lot of noise in the night. But stopped because I thought it might be taken as presumptuous and rude.

I think the issue would be that definitions of “a lot of noise” can vary widely. I’ve been awakened by a hotel employee knocking on the door across the hall at 3 in the morning. I have no idea what the problem was, but it was not a hotel guest that disturbed me - it was the employee. I’ve had that or loud elevators wake me up more often than crying babies in hotels. In fact, the only time I’m had a crying baby in a hotel was when the people next door were too loud and woke HIM up in the middle of the night. Our kids sleep with white noise machines, at home and otherwise, and it’s a huge help in hotels. Perhaps the real issue is cheaply built hotels in which I can hear the person next door’s toilet flush. I’m over that.

 

[Dismama2boys]

Context and circumstances are important and from an outside point of view it might feel like nothing was being done, as some parents I know at home or when traveling let their kids/babies cry it out. The OP has a fair complaint just as others would have fair ones if it was a loud adult guest and I've dealt with it all.

“Crying it out” is a sleep training method (I assume that’s what you are referring to) that a lot of parents use, but I will agree that it should only be done at home. It only takes a few nights though - if it’s many nights of endless crying, it’s not being done properly.

 

[mom2rtk]

I think the issue would be that definitions of “a lot of noise” can vary widely. I’ve been awakened by a hotel employee knocking on the door across the hall at 3 in the morning. I have no idea what the problem was, but it was not a hotel guest that disturbed me - it was the employee. I’ve had that or loud elevators wake me up more often than crying babies in hotels. In fact, the only time I’m had a crying baby in a hotel was when the people next door were too loud and woke HIM up in the middle of the night. Our kids sleep with white noise machines, at home and otherwise, and it’s a huge help in hotels. Perhaps the real issue is cheaply built hotels in which I can hear the person next door’s toilet flush. I’m over that.

I understand that completely. But some noise can be reasonably anticipated and some cannot.

 

[Dismama2boys]

I understand that completely. But some noise can be reasonably anticipated and some cannot.

That’s true. My babies weren’t/aren’t chronic criers - if they were crying, especially for long periods of time in the middle of the night, it was very unusual. I’m sure that’s affecting my opinion here - I haven’t ever even thought about NOT taking them to a hotel. I might if they were chronic criers, I suppose.

 

[Betsy82]

That happened to us a couple mornings in a row at Paradise Pier Hotel a few years ago. That's the time of night I have a terrible time getting back to sleep. It pretty much trashed my day as I had to leave the parks later to take a nap (which I almost never do). I wish parents would wait to do hotel stays until their babies are older and better able to sleep through the night.

While I do understand where you’re coming from for the most part, it’s just not realistic. I’m hoping you realize that not every family with a baby is there because they want to be.

What comes to mind for me was a few years ago when our child was taken via ambulance to a children’s hospital hours away. We were asked to complete all follow up care with them for continuity (by follow up I mean brain MRIs for a neurosurgical condition). We saw other specialists in the hospital but couldn’t always do all appointments the same day. So, we’d have to stay over sometimes or we’d spend 7 hours a day driving.

One night our baby screamed. It was horrible. I can feel the tears coming on just remembering my frustration that night and this was 3yrs ago. After we had done absolutely everything we could think of with no relief, I left the hotel and drove them around a town I had no familiarity with at all, crying, in the pouring rain.

What if we didn’t have a car, though?

No judgement from me, just offering a personal story that I felt was relevant.

Editing to add: that baby was sleeping through the night at home. But a stressful day for us was as equally if not more stressful for them, apparently

 

[mom2rtk]

While I do understand where you’re coming from for the most part, it’s just not realistic. I’m hoping you realize that not every family with a baby is there because they want to be.

What comes to mind for me was a few years ago when our child was taken via ambulance to a children’s hospital hours away. We were asked to complete all follow up care with them for continuity (by follow up I mean brain MRIs for a neurosurgical condition). We saw other specialists in the hospital but couldn’t always do all appointments the same day. So, we’d have to stay over sometimes or we’d spend 7 hours a day driving.

One night our baby screamed. It was horrible. I can feel the tears coming on just remembering my frustration that night and this was 3yrs ago. After we had done absolutely everything we could think of with no relief, I left the hotel and drove them around a town I had no familiarity with at all, crying, in the pouring rain.

What if we didn’t have a car, though?

No judgement from me, just offering a personal story that I felt was relevant.

Editing to add: that baby was sleeping through the night at home. But a stressful day for us was as equally if not more stressful for them, apparently

No I totally get that. I'm talking specifically about Disney because it's an optional vacation destination. The time it happened to us was 2 nights in a row at the same time.

 

[EmJ]

I have to say, as someone very newly sticking my toes in the Disney water, I’m kind of surprised at the number of responses along the lines of leaving children at home. Though I know adults enjoy Disney very much, I always thought of Disneyland as primarily a family destination. Part of the appeal of bringing my young son to Disney instead of Universal was a perception that Disney would be a more... tolerant, I guess?... destination in the event he experiences a “kid moment” or two.

 

[Aladora]

I have to say, as someone very newly sticking my toes in the Disney water, I’m kind of surprised at the number of responses along the lines that children should not be permitted to visit Disneyland until they can be seen but not heard. I know adults enjoy Disney very much, but I’ve always thought of it primarily as a family and child-centered destination.

I don't think that is what people are saying at all.

Agree with the sentiment or not, the comment was that one poster said that she wished parents would keep babies out of hotels until they can sleep through the night.

My husband snores so I wear earplugs even at home. Crying babies annoy me far less than the running through the hallways and slamming doors. I have, on a few occasions, popped my head out the door to tell people to pipe down when it happens after 11pm.

 

[Insaneinthemombrain]

I have to say, as someone very newly sticking my toes in the Disney water, I’m kind of surprised at the number of responses along the lines of leaving children at home. Though I know adults enjoy Disney very much, I always thought of Disneyland as primarily a family destination. Part of the appeal of bringing my young son to Disney instead of Universal was a perception that Disney would be a more... tolerant, I guess?... destination in the event he experiences a “kid moment” or two.

It is still the most family friendly vacation destination in the world (in my opinion). It’s just the internet that’s not very tolerant. Disney wasn’t created for one specific group of people, it’s for everyone to enjoy. So you’ll see entitled adults on here expressing their disgust for children and strollers being in “their park” and you’ll see parents thinking they are entitled to the parks and judging the childless adults for being there because it’s Disney. But I’ve found that attitude is usually reserved for the internet so don’t let it discourage you!

 

[EmJ]

It is still the most family friendly vacation destination in the world (in my opinion). It’s just the internet that’s not very tolerant. Disney wasn’t created for one specific group of people, it’s for everyone to enjoy. So you’ll see entitled adults on here expressing their disgust for children and strollers being in “their park” and you’ll see parents thinking they are entitled to the parks and judging the childless adults for being there because it’s Disney. But I’ve found that attitude is usually reserved for the internet so don’t let it discourage you!

Oh the internet! The Land Of Many Opinions

 

[mom2rtk]

I have to say, as someone very newly sticking my toes in the Disney water, I’m kind of surprised at the number of responses along the lines of leaving children at home. Though I know adults enjoy Disney very much, I always thought of Disneyland as primarily a family destination. Part of the appeal of bringing my young son to Disney instead of Universal was a perception that Disney would be a more... tolerant, I guess?... destination in the event he experiences a “kid moment” or two.

I've seen posts like that in other places but not on this thread. It's certainly not what I have been saying.

 

[StarlitNight05]

How has the situation been @Summer2018 ? I hope you all were able to get some rest (and the little one in the other room crying too)! It's definitely not fun in the parks when you are running on fumes.

 

[juxtapose]

Definitely get a white noise app on your phone! It works wonders to drown out hotel noises.

My son is the kid that didn't sleep for 2 years and now will sleep perfect for months straight and then not sleep for a couple nights. I felt awful last time we were at a hotel in Mexico he was 3 and was waking up multiple times a night by the end of the trip (he'd been sleeping at home all night for a year at that point), come to find out the poor kid had hand, foot, and mouth disease and was in a lot of pain. Anyways, it's impossible to know how or why the kid was crying but I pretty much guarantee the parents will try to stop it from happening.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Worst crying baby next door experience I ever had was at DLH. Poor baby next door cried for hours every night. After that trip I always travel with earplugs! They don’t block out sounds completely as intense as a baby screaming/crying through paper thin walls but they tone it down some. If anyone needs earplugs in an emergency at DL try the hotel gift shop. If they don’t have them there is a CVS & a Walgreens on the corner of Katella & Harbor.

Side note:
I believe it is especially important to bring earplugs and/or white noise machine/app to Disney Hotels. There are no quiet hours. If the people next door decide to hold a party or a loud argument for hours on end too bad. Disney will only look into noise complaints if you report violence is suspected according to the front desk CM at GCH when we called about a loud argument next door late at night that had gone on for a couple hours (it was definitely MA rated, thankfully we didn’t have kids with us).

 

[CO2CA]

I can go both ways on this.

We stayed at one hotel where there was incessant running back and forth, jumping off of furniture, etc in the room around midnight and then again atabout 5am until they left (9am most days) every night/day of our 4 day trip. We complained to management once, but that seemed to make things worse. So we tried our best to just keep pillows over our head and were just so tired to even deal with it. Made for a bummer trip, since everyone was beyond tired from getting woken up/being kept up every night. We were in the elevator with some other guests (2 adults) and were making conversation about how beautiful the hotel is and how secure it was. We also made a passing comment while we were waiting for our floor to arrive that the only negative was how loud our upstairs neighbors were. They said curtly, "Well it's a child-friendly hotel you know and that's what you have to deal with". We pretty much figured at that point those had to be our upstairs neighbors Safe to say it remained silent the rest of the way up lol

That being said, a crying baby wouldn't bother me too badly if it didn't continue more than an 45 mins or so. That noise along with slamming doors, hallway noise, etc is a little easier to block out using a t.v. or just ignoring it. I expect that level of noise in a hotel mostly serving families. Now if the crying went on for more than an hour straight, I would be concerned that the child was left alone or something and would be getting someone involved in that.

I do sympathize with you about the lack of sleep, so I hope it got better the next night.

 

[azdisneylover]

Some of us exclusively nurse our babies. Some of us don’t have parents who can watch our children. Sometimes grandparents are on the trip too. I’m finding all of these posts about babies not belonging anywhere but home pretty offensive. And in this case it’s DISNEY. It attracts FAMILIES.

Wow, I am a mom too. I do know how a crying baby can affect others. That is why our family thought it was best NOT to go to DL when ours were babies and stay in a hotel because of how many people it could have affected, not even mentioning DH and I. I nursed, but there is pumping and freezing breast milk, there are siblings, aunts, uncles great friends, etc that can watch them. I love babies, children, people. I love Disneyland. I know we could have gone and said too bad, get over it, our babies are just being babies, but we took in account how it would affect people around us, not just in the hotel, but in the parks too. Yes, Disneyland is for families.

 

[Dismama2boys]

Wow, I am a mom too. I do know how a crying baby can affect others. That is why our family thought it was best NOT to go to DL when ours were babies and stay in a hotel because of how many people it could have affected, not even mentioning DH and I. I nursed, but there is pumping and freezing breast milk, there are siblings, aunts, uncles great friends, etc that can watch them. I love babies, children, people. I love Disneyland. I know we could have gone and said too bad, get over it, our babies are just being babies, but we took in account how it would affect people around us, not just in the hotel, but in the parks too. Yes, Disneyland is for families.

I’m a champion pumper, but I donated most of my milk as 2 of my 3 babies never took a bottle. Never. Both did feeding therapy and still didn’t. You do you, but suggesting that others are rude for taking their mostly well-behaved babies to a hotel is over the top, in my opinion. I find adults to be much more disruptive in hotels and the parks than babies, but it would never occur to me to tell those adults to stay home. Because THAT would be rude.