Would you take a 6 week old to Disney???

[justhat]

OP I really feel like you're talking about the same rip as me. The reason I really wanted to go was that before we found out about this baby (who was a surprise) we had planned to take my daughter to WDW in October for MNSSHP cause she went last year and loved it and now all she does is talk about going to Disney World. We're going to DL on Saturday and we told her and all she has said since then is what rides she's going on, what characters she's going to see, etc. So we were a bit sad that we would have to skip the October trip this year, but when free dining was announced we rethought it.

Oh, and the trip I mentioned with my daughter at almost 3 months-well I should have also mentioned that since the trip was planned before her and she was born 15 days early, she actually could have been barely 2 months at the time of the trip and we were still going. She was born 2/26 but she was due 3/12 and we flew to WDW on 5/19. So age isn't my biggest factor in the decision, but it's age and all that other stuff combined with having another kid so making it tougher.

You've got till June 4th to decide though right, so maybe by then you'll feel strongly one way or the other.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

I read the whole thread a couple times and I didn't see a single person say you were a bad mom. You asked people whether they would take a 6 week old to Disney and some people said yes and others said no.

Nope, I did not say that anyone SAID I was a bad mom, I said it makes me FEEL like one. I said that b/c so many people are so dead set against going and say they would not even consider it so I felt like "man, was it so horrible of a thing to consider?" I never said that anyone here said that out right to me though.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

I wouldn't even THINK about planning a trip to WDW, with 6-week old infant or without, if my DH was going to be getting laid off his job soon. I think money spent on a vacation could be better spent on bills during the time of lay-off.

And you said you don't let your son play on jungle gyms because of the germs, you don't think there are germs on everything he would be touching at WDW?

Not to sound rude but everyone has different opinions on how to spend money. Hubby will be getting paid still for several months after loosing his job and we have money set aside. We are perfectly able to spend a little money on a Disney trip without it killing us. We keep our finances in better order than most anyone we know and have only one bill now which is our hose payment. Everything else has been totally paid off. I don't judge how people spend their money as long as they are not living off the goverment, which we are not.

I saw a show one night on tv where people were deabting this kinda thing. People never went on family trips and such b/c they wanted to put money away for retirement and such. In almost all cases it was said that children sure would appreciate having those memories of a childhood trip each summer than any money you left them when you died. That is our way of looking at it. We spend money throughout the year very little, only paying bills and paying off our cars and such which we have done. So we put away enough for a trip for once a year even if it has to be a small beach weekend. Having kids made us see how imprtant those times are to us. Just a different point of view there.

and yes I know there are germs everywhere..lol I keep hand sanitizer with me all the time. Things at Disney are cleaned throughout the day, the jungle gym at mcyd's is never cleaned! That is NASTY! Again just my opinion there.

 

[zalansky]

This is the great thing about opinions! They are all different. I would never, ever, ever leave my 8 week old babywith anyone while I went on vacation. Even with my in-laws. Even for only 4 days. Nope. I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it emotionally and I couldn't do it physically (my DD nursed for a long time).

Since your friends have this all set up with no qualms, I'm sure they will have a perfectly good time. I am also certain that they will miss their baby terribly. No vacation is worth that to me.

Actually you can't be certain of how anyone would feel but how you would feel. I've seen people leave newborn babies on a Disney Cruise in the nursery and parents actually high five each other as they left the baby there. I also know of a friend of a friend who left both her kids (newborn and a 2 y.o.) at home with her mother because they wanted to go on a ski trip. They didn't have any qualms about it. Not speaking for myself...but I know of several people who went on vacations and didn't look back. Evryone is diffrent and that doesn't make one parent better than the other. Just different.

 

[luvwinnie]

I'd be way too worried about the germs he/she will be exposed to at that age.

 

[robinb]

Evryone is diffrent and that doesn't make one parent better than the other. Just different.

All I said was I wouldn't leave my baby behind. I made no comment on being a "better parent" because of it, you read that into it all by yourself.

Actually you can't be certain of how anyone would feel but how you would feel.

Are you saying that your ski trip friends didn't miss their kids? No feel guilty, not regret leaving. But simply miss their kids. I am certain they did. If they did not, then in that case I think they are indeed bad parents.

 

[minnie61650]

Just my 2 cents
Sometimes babies decide when they want their B-days and we can't always plan for it.
When I was expecting my 3rd child we were not sure when I conceived so I had an ultra sound. Then based on the circumference of the babies head my Doctor gave me a Due date January 28. Long story short he was born March 2ed! Yep ! you heard right not only was he not born in January he skipped the whole month of February also.
I had lots of special fetal tests. The Doctor tried to induce my labor in the middle of February but they had to stop the induction because of the stress it was putting on the baby. My doctor consulted about giving me a C-section with other specialists but when evaluating the fetal tests. they advised that we wait a couple of more weeks and see if did not decide to come on his own.
When he was born he was a healthy big baby boy who weighted 10 pounds 1 ounce. But tests showed he really was at the most only about a week overdue. The due date was off
by 3-4 weeks. If they had me induced at my projected 38 week mark he would have been a month premature!

My advice is there are too many unknowns.

I agree December at a value with a AAA discount would be much more practical.
And think of all the beautiful decorations you will see.
What a magical time of the year to visit a most magical place.