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, a whole success. Child A had a implausible time – and so did we! We created an enormous, detailed information stuffed with ideas 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 a whole listing 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 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 mild. However it’s not wildly unachievable, both.

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

On the subject of issues like what number of outfits, diapers, and bottles to carry 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 could 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 carry 2 bottles (we are usually too drained at night time to scrub her bottle instantly…)
• Components: We carry a full canister. If we run out, we Instacart a supply or cease by a retailer for extra.

You may also get away with out bringing huge, cumbersome gadgets like a automotive 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 solely use Disney transportation – particulars on this publish. You’ll be able to lease a stroller from Kingdom Strollers. (Disney World does supply stroller leases, however they’re not appropriate for little ones, solely huge kiddos).

Under, 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 when you’ve at all times obtained the Child Care facilities in every of the parks to go to as a house base, it’s nonetheless essential 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 case 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 additionally issues to maintain your toddler cool and shielded from the solar, and relying on their age, fed, clear and entertained, too! Under is the precise gear we advocate 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 that it’s comfy! We like this diaper bag, however in case you don’t want a zillion pockets and just a little refrigerated part you may simply carry 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 number of water to remain each hydrated and common. I exploit a Hydroflask crammed up with a number 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: carry far more than you assume you may want. We wiped down each experience, lap bar, our palms after pulling the yellow strap, and wherever the newborn needed to place her palms or mouth. We saved them on the prepared and wiped down each experience as we boarded (then hand sanitized after we obtained 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 obtained 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 have been means too loud for Child A and completely freaked her out. These delicate 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 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 attempting to be proactive about defending Child A’s listening to!

• Travel 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 be capable of dry them off just a little bit with out having to schlep round a giant heavy towel.

• Silicone toy catchers: These are our favourite technique to maintain toys within the stroller as an alternative of flung willy-nilly and misplaced eternally. In addition they work for conserving forks and spoons connected to a excessive chair, attaching toys to a automotive seat, and as toys in their very own proper (Child A loves to only chew on them whereas within the stroller). They’re simple to scrub and light-weight. We maintain 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 maintain 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 provider, 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, simple 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 and not using a hat (and she or he tends to drag them off) her head is unquestionably prone to burning. So we obtained 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 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 things!

• Baby sunglasses: 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 have now 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 a lot of the Disney parks. (If not, be at liberty to skip any/all sneakers.) 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 hassle with sunscreen. Plus they’re simply freakin CUTE. We advocate 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 just a little 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 may’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 so forth. (Oh, and ensure you don’t depart any snacks out, in any other case squirrels will likely be allllll over it – gross.)

So, what do you do and not using a stroller? What’s the best technique to transition a child on and off of a experience? We’ve obtained 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 take a seat upright. You’ll be able to’t carry strollers in traces, so that you want a technique to carry child and wait in line, too. The Tushbaby is ideal for older and larger infants – and also you’ll save your again and arms (tennis elbow, anybody? We obtained 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 exhibits so she will see higher, to nurse crossbody, and to carry a couple of necessities for rides like hand sanitizing wipes. We additionally used it as an alternative of the stroller or provider for brief distances, like from the automotive to the resort. 

• Stroller: You’ll need a stroller that’s comfy for child and so that you can push with loads of room to hold your gear every day, but additionally simple to fold down and carry onboard Disney buses and transportation. For ease of folding down, we love this light-weight journey stroller, which even suits into the overhead compartment on planes. You may also lease a stroller from BabyQuip.
• Rain cover for stroller: If there’s even a touch of rain within the forecast to your journey, throw considered one of 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, daily. Having a cushty child provider (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 have now a couple of suggestions:
  • Jeremy’s favourite provider is made by Colugo. Its tremendous delicate and comfy and the buckles are magnetic which implies they’re extremely simple to placed on and take off
  • My favourite is a heavy-duty provider made by BabyBjorn with a pleasant vast leg panel. The BabyBjorn breathable mesh carrier is ideal for warm climate.
  • By no means used a provider or simply unsure 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 conserving within the diaper bag simply in case.

What to Pack for Sleeping at Disney

Lengthy days at Disney could end in a cheerful, exhausted child that’s out like a light-weight – or ya know, the precise reverse. It’s form of a lottery and also you by no means know what you may get. However packing these child sleep necessities with you may assist to ensure you and child are each properly rested (so you may get up in time for rope drop)!

• Sleep sack: If a swaddle or sleep sack is a part of your nighttime routine, we advocate 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 scorching 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’ll 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.

• White Noise Machine: We love this moveable white noise machine whereas touring. Positive, you may simply use your cellphone to play white noise, however then you may’t use your cellphone – or, even worse, you may end up mindlessly opening up Instagram or TikTok just for some obnoxious video to blast your child awake. Having just a little rechargeable white noise machine that may dangle within the stroller to drown out ambient noise has been actually useful for naps on the go in addition to bedtime! Child A listens to rain sounds at night time (which we kinda love, too).

• Pack N Play and Blackout Cover: In case you’re staying at a Disney Resort, don’t carry a Pack n Play – they’re obtainable for FREE, and so are cribs! And although it’s your decision a blackout cover, all Disney Resort resort rooms are geared up with good, heavy blackout curtains. However in case you’re staying off-property, you’ll doubtless need to carry one with you (although test in case your lodging presents 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 newborn equal of a Nice Dane. We often co-sleep in a pleasant huge resort room mattress – Disney offers mattress rails upon request. But when your child continues to be baby-sized, a Pack N Play plus a blackout cowl is a implausible journey sleep answer!

• 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 here are among the child journey necessities we’ve been utilizing just about since we began touring with Child A at 3 months, like a transportable child altering pad. However this journey required preparation on a complete new stage. Cuz, you understand, Disney journeys are mainly marathons.

There’s likelihood you’ve already obtained your favourite child gear at dwelling, so be at liberty to disregard our suggestions and simply use this as a packing guidelines to ensure you don’t overlook 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 created from bamboo, extremely biodegradable, tremendous delicate, 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 delicate.

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

• Transportable diaper altering pad: I’m gonna be sincere 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 transportable, foldable waterproof altering pad you may change child anytime, wherever. Like your resort room mattress, for instance. Or the backseat of your automotive. Or some random concrete at a theme park (don’t fear, it’s obtained some padding). There are pockets to carry the necessities and a strap to connect it to your stroller, too.

• Swim diapers: Though we choose a reusable swim diaper at dwelling, we grabbed disposable swim diapers for this journey as a result of we didn’t need to hassle with laundry. We swam practically daily and these have been implausible and straightforward.

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

• Toys: Truthfully, pack mild in terms 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 maintain 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 – bring these, Disney resort room espresso sucks) and obtained prepared for the day, however that’s about it. 

• Garments: We advocate no less than 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 sicknesses floating across the parks. And regardless of how a lot you hand sanitizer and attempt to wipe down banisters, there’s nonetheless a danger of getting sick. The very last thing you need to do is be coping with a depressing toddler in the course of the night time and attempting to determine the way to get to the closest Walgreens, so carry just a little bottle of these things 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 really spectacular how a lot meals a teeny, tiny child can devour, 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 remember. For starters: the supplied 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 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 appropriate 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 carry alongside particular utensils or cups for Child A – she prefers to make use of the grownup model (although we do have just a little moveable shot glass that’s simply her dimension that we maintain within the diaper bag).

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

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

• Bottles/nipples: In case you bottle feed, ensure you carry these alongside (particularly in case 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, carry alongside a bottle brush and just a little container of cleaning soap (we like Dr. Bronners, and use it for all the pieces from washing palms to washing child to washing dishes and clothes).

• Portable high chair: You might not want a excessive chair in case you’re consuming at a sit-down restaurant (although we did discover that Disney excessive chairs are made with huge 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 swap out on single-riding rides? Our favourite answer is that this portable high chair. It’s light-weight and straightforward to fold up, and simply the right dimension for an toddler to take a seat and eat a snack whereas having fun with a wonderful park view. We maintain ours within the stroller so we now have it readily available within the parks at any time when we want a child to take a seat 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 averted 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 simple to scrub and doesn’t take up a lot house.

• 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 newborn’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 maintain 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 wherever on Disney property, and there are supplied Child Care facilities with personal nursing areas, too. You’ll discover comfy chairs with footrests, tables and retailers – all of the necessities. So for a lot of of you, you could not must carry 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 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 executed 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, conserving my provide up has at all times been a battle (I’ve really by no means had sufficient to solely 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 periods I skip.

However I’ve been in a position to 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 methods 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 (severely, 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 dwelling, attempt the inflatable journey model! It solely takes a couple of good sturdy 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’ll be able to maintain 24oz of milk safely refrigerated for 20+ hours! In case you and your associate are switching off “baby-free” nights on the park like we did, you’ll be with out child for a number of hours and should must pump to maintain your provide up or keep away from getting engorged or growing mastitis. Carry alongside the Ceres Chill in an everyday 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’ll be able to after all simply carry alongside your common pump to the parks and hit the Child Care middle everytime you want – they’ve obtained personal nursing rooms with retailers. However in case you’d prefer to attempt 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 may have questions or considerations about packing for Disney with a child that we might help with? Drop us a remark beneath!

Psst: In search of extra ideas that will help you plan your Disney journey? Take a look at a few of our different Disney World posts:

Want you would 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 frequent? Disney World, after all! On this episode, Lia spills all of the Mad Tea on probably the most magical place on Earth, plus insider ideas from her time as a Solid 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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