What to Pack for Disney with a Baby & 39 Essentials for Disney with Babies

Our first journey to Disney with a child was, to our shock, a whole success. Child A had a improbable time – and so did we! We created an enormous, detailed information filled with tips for visiting Disney World with a baby, however we needed to create a information only for packing for Disney with infants, that can be utilized for each Disney World and Disneyland.

Beneath we’ve included a whole listing of what to pack for Disney with an toddler, plus our private suggestions and preferences (which, heads up, are typically on the crunchy/sustainable/natural facet of issues). Let the magic start!

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What to Pack for a Disney Journey with a Child?

Touring with a child doesn’t precisely lend itself to packing gentle. Nevertheless it’s not wildly unachievable, both.

For a 5-day journey to Disney (plus just a few further days in Florida with my mother), we packed 2 giant, checked suitcases, 2 day luggage, a automobile seat, and a stroller for all 3 of us. Child A’s stuff positively took up most of our baggage area.

On the subject of issues like what number of outfits, diapers, and bottles to deliver on your child, you’ll know what they want greatest. For us, that appears like this:

• Clothes: 1-2 outfits per every day of our journey (except we can have laundry amenities obtainable, like at a trip rental)
• Diapers and wipes: 1 pack every. 1 pack lasts us a full week. If we want greater than that, we both order it from Amazon or Instacart for supply to our lodging (at a Disney resort, they’ll maintain deliveries on the entrance desk for you) or cease right into a retailer.
• Bottles: Child A takes 1 bottle a day, so we deliver 2 bottles (we are typically too drained at evening to scrub her bottle straight away…)
• Components: We deliver a full canister. If we run out, we Instacart a supply or cease by a retailer for extra.

You can too get away with out bringing huge, cumbersome gadgets like a automobile seat or stroller by renting them when you arrive by BabyQuip.

In case you’re visiting Disney World, you may keep away from needing a carseat by planning to completely use Disney transportation – details in this post. You may hire a stroller from Kingdom Strollers. (Disney World does provide stroller leases, however they’re not appropriate for little ones, solely huge kiddos).

Beneath, we break down the precise gadgets we introduced with us to Disney with a child!

Disney Child Packing Checklist: Theme Park Necessities

Throughout your journey to Disney with a child, you’ll be spending most of your time wandering across the park. And whilst you’ve all the time acquired the Child Care facilities in every of the parks to move to as a house base, it’s nonetheless vital to hold what you want with you so that you simply don’t must run all the way in which again to your resort room in the event you want one thing.

The necessities to take with you on an extended day of exploring embrace not simply the fundamentals – diaper altering gear, change of garments, customary child fare – but in addition issues to maintain your baby cool and shielded from the solar, and relying on their age, fed, clear and entertained, too! Beneath is the particular gear we suggest bringing on a day within the parks:

• Diaper bag: A snug diaper bag is crucial since you’ll be carrying all of it day lengthy and it will likely be stuffed to the brim. When’s the final time you wore your diaper bag for 12 hours straight? Ensure it’s snug! We like this diaper bag, however in the event you don’t want a zillion pockets and a bit refrigerated part you may simply deliver any day bag or backpack – like this one, which is our common journey day bag.

• Water bottle: In case your child is consuming solids, they’ll want a lot of water to remain each hydrated and common. I take advantage of a Hydroflask crammed up with a lot of ice to maintain it chilly all day lengthy. Each time Child A sees me sip from the Hydroflask, she calls for some too. This retains us each very hydrated!

• Sanitizing wipes: deliver far more than you suppose you would possibly want. We wiped down each trip, lap bar, our palms after pulling the yellow strap, and anyplace the child needed to place her palms or mouth. We saved them on the prepared and wiped down each trip as we boarded (then hand sanitized after we acquired off). As a result of who desires to be sick at Disney?! Not us. (We additionally wore KN95 masks whereas indoors all through our journey, and none of us acquired a lot as a sniffle throughout our 5-day Disney journey. Masks and sanitizer are extremely efficient!)

• Baby Earmuffs: A number of of the newer rides and even some exhibits had been approach too loud for Child A and completely freaked her out. These smooth and comfy child Earmuffs assist dampen sounds. She received’t tolerate carrying them for lengthy however they work a lot better than holding our palms over her ears. They’re additionally nice for the airplane – do you know airplane noise within the cabin can reach 105 decibels?? Aircraft noise unhappy gave me tinnitus and listening to issues, so I’m making an attempt to be proactive about defending Child A’s listening to!

• Travel towels: Journey towels are light-weight and dry rapidly. So even when your baby has a blast on the splash pad in Magic Kingdom or Epcot, you’ll be capable of dry them off a bit bit with out having to schlep round a giant heavy towel.

• Silicone toy catchers: These are our favourite approach to hold toys within the stroller as a substitute of flung willy-nilly and misplaced eternally. In addition they work for retaining forks and spoons connected to a excessive chair, attaching toys to a automobile seat, and as toys in their very own proper (Child A loves to simply chew on them whereas within the stroller). They’re straightforward to wash and light-weight. We hold just a few readily available within the diaper bag for meals and have one completely connected to the stroller with a toy.

• Cooling cloths: These magical little cloths maintain in water and hold cool because it slowly evaporates, offering a cooling impact on your pores and skin. They’re completely important within the Florida warmth – you’ll even see them bought at just a few kiosks at Disney. As a bonus, they are often good for hydration – Child A likes to suck on hers. These are the proper measurement for a sunshade within the provider, or behind child’s neck within the stroller. I additionally discovered myself carrying one on the again of my neck most days!

• Thinkbaby sunscreen: A sunburnt child is a depressing child. We like this mineral sunscreen as a result of it’s light-weight, straightforward to rub in, lasts for a very long time, and doesn’t depart behind that gross greasy feeling. The bottle can be designed for grabby child palms – solely a tiny bit comes out at a time!

• Powder Sunscreen: Child A enjoys getting sunscreen lotion placed on her legs and arms, however isn’t as tolerant of issues on her face. Additionally, we didn’t actually need to rub greasy sunscreen into her baby-fine hair, however with no hat (and she or he tends to tug them off) her head is unquestionably prone to burning. So we acquired this twist-up powder brush sunscreen. She LOVES IT. It feels good on her face and head, and she or he will get actually excited once we pull it out to reapply! It’s additionally zillion occasions sooner than making use of sunscreen. … Sure, Jeremy and I resorted to utilizing it too. Love these items!

• Baby sunglasses: In case your child will tolerate carrying a pair of completely freakin’ cute child sun shades, I’m tremendous jealous – Child A simply received’t. (She loves chewing on MY sun shades, although.) We’ve this pair, which is stretchy and unbreakable and comes with ear extenders and a strap for different-sized heads.

• Sandals: In case your child is standing or taking steps, these are nice to guard their little ft from the recent, tough concrete of many of the Disney parks. (If not, be happy to skip any/all footwear.) We introduced an cute pair of these cute Robeez sandals.

• Sunhat: Cute AND sensible! A child sunhats shield child’s face, ears, neck, and even shoulders from the solar while not having to trouble with sunscreen. Plus they’re simply freakin CUTE. We suggest one with a strap to remain put. We additionally love this cute Disney outfit that comes with a MATCHING sunhat!

What to Carry Child in at Disney

Carrying a bit one round at Disney all day lengthy is extra sophisticated than you’d suppose, as a result of strollers aren’t allowed inside most buildings and you may’t have them in line, both. You’ll must park your stroller within the designated stroller parking space and depart it for each trip, attraction, present, and so on. (Oh, and be sure you don’t depart any snacks out, in any other case squirrels will likely be allllll over it – gross.)

So, what do you do with no stroller? What’s the simplest approach to transition a child on and off of a trip? We’ve acquired a trifecta of baby-carrying gadgets that works completely:

• Tushbaby:  This little seat that straps round your waist is ESSENTIAL to have in case your child is sufficiently old to sit down upright. You may’t deliver strollers in strains, so that you want a approach to carry child and wait in line, too. The Tushbaby is ideal for older and greater infants – and also you’ll save your again and arms (tennis elbow, anybody? We acquired it BAD as soon as our child hit about 15 lbs!) We use it in strains, sit Child A on it on rides and through exhibits so she will see higher, to nurse crossbody, and to carry just a few necessities for rides like hand sanitizing wipes. We additionally used it as a substitute of the stroller or provider for brief distances, like from the automobile to the resort. 

• Stroller: You’ll need a stroller that’s snug for child and so that you can push with loads of room to hold your gear every day, but in addition straightforward to fold down and carry onboard Disney buses and transportation. For ease of folding down, we love this lightweight travel stroller, which even suits into the overhead compartment on planes. You can too hire a stroller from BabyQuip.
• Rain cover for stroller: If there’s even a touch of rain within the forecast on your journey, throw one in all these within the backside of your stroller!

• Carriers: We LOVE babywearing. We swear by it. And we discover that in unusual and unfamiliar locations, strapping Child A to us helps her to really feel extra protected and safe, too. In truth, she outright refuses the stroller generally on journeys, so we find yourself carrying her all day, day by day. Having a snug child provider (that you simply’ve used earlier than your journey) is SO useful. Search for one which’s light-weight with mesh panels or simply no matter you may put on comfortably. We’ve just a few suggestions:
  • Jeremy’s favourite provider is made by Colugo. Its tremendous smooth and comfy and the buckles are magnetic which suggests they’re extremely straightforward to placed on and take off
  • My favourite is a heavy-duty provider made by BabyBjorn with a pleasant large leg panel. The BabyBjorn breathable mesh carrier is ideal for decent climate.
  • By no means used a provider or simply undecided you’ll use it a lot? This travel-friendly baby carrier is light-weight and packs down small. Our different carriers take up fairly a little bit of room however this one is ideal for retaining within the diaper bag simply in case.

What to Pack for Sleeping at Disney

• Sleep sack: If a swaddle or sleep sack is a part of your nighttime routine, we suggest bringing it alongside to maintain issues as near “regular” as potential. We love Woolino sleep sacks as a result of wool is of course temperature regulating in each sizzling and funky environments, and wool can be naturally antibacterial (learn: much less laundry) AND flame resistant.

• Sleepers: We’re huge followers of stretchy bamboo sleepers which have adjustable flaps for footed and non-footed sleepers – that means they are going to match for for much longer, particularly in case your child is tall like ours. Like wool, bamboo has some pure warmth regulation properties so child received’t overheat or be too chilly at evening.

• Pack N Play and Blackout Cover: In case you’re staying at a Disney Resort, don’t deliver a Pack n Play – they’re obtainable for FREE, and so are cribs! And although you might have considered trying a blackout cover, all Disney Resort resort rooms are geared up with good, heavy blackout curtains. However in the event you’re staying off-property, you’ll seemingly need to deliver one with you (although verify in case your lodging presents one first). We love the Guava Lotus Pack N Play, however our baby sadly outgrew it at a ridiculously early age as a result of she is the child equal of a Nice Dane. We normally co-sleep in a pleasant huge resort room mattress – Disney offers mattress rails upon request. But when your child remains to be baby-sized, a Pack N Play plus a blackout cowl is a improbable journey sleep resolution!

• Books: We embrace books in Child A’s bedtime routine, and doing the identical bedtime routine actually helps her to sleep in unfamiliar locations. So, we introduced alongside a few her favorites. We additionally love these tiny pocket-sized board books as toys.

Child Journey Necessities

Listed below are a number of the child journey necessities we’ve been utilizing just about since we began touring with Child A at 3 months, like a portable baby changing pad. However this journey required preparation on an entire new stage. Cuz, , Disney journeys are principally marathons.

There’s probability you’ve already acquired your favourite child gear at residence, so be happy to disregard our suggestions and simply use this as a packing guidelines to be sure you don’t neglect something

• Diapers: Though we love material diapers at residence, we use disposable diapers on journeys as a result of it’s simply a lot simpler. We actually love Andy Pandy diapers – they’re sustainably produced from bamboo, extremely biodegradable, tremendous smooth, by no means leak, and are ethically made within the USA with none bizarre chemical substances. Our backup favourite is Bambo, which can be bamboo however barely much less smooth.

• Wipes: Convey extra child wipes than you suppose you want. Jeremy tried to maintain it to 1 pack however he was so, so improper. 2-3 packs ought to do it! We actually just like the Mum & You biodegradable wipes.

• Portable diaper changing pad: I’m gonna be sincere with y’all … we use this at residence too anytime we’re too lazy to go all the way in which upstairs to alter a diaper! With a conveyable, foldable waterproof altering pad you may change child anytime, anyplace. Like your resort room mattress, for instance. Or the backseat of your automobile. Or some random concrete at a theme park (don’t fear, it’s acquired some padding). There are pockets to carry the necessities and a strap to connect it to your stroller, too.

• Swim diapers: Though we favor a reusable swim diaper at residence, we grabbed disposable swim diapers for this journey as a result of we didn’t need to trouble with laundry. We swam practically day by day and these had been improbable and straightforward.

• Swim onesie/suit: We favor high-SPF long-sleeved onesies as a result of it means much less sunscreen to rub in and re-apply.

• Toys: Actually, pack gentle in the case of toys. There’s a lot happening within the parks, a lot to see and do that you could be probably not want toys in any respect. We hold just a few connected to the stroller with this silicone toy catcher and we had just a few extra within the resort room for occupying Child Some time we drank our morning espresso (psst – bring these, Disney resort room espresso sucks) and acquired prepared for the day, however that’s about it. 

• Garments: We suggest at the least 2 outfits per day of your journey, and have a spare set in your diaper bag always. For this journey, we picked up some cute Disney garments from Amazon! We love these Princess onesie/shorts/outfits, and this gender-neutral Lion King overall set that comes with a cute sunhat!

• Infant Tylenol: There are such a lot of diseases floating across the parks. And irrespective of how a lot you hand sanitizer and attempt to wipe down banisters, there’s nonetheless a threat of getting sick. The very last thing you need to do is be coping with a depressing toddler in the midst of the evening and making an attempt to determine how one can get to the closest Walgreens, so deliver a bit bottle of these items with you (and another primary well being provides you want, like a snot sucker).

What to Pack for Feeding Child at Disney

Since Child A was 10 months throughout our journey to Disney, she was consuming 3 full meals a day PLUS snacks. It’s actually spectacular how a lot meals a teeny, tiny child can devour, y’all.

Whether or not you’re simply beginning solids or child is approach too little to fret about meals simply but, there are some things to bear in mind. For starters: the supplied excessive chairs at Disney eating places don’t match infants nicely, like, in any respect. I don’t know what it’s, however the tables are actually excessive or he seats are actually low and they simply don’t work. We ended up placing Child A on our lap or utilizing her moveable excessive chair more often than not, even at eating places.

Apart from that, it’s all about having the suitable instruments readily available (and for older infants, a zillion moveable snacks). Just about all of our moveable baby-eating provides are silicon, so that they’re light-weight and straightforward to scrub. We don’t deliver alongside particular utensils or cups for Child A – she prefers to make use of the grownup model (although we do have a bit moveable shot glass that’s simply her measurement that we hold within the diaper bag).

Right here’s what we discovered most useful for feeding infants at Disney:

• Components: Don’t neglect a can of formulation! We actually like Bobbie – and in the event you run out you may as well Instacart it from Goal for supply to your resort room.

• Bottles/nipples: In case you bottle feed, be sure you deliver these alongside (particularly in the event you’ll be switching off who’s out having fun with the parks at evening). We like Evenflo glass bottles as a result of they’re best to scrub/sterilize and can final for a really very long time. To maintain them clear, deliver alongside a bottle brush and a bit container of cleaning soap (we like Dr. Bronners, and use it for every part from washing palms to washing child to washing dishes and clothes).

• Portable high chair: You could not want a excessive chair in the event you’re consuming at a sit-down restaurant (although we did discover that Disney excessive chairs are made with huge children in thoughts, and had been a lot too low for Child A). However what a couple of quick-service restaurant? Or dinner in your resort room? Or a snack in between meals? Or breakfast within the parks whereas mother and pa change out on single-riding rides? Our favourite resolution is that this portable high chair. It’s light-weight and straightforward to fold up, and simply the proper measurement for an toddler to sit down and eat a snack whereas having fun with a wonderful park view. We hold ours within the stroller so we now have it readily available within the parks at any time when we want a child to sit down and eat, and we used it in our room for breakfast and dinner, too.

• Snacks: Our favourite snacks for park days are fruit/veggie pouches (we love those from Costco), Cheerios, and puffs. We prevented snacks that may make child’s palms sticky or make a multitude.

• Silicon bowl: This small, light-weight silicon bowl is what we serve snacks like Cheerios in on the go, in addition to breakfast within the resort and even meals at eating places in a pinch. It’s straightforward to wash and doesn’t take up a lot area.

• Silicon Bib: We love these light-weight, easy-to-clean silicone food-catching bibs. They’ve a pocket to catch no matter falls from the child’s mouth earlier than it lands on child’s cute outfit. After a meal, we merely wipe it off with some water or wash it within the sink with cleaning soap, and roll it as much as hold within the diaper bag once more!

• Small portable cooler: Important for each bottles and snacks! Stuff it with greek yogurt, Babybel or string cheese, hummus and pita, and contemporary fruit.

What to Pack for Nursing at Disney (& Pumping)

You’re welcome to nurse anyplace on Disney property, and there are supplied Child Care facilities with personal nursing areas, too. You’ll discover snug chairs with footrests, tables and retailers – all of the necessities. So for a lot of of you, chances are you’ll not must deliver something particular for you or child: simply nurse as you want on the go! And that’s superior – skip on all the way down to the subsequent part, y’all.

Personally, I didn’t have a straightforward breastfeeding journey. For the primary 3 months of Child A’s life, we triple fed – pumping and bottle feeding after each single nursing session, which was about 12 occasions a day, across the clock each 2-3 hours. I actually solely had quarter-hour in between every marathon power-pumping session and her subsequent nursing session, and felt like I used to be chained to my nursing chair.

It was terrible and by far the toughest factor I’ve ever carried out in my life. However we got here out the opposite facet and are nonetheless going sturdy nursing after a yr – and I’m so extremely pleased with us each! It has been an exquisite and rewarding expertise, regardless of how difficult it was at first.

That stated, retaining my provide up has all the time been a battle (I’ve really by no means had sufficient to completely breastfeed, so we combo feed) and I’ve to watch out about how a lot time I spend away from Child A and what number of nursing classes I skip.

However I’ve been in a position to depart Child A for just a few hours at a time and even journey with out her (for a convention I spoke at, for about 72 complete hours) by determining just a few methods that nursing mothers who’re additionally conscientious of their provide might discover useful!

So whether or not breastfeeding has been a breeze for you or a problem like me, listed here are some necessities for nursing at Disney:

• Inflatable Nursing Pillow: Not everybody wants a nursing pillow, and there are mothers like me who can’t nurse with out one (critically, we used them up till like, 10 months, and couldn’t make it work with out one)! In case you’re a fan of the My Brest Pal pillow, which I completely love and swear by at residence, strive the inflatable journey model! It solely takes just a few good sturdy breaths to refill. I additionally use this for Child A to nap on throughout flights.

• ​Ceres Chill: This insulated moveable metal cooler is particularly designed to maintain breast milk (or formulation) refrigerated on to go. You fill the outer chamber of the water bottle with ice out of your resort or a stand within the park, and it retains the interior metal chamber at a protected temperature till you get again to Child or your resort fridge. You may hold 24oz of milk safely refrigerated for 20+ hours! In case you and your accomplice are switching off “baby-free” nights on the park like we did, you’ll be with out child for a number of hours and will must pump to maintain your provide up or keep away from getting engorged or growing mastitis. Convey alongside the Ceres Chill in an everyday day bag and also you’re good to go all evening lengthy.

• Travel-Friendly Pump: The opposite piece of the “spending hours with out child” puzzle for breastfeeding mothers is a pump! You may after all simply deliver alongside your common pump to the parks and hit the Child Care middle everytime you want – they’ve acquired personal nursing rooms with retailers. However in the event you’d wish to strive a extra travel-friendly choice, many mothers swear by the Willow hands-free pump, which inserts discreetly and comfortably into your bra so you may pump in line, strolling round, or wherever you want. Personally, I simply use my common Medela Pump ‘N Model which is fairly small already.

Do you could have questions or considerations about packing for Disney with a child that we can assist with? Drop us a remark under!

Psst: On the lookout for extra suggestions that will help you plan your Disney journey? Take a look at a few of our different Disney World posts:

Want you might journey to Disney with out leaving residence? We created an immersive virtual Disney world tour so you may make a journey from the consolation of your couch!

We even have a Podcast episode all about Disney! A futuristic utopia that’s positively not a cult. A suicide-themed trip. Lia’s school internship. What do all of them have in widespread? Disney World, after all! On this episode, Lia spills all of the Mad Tea on probably the most magical place on Earth, plus insider suggestions from her time as a Forged Member. We additionally clarify our tried & examined Disney Technique (aka STRAT), as a result of ready in lengthy strains for rides is a few Bippity-Boppity-BS.

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