Inspired by the Taking your 6 week old to WDW...How old...

[Aidensmom]

was your child before you took them in public?

My son was premature, but I stiil had him out shopping within a week of his birth. It didn't adversely affect him. I had planned to move before he was born, but unfortunately he decided to arrive during moving week. There were things I had to go buy for the house.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

was your child before you took them in public?

My son was premature, but I stiil had him out shopping within a week of his birth. It didn't adversely affect him. I had planned to move before he was born, but unfortunately he decided to arrive during moving week. There were things I had to go buy for the house.

I've taken my newborns grocery shopping, to the indoor mall (I always go early in the day when there's hardly any people there anyway) and to friends houses. Those places are a little different than an entire day at an amusement park.

 

[poohandwendy]

With my youngest, she was 2 days old when I took her out in public, LOL. It was the day we came home from the hospital, which also happened to be her 'due date', LOL. Just waiting for the flamefest...

But, it wasn't WDW, it was to my work and a grocery store.

Just want to let you know, in spite of my neglectful parenting, she is a thriving 12 yo.

 

[Beth76]

With my first I'm sure it was within a week. With my second it was probably within 2. Just to the grocery store and other errand-type places. We've never vacationed with our newborns nor have we taken them on all day outings like the amusement park and zoo.

 

[Aidensmom]

If the concern is germs, I don't think shopping is much different than an amusement park. I'm more lilkely to go to the grocery store when I am sick than to go to WDW.

 

[nwdisgal]

I took both my kids out at about a week old - grocery shopping,etc. Judging from the look of them, they are 10 and 15 now, they faired okay. There were no adverse effects. Unfortunately with the younger child, any way you slice it, if the older child is in preschool, or school, they are going to bring home germs. With the younger child, we actually traveled to the wine country and I went touring when he was two months old. I pumped the milk of course prior to the trip.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

My son was about a week old when we took him out I think. We had to take him to a dr visit and then we went in Wal-Mart to pick him up a couple of things on the way home. I remember I held him against me the whole time wrapped in a blanket and this old guy who was greeting said, wow, he is fresh out of the oven..lol

I personally never thought much of germs from just walking around a store though. Now when it came to somebody getting close to him I would back up, did not let people to touch him, breathe on him, etc.. Once a lady touched his hand and I left right afterwards and took him to the car to clean him up with wipes..lol I was so so worried over people touching him!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

First was a few days old (maybe even a week) and we went to mass and then the grocery store.

Second was 3 days old as we embarked on our daily visits to have her blood drawn to check her bilirubin levels. By 1 week she went on the traditional grocery store trip.

Any future babies--daddy can go himself to the grocery store as to be quite honest--"I" wasn't ready to go grocery shopping just yet (he went with us--but I would have rather been in bed).


First was 11 months for disney (more a money issue of that is when we got around to it). Second was 4 months.

itty bitty babies are a bit young for a theme park vacation or any kind of fast paced heavily outdoor vacation. However living fairly locally--I would think it no different than jaunting out to the mall for a few hours and would consider it if we had passes already.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I was out within a week. I'm sure it was different for each of my 4 children, and I know for my youngest it was within 3-4 days. When he was 5 days old we went to dinner for his sister's 12yo birthday. Actually, pretty young for all of them.

BTW, my youngest didn't have his first sick dr visit until he was 5yo. Up until then he had colds, etc, but nothing that we couldn't handle at home. When my second was 6 weeks old we flew from Houston to California. However, that trip wasn't planned until he was born and we wouldn't have gone if he hadn't been healthy, had grandparents to stay with, etc. We did go to Disneyland for the day...

 

[NMAmy]

DD was about a day old. On the way back from the hospital, we stopped at the grocery store to fill my prescriptions (I'd had a difficult labor and needed pain medication) and some other girl things I needed that I knew my ex would never be able to find or purchase without extreme mortification. I did have someone at the store chastise me for bringing her there so young but I didn't have a lot of choice. We'd just moved to the area and had no family or close friends around and I couldn't drive myself to the store and leave my ex home with the baby.

 

[ntburns22]

My DD was about a week old. She was born in January and it was very cold. Now my DS was 3 days old. We had to stop at Target on the way home from the hospital for my perscription (pain meds). I worked in daycare at the time and everyone wanted me to bring him me since it was the last day since they were closing. I passed on that.

 

[Nancy]

With #1 I came home form the Hospital on July 4th, my DH's Grandparents were having the family cook-out so we stopped there on the way home from the hospital and stayed to eat and play pass the baby!

#2 was probably about a week old and we went to the mall

#3 was a few days old and she got to go up to her older sister's nursery school rooms to be their show and tell. They refused to go into their classes without her!

My youngest was about 8 months old when she went to her first amusement park. We spent the weekend in Canada's Wonderland in Toronto.

 

[SC Minnie]

DD was in the hospital until she was 2 weeks old. After she was able to come home we didn't venture out until her 4 week check up at the pediatrician. Even then she had an ear infection before she was 6 weeks old.

 

[froglady]

I was fortunate to have my mother nearby (she stayed with us for my first) so I didn't have to bring my babies out in public for at least 6 weeks (except for blood work, etc) I myself was not allowed to drive for a few weeks after my last one; my OB's DH drove my older child to school, and DF picked her up after school.

The sad thing is, DS just turned 13. DF is deceased, and DM is totally dependent upon me, and has been so for the last few years. It's frightening to see how much your parents can change in a decade.

 

[lbgraves]

DS was 4 days old to go to his first check up. At 6 days he went to Mass with us. DD was 3 days old. I felt much better after that delivery and I went by the grocery store on the way home from her well check with both kids. It's a good thing that didn't bother me because DH had to go out of town for 2 weeks when she was 10 days old. I would have been in trouble with no way to go out for that long.

 

[BabyTigger99]

I think DS was probably 4 days old when we took him out to dinner with us.

He was at Disney at 2 and a half months (DH's parents flew the family down).

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

They were about a week old or less. Had to show them off

 

[tiggersmom2]

I took my sons out within a couple of weeks of their birth. We started them on WDW at 3 months.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Honestly, I don't remember. It probably was within a week or two of their birth. DS2 flew for the first time when he was 2 months old (this past July). This Saturday is his first WDW trip (for his first birthday). DS1 we first took to WDW when he was 18 months old.

 

[4greatboys]

Well my first was probably half grown before we took him out! LOL you know how those first borns are .
With my second ds he was probably about a week or 2 old. I had a 2 yr old at home so I had to keep buying diapers, food and ect. I might add he was, and is still just fine!


My youngest ds got his first Disney trip earlier than the others, he was 5 months old.