What to Pack for Disney with a Child & 39 Necessities for Disney with Infants

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

Under we’ve included an entire checklist of what to pack for Disney with an toddler, plus our private suggestions and preferences (which, heads up, are usually on the crunchy/sustainable/natural aspect 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. But it surely’s not wildly unachievable, both.

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

Relating to issues like what number of outfits, diapers, and bottles to convey to your child, you’ll know what they want finest. For us, that appears like this:

• Clothes: 1-2 outfits per every day of our journey (until we may have laundry amenities obtainable, like at a trip rental)
• Diapers and wipes: 1 pack every. 1 pack lasts us a full week. If we’d like 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 convey 2 bottles (we are usually too drained at night time to scrub her bottle instantly…)
• Components: We convey a full canister. If we run out, we Instacart a supply or cease by a retailer for extra.

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

When you’re visiting Disney World, you may keep away from needing a carseat by planning to completely use Disney transportation – particulars on this put up. You possibly can hire a stroller from Kingdom Strollers. (Disney World does supply stroller leases, however they’re not appropriate for little ones, solely large kiddos).

Under, we break down the precise objects we introduced with us to Disney with a child!

Disney Child Packing Record: Theme Park Necessities

Throughout your journey to Disney with a child, you’ll be spending most of your time wandering across the park. And when you’ve at all times received the Child Care facilities in every of the parks to go to as a house base, it’s nonetheless vital to hold what you want with you so that you just don’t should run all the best way 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, normal child fare – but in addition issues to maintain your toddler cool and shielded from the solar, and relying on their age, fed, clear and entertained, too! Under is the particular gear we suggest bringing on a day within the parks:

• Diaper bag: A snug diaper bag is important since you’ll be sporting 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? Be certain it’s snug! We like this diaper bag, however in the event you don’t want a zillion pockets and somewhat refrigerated part you may simply convey 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 numerous water to remain each hydrated and common. I exploit a Hydroflask crammed up with numerous 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: convey far more than you assume you would possibly want. We wiped down each experience, lap bar, our palms after pulling the yellow strap, and anyplace the child needed to place her palms or mouth. We stored them on the prepared and wiped down each experience as we boarded (then hand sanitized after we received off). As a result of who needs to be sick at Disney?! Not us. (We additionally wore KN95 masks whereas indoors all through our journey, and none of us received a lot as a sniffle throughout our 5-day Disney journey. Masks and sanitizer are extremely efficient!)

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

• Journey towels: Journey towels are light-weight and dry shortly. So even when your toddler has a blast on the splash pad in Magic Kingdom or Epcot, you’ll have the ability to dry them off somewhat bit with out having to schlep round a giant heavy towel.

• Silicone toy catchers: These are our favourite technique to preserve toys within the stroller as a substitute of flung willy-nilly and misplaced endlessly. Additionally they work for maintaining 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 only chew on them whereas within the stroller). They’re straightforward to wash and light-weight. We preserve a couple of 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 preserve cool because it slowly evaporates, offering a cooling impact to your pores and skin. They’re completely important within the Florida warmth – you’ll even see them offered at a couple of kiosks at Disney. As a bonus, they are often good for hydration – Child A likes to suck on hers. These are the right dimension for a sunshade within the service, or behind child’s neck within the stroller. I additionally discovered myself sporting 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 also 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 wish to rub greasy sunscreen into her baby-fine hair, however with out a hat (and he or she tends to drag them off) her head is certainly prone to burning. So we received this twist-up powder brush sunscreen. She LOVES IT. It feels good on her face and head, and he or she will get actually excited after we pull it out to reapply! It’s additionally zillion instances sooner than making use of sunscreen. … Sure, Jeremy and I resorted to utilizing it too. Love these items!

• Child sun shades: In case your child will tolerate sporting a pair of completely freakin’ lovely 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 new, tough concrete of a lot of the Disney parks. (If not, be at liberty to skip any/all footwear.) We introduced an lovely 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 somewhat one round at Disney all day lengthy is extra difficult than you’d assume, as a result of strollers aren’t allowed inside most buildings and you’ll’t have them in line, both. You’ll must park your stroller within the designated stroller parking space and depart it for each experience, attraction, present, and many others. (Oh, and be sure to don’t depart any snacks out, in any other case squirrels can be allllll over it – gross.)

So, what do you do with out a stroller? What’s the simplest technique to transition a child on and off of a experience? We’ve received a trifecta of baby-carrying units 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 possibly can’t convey strollers in traces, so that you want a technique 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 received it BAD as soon as our child hit about 15 lbs!) We use it in traces, sit Child A on it on rides and through reveals so she will be able to see higher, to nurse crossbody, and to carry a couple of necessities for rides like hand sanitizing wipes. We additionally used it as a substitute of the stroller or service 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 light-weight journey stroller, which even matches into the overhead compartment on planes. You too can hire a stroller from BabyQuip.
• Rain cowl for stroller: If there may be even a touch of rain within the forecast to 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. The truth is, she outright refuses the stroller typically on journeys, so we find yourself carrying her all day, day by day. Having a snug child service (that you just’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 a couple of suggestions:
  • Jeremy’s favourite service is made by Colugo. Its tremendous mushy and comfy and the buckles are magnetic which implies they’re extremely straightforward to placed on and take off
  • My favourite is a heavy-duty service made by BabyBjorn with a pleasant extensive leg panel. The BabyBjorn breathable mesh service is ideal for decent climate.
  • By no means used a service or simply undecided you’ll use it a lot? This travel-friendly child service is light-weight and packs down small. Our different carriers take up fairly a little bit of room however this one is ideal for maintaining 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 attainable. We love Woolino sleep sacks as a result of wool is of course temperature regulating in each scorching and funky environments, and wool can also be naturally antibacterial (learn: much less laundry) AND flame resistant.

• Sleepers: We’re large followers of stretchy bamboo sleepers which have adjustable flaps for footed and non-footed sleepers – which means they may 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 night time.

• Pack N Play and Blackout Cowl: When you’re staying at a Disney Resort, don’t convey a Pack n Play – they’re obtainable for FREE, and so are cribs! And although it’s your decision a blackout cowl, all Disney Resort resort rooms are geared up with good, heavy blackout curtains. However in the event you’re staying off-property, you’ll possible wish to convey one with you (although examine in case your lodging gives one first). We love the Guava Lotus Pack N Play, however our toddler sadly outgrew it at a ridiculously early age as a result of she is the child equal of a Nice Dane. We often co-sleep in a pleasant large resort room mattress – Disney supplies 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 few of the child journey necessities we’ve been utilizing just about since we began touring with Child A at 3 months, like a moveable child altering pad. However this journey required preparation on a complete new stage. Cuz, you realize, Disney journeys are mainly marathons.

There’s likelihood you’ve already received your favourite child gear at dwelling, so be at liberty to disregard our suggestions and simply use this as a packing guidelines to be sure to don’t neglect something

• Diapers: Though we love material diapers at dwelling, 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 constructed from bamboo, extremely biodegradable, tremendous mushy, by no means leak, and are ethically made within the USA with none bizarre chemical compounds. Our backup favourite is Bambo, which can also be bamboo however barely much less mushy.

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

• Moveable diaper altering pad: I’m gonna be trustworthy with y’all … we use this at dwelling too anytime we’re too lazy to go all the best way upstairs to vary 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 received some padding). There are pockets to carry the necessities and a strap to connect it to your stroller, too.

• Swim diapers: Though we desire a reusable swim diaper at dwelling, we grabbed disposable swim diapers for this journey as a result of we didn’t wish to trouble with laundry. We swam almost day by day and these have been improbable and straightforward.

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

• Toys: Truthfully, pack gentle in the case of toys. There may be a lot occurring within the parks, a lot to see and do that you could be not likely want toys in any respect. We preserve a couple of connected to the stroller with this silicone toy catcher and we had a couple of extra within the resort room for occupying Child Some time we drank our morning espresso (psst – convey these, Disney resort room espresso sucks) and received 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 general set that comes with a cute sunhat!

• Toddler Tylenol: There are such a lot of sicknesses 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 wish to do is be coping with a depressing toddler in the course of the night time and attempting to determine easy methods to get to the closest Walgreens, so convey somewhat bottle of these things with you (and some other 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 really spectacular how a lot meals a teeny, tiny child can eat, y’all.

Whether or not you’re simply beginning solids or child is means too little to fret about meals simply but, there are some things to bear in mind. For starters: the offered excessive chairs at Disney eating places don’t match infants properly, 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 only 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.

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

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

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

• Bottles/nipples: When you bottle feed, be sure to convey these alongside (particularly in the event you’ll be switching off who’s out having fun with the parks at night time). 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, convey alongside a bottle brush and somewhat 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).

• Moveable excessive chair: You might 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 large children in thoughts, and have been a lot too low for Child A). However what a few quick-service restaurant? Or dinner in your resort room? Or a snack in between meals? Or breakfast within the parks whereas mother and pop change out on single-riding rides? Our favourite resolution is that this moveable excessive chair. It’s light-weight and straightforward to fold up, and simply the right dimension for an toddler to sit down and eat a snack whereas having fun with a wonderful park view. We preserve ours within the stroller so we have now it readily available within the parks each time we’d like 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 can make child’s palms sticky or make a large number.

• 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 lovely 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 preserve within the diaper bag once more!

• Small moveable 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 offered Child Care facilities with personal nursing areas, too. You’ll discover snug chairs with footrests, tables and shops – all of the necessities. So for a lot of of you, you could not must convey 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 following 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 instances 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 performed in my life. However we got here out the opposite aspect and are nonetheless going robust nursing after a yr – and I’m so extremely pleased with us each! It has been a beautiful and rewarding expertise, regardless of how difficult it was at first.

That stated, maintaining my provide up has at all times been a battle (I’ve truly 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 capable of depart Child A for a couple of hours at a time and even journey with out her (for a convention I spoke at, for about 72 complete hours) by determining a couple of tips that nursing mothers who’re additionally conscientious of their provide could discover useful!

So whether or not breastfeeding has been a breeze for you or a problem like me, listed below 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)! When you’re a fan of the My Brest Pal pillow, which I completely love and swear by at dwelling, strive the inflatable journey model! It solely takes a couple of good robust breaths to replenish. 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 method) 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 possibly can preserve 24oz of milk safely refrigerated for 20+ hours! When 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 a daily day bag and also you’re good to go all night time lengthy.

• Journey-Pleasant Pump: The opposite piece of the “spending hours with out child” puzzle for breastfeeding mothers is a pump! You possibly can after all simply convey alongside your common pump to the parks and hit the Child Care middle everytime you want – they’ve received personal nursing rooms with shops. However in the event you’d prefer to strive a extra travel-friendly possibility, 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 Fashion which is fairly small already.

Do you have got questions or issues about packing for Disney with a child that we may also help with? Drop us a remark under!

Psst: In search of extra suggestions that can assist you plan your Disney journey? Try a few of our different Disney World posts:

Want you could possibly journey to Disney with out leaving dwelling? We created an immersive digital 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 experience. Lia’s faculty 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 traces for rides is a few Bippity-Boppity-BS.

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