Things to do with a 9 month old??

[IlliniMouse]

DH's cousin and family are coming to spend the day with us in DL (no hoppers) on Friday. What are some things we can do with a 9-10 month old? I haven't researched this much at all and thought I'd turn it over to the experts.

THANKS!

 

[Kayla's Mom]

You can take the baby on any ride without a height requirement.

 

[IlliniMouse]

Thank you! That's just the info I was looking for!

 

[disneydreamer74]

When my daughter was a year old we took her on the King triton Carousel and Cindy's carousel in DL park, paretns can stand by the horse and hold baby for the ride. Also, she enjoyed Heimlich's chew chew train ride in Bugs Land (DCA) it went really slow and had lots of big stimulating candy decorations. Hope you have a great trip!

 

[jforever52]

We are coming down to Disney in two weeks with a 9 months old. We're planning on taking her on most of the rides attached to one of us in a snuggly.

We're also going to spend lots of time watching the shows.

Please report back after you go. I'd love to hear how the little one did at the park!

Thanks.

 

[Monkey Monkey]

I've been to DLR about a dozen times since DD was 8 months old, and is now 13 months.

She does NOT like the characters whose faces you can't see. It's like the scariest thing ever for her, and being the Mom of the Year that I am, I try again every time we go.

She loves Small World and POTC. She likes Winnie the Pooh and Jungle Cruise. She does not like Buzz Lightyear and TSMM, and was a little scared by Snow White, Pinocchio, and Peter Pan.

She really enjoys the Playhouse Disney Live show, and tolerated Aladdin. She also tolerated the MuppetVision 3D show but it was a little loud and intense for her.

She loves just sitting in the stroller or carrier and taking everything in.

Have a great time!

 

[All American]

Our daughter's first trip was when she was 9-months-old. I always thought it was kind of dumb to take kids that young, and I now apologize to any and all for such a silly thought. We took her on most of the rides (excluding height requirement ones) and let her sleep when she needed to. What really changed my opinion on the "taking young kids" was how she reacted during the parade. Oh my goodness! She smiled the whole time and characters would come up and interact with her. Great memories, and we will be taking our 2nd daughter for her first trip (she'll be 11 months) this October. I only hope she'll be as enamored with, and not afraid of, the characters as our first. If she gets nervous, that's okay. I am sure we'll find something there to make her smile--treats, balloons, light-up toys, the carousel...

 

[Funball]

im sure the baby can go on dumbo..right? the parades will be good for a baby..and the train and just seeing the amish work horse's on main st! that's always fun! and of course getting a character photo!


here is a link i found on hieght requirement, i doubt you'll be taking the baby on maliboomer or indy..lol, so hopefully this helps you!

http://disneyland.disney.go.com/dis...tail?name=HeightRequirementsGSDetailPage#DLR0

 

[disneyfanlaura]

We brought my ten month old cousin recently...she loved it! She liked Casey Junior's circus train and anything that played music! She also loved the shops - she was grabbing all sorts of stuffed animals from her stroller!

Don't forget about baby swap if you guys also want to do some things a baby cant do!!

 

[All American]

My advice?

Don't go.

I've been to Disney with toddlers - they are overwhelmed, overstimulated, and overexhausted. They won't remember it. They will be scared and intimidated by the noise. They freak out, cry, scream, #@$%% their pants. Everyone around you will hate you for subjecting your child to such madness.

The only reason to take a baby to Disneyland is to have a picture taken with it. Aww. How cute.

There is no other reason.

In other words, for your sake, and for the sake of everyone else...wait.

Stay home. Play with your baby in a safe environment that wont freak him or her out.

Otherwise, the baby will be miserable, you will be miserable, and not unlike Church or a movie theater, everyone around you will be miserable as well.

Stay home.

That is almost always the fault of the parent (and sometimes the kid is just cranky). I've seen lots of tired, crying kids being drug from place to place throughout the park in order to get their money's worth. With small kids you have to go at their pace, and if, in the middle of the day, the little one gets tired or fussy, find a nice quiet place for a nap. The Babycare center is a GREAT place to change a diaper, feed a baby, calm them down, and get them set up for a nap which can completely change the dynamic of the day.

 

[letthembelittle]

Our little one was just over a year old on our last trip and he loved Jungle Cruise, IASM, TSMM, the storybook boats, and really just looking at all the fun stuff there is to see. You all will have a great time!!

 

[disneydreamer74]

That is almost always the fault of the parent (and sometimes the kid is just cranky). I've seen lots of tired, crying kids being drug from place to place throughout the park in order to get their money's worth. With small kids you have to go at their pace, and if, in the middle of the day, the little one gets tired or fussy, find a nice quiet place for a nap. The Babycare center is a GREAT place to change a diaper, feed a baby, calm them down, and get them set up for a nap which can completely change the dynamic of the day.

I agree completely..I would definitely take a toddler. My DD3 has been several times and talks about it all year long. She remembers so much of our trip it shocks me!!! In fact, she told me a list of rides which she will be riding first on the next trip! We insist on afternoon naps back at the hotel to prevent over-stimulation which seems to be a big help. But, bottom line is this:the Disney parks are supposed to be a family-friendly vacation spot, so it seems odd that an adult vacationing at DLR would be negatively affected by cranky toddlers?
You will be glad you went!!

 

[TechGuy]

Don't let having a baby with you stop you from riding the adult rides. You can always do a "parent swap". Ask the CM standing in front of the ride for a parent swap tag. As an example, once you have the swap ticket, Dad can either stand in the regular line or use the single rider line (when possible) and when he gets done riding the ride, the parents swap. Dad watches the baby and Mom goes down the exit (backwards often) and rides the ride with no wait.

Read up on the rules and ask the CM how that ride/attraction works. You can stand in line together and do the swap just before you get into the ride. This way the parents get to play too.

I have been going to D-land since I was in diapers back in the 60's.

Take your kids... have fun.

 

[DLtorgo]

Go for it! I have been taking DD since she was a baby and have had no problems. They do slow you down and you won't be able to go as commando and I usually like to, but you are at DL so how can you go wrong! My DD was never scared of anything becuase she was too little to realize there was anything to be afraid of. The only rides they didn't like were Nemo subs, and Buzz. Too dark and sudden loud noises. One of my DD has even fallen asleep on the HM. Yes, they won't remember it, but YOU will. Make sure to do rider swap so you can get on some rides too.

 

[TechGuy]

The look on my DD's face when she was 2 and again 4 at DL on her first two trips told me I was doing the correct thing.

She is now 7 and going again next week ... but doesn't know it yet. She has a Girl Scout function this weekend and we don't want the "hype" of DL to override the GS fun.

The fun of seeing your kids light up is enough reason to go. You will get a whole new experience going to DL with kids. Some good, some not-so-god but all worth it.

 

[TechGuy]

Disneyland is designed for "family" fun. If you choose to be offended by the behavior of children at a family park, maybe you should choose to stay home or choose someplace where children are not as prevalent. Kids will be kids.

I am sure I have my moments where I too have a poor attitude, stink, and am not the most fun person to be with.

Welcome to being human.

 

[jernysgirl]

That's not the point.

Because of one's own selfishness, they subject everyone else to the disturbance of their offspring. Everyone within a city block has to endure said disturbance. Crying. Screaming. Shrieking. Stinking. @#$5itng one's one pants. Everyone around that offspring has to endure the selfish desire of the parent -- because said parent wants to haul its oozing slobbering stinking screaming barely sentient offspring through the same lines as everyone else, everyone else has to suffer. It's a BABY. It isn't a PURSE. It's like a purse that screams, cries, shrieks, farts, stinks, and disturbs everyone around it. You think it is cute to have some pictures taken with it, and you disturb the hell out of everyone around you. Don't take your shrieking crying spawn to Disneyland, don't take it to church, don't take it to the store, don't take it to the movies...wait until the thing knows up from down, wait until it can comprehend the world. THEN take it out into the public. Buying a ticket to Disneyland is not your "dress my baby in a Tigger outfit day while he screams his damned head off and farts out apple sauce and if U don't like it U R a badguy cause I have the babieze!" day.

Stay home. For the love of Gpd and all that is holy, STAY HOME.

Wow.... ummmm. I don't really know why you feel so passionate about not taking a child to Disneyland, but wasn't the whole point of Walt building Disneyland to create a place that both children and parents could enjoy together????

Sorry you have had such a rotten experience with someone else in the past, but with all do respect not everyone wears their baby "as a purse."



To the OP, I took my first DS when he was 10 1/2 months old for his first trip and he absolutely loved the entire experience. Our second DS's first trip was when he was 9 months old, and he also had a blast. Both times, we took it easy and had a wonderful vacation. And although they MAY NOT remember it, you and the other adults will. Take tons of pics and your children will love to look at them in the future, when they are old enough to understand. That is one of my kid's favorite things to do!

 

[Gisele]

Find a very good babysitter for back up, and or ridin' shotgun (As it were)

 

[Funball]

My advice?

Don't go.

I've been to Disney with toddlers - they are overwhelmed, overstimulated, and overexhausted. They won't remember it. They will be scared and intimidated by the noise. They freak out, cry, scream, #@$%% their pants. Everyone around you will hate you for subjecting your child to such madness.

The only reason to take a baby to Disneyland is to have a picture taken with it. Aww. How cute.

There is no other reason.

In other words, for your sake, and for the sake of everyone else...wait.

Stay home. Play with your baby in a safe environment that wont freak him or her out.

Otherwise, the baby will be miserable, you will be miserable, and not unlike Church or a movie theater, everyone around you will be miserable as well.

Stay home.

nothing wrong with taking a toddler or in the op's case a 9 month old! you gotta start sometime right? it still is family fun even the kid is talking yet and tell you how much they are having-- just seeing the gleem in there eyes is more then any parent can wish for!!

NOT everything at disneyland will freak a baby or toddler out--ok i understand the character thing i was freaked out of my gourd when i was little,but if my parents didn't push me into doing the character thing i probally would of never experienced it.. disneyland is meant for familys that want to share a fun loving experience together!! i see ton of familys with babys, that do the parent swap thing, the kid still gets to enjoy the sights,colors and sounds--as well the parents got to enjoy the rides they wanted to go on...

Disneyland is designed for "family" fun. If you choose to be offended by the behavior of children at a family park, maybe you should choose to stay home or choose someplace where children are not as prevalent. Kids will be kids.



I am sure I have my moments where I too have a poor attitude, stink, and am not the most fun person to be with.



Welcome to being human.

i agree!!!


the rule in our family was--we had to be potty trained and over having to nap in order to go to disneyland,but that was just cause my mom is a nuttball,but different strokes for different folks right?!

 

[TechGuy]

the rule in our family was--we had to be potty trained and over having to nap in order to go to disneyland,but that was just cause my mom is a nuttball,but different strokes for different folks right?!

The funny thing about your comment is my parents took me to DL back in 196X. I was still wearing cotton training pants. My parents forgot to pack extra pants and trainers. I was told I needed to be a big boy and stay dry so that Mickey didn't see my wet pants.

That was all the motivation I needed... I stayed dry.