Traveling with a 9 mo?

[Nanu57v]

Okay, so as you tell by my ticker, I'm barely pregnant. Now we were planning a trip to WDW in December 2005. Its a great time because my parents will be down there as well. So we'll have a built-in babysitter. DH, baby and I will be staying at the Poly. We like the resort and think the monorail access will be convenient.

So my question is, what's it like traveling with a baby this age?

 

[prplcrzy]

My ds went when he was 3 months and then 6 months, it was pretty easy. Sometimes taking infants are easier than dealing with toddlers.

By 9 months, you'll know what his/her schedule will be and should have a great time. You'll need to take things a little slower, but you'll experience alot more than you did before (stop and smell the roses). That time of year the weather will be cooler, which is good for the little ones.

You can take him/her on any ride without a height restriction and they'll enjoy looking around at everything.

I would suggest doing a search in the boards for traveling with an infant because there have been many posts asking the same thing and you'll be able to get alot of good info.

Enjoy planning your trip and congrats on your new arrival!

Nancy

(just got back this morning and going through WDW withdrawals!!)

 

[JessetheCowgirl]

Our DD will be 9 1/2 months when we return in March.

So I will be interested seeing your replies as well.

 

[silmokaren]

My son will be 9 months old when we travel to Disney in October. We are using a crib at the resort and rented a refigerator for formula and juice. However, we'll use the single formula packets for the park. For the flight, I am concerned about keeping him busy and a safety restraint. I just had the fire station help me with replacing the infant seat with the larger Britax. The fireman told me that since the main concern on a flight is turbulence, I should just use the smaller inafant seat - as long as it is FAA approved- and then snap it in the stroller (it's a Graco Metrolite) to get through the airport. I'm still not sure what we will do when we get there as far as transportation to the hotel at Disney because I don't know if anyone provides seats. Do the town car companies provide seats? Does anyone know? Thanks!

 

[DisneyPhD]

We took our DD for her 1st time when she was 9 months old (Dec 2001) and stayed at the poly. It was a great trip. Poly is a great place to stay with a baby. At the time we had this really cool Instep backpack stroller that we used and it was great for us. When the parks got too busy we just changed it to a back pack and walked out with out worrying about crowds (even during a pararde).

We brought baby food and I was still nursing. (that made life easier, you have everything you need with you all the time.) We also brought cherios and other snack food for her. We were able to do everthing you can do with a todler and we all had a great time (and got some great pictures.) Her 1st ride was Dumbo and now (she is 3 1/2 and has been 4 times total so far) she has to ride Dumbo 1st every trip.

Our next trip will be March 2005 and we will have a almost 4 year old and a 7 month old (4 weeks old today, that means we have only 6 month until our next trip!) So back to the baby stuff.


Town car services do provide car seats free of charge. We had a problem once with one compmany not having the seat (both ways to and from the airport.) They did find one, but it took some time.

Our infant car seat can be secured with the base, or just the seat belt if needed and we plan to bring it and do that. I havent decided if we are going to buy the baby a seat, we flew 2 times before with out one for her, it worked out fine. Air fare is starting to add up. We brought the infact car seat and checked it. I wouldn't depend on the town car having a rear facing car seat for infants, they mostly have them for todlers.

What it is like traveling with a baby that age really depends on your baby. I will tell you this, relaxed parents tend to make for more relaxed babies!

Good luck, I am so happy to not be pregnant anymore! I was really ill for the 1st half of both pregnancies. I hope all goes well for you. BTW I love your count down clock. I clicked on the link and I was just tickled pink. My baby's name is Lily. Lilypie. How cute is that? It is great for keeping track of the time. I never could remember how pregnant I was until I got the email from babycenter telling me how many weeks pregnant I was. Then I turned my trip countdown clock to a due date one here.