Gabe - so you took your DD when she was 2 months to WDW? How was that? The plane ride, the parks, etc. I guess that could be an option if we waited till after the baby. Though I get sad thinking I'll go more than 12 months without my fix
It was fantastic. I had a 4.5 year old DS already who had been to the world 4 times prior. Even while I was pregnant the DD had her days and nights mixed up and it continued after she was born. Well with all the in and out of the stroller it forced her into our sleep pattern. Day 2 we woke up and she slept through the entire night.
Best $3500 we ever spent just for that. All three of us were up and we debated over who had to go poke her to see if she was still breathing. It was great bonding time with the whole family. We baby swapped quite a bit. Rides like people mover, haunted mansion, Energy, great movie ride put both my kids to sleep when a nap was needed. It was the end of January when we went down for 2 weeks just prior to my maternity leave being up. I had bought a heavier pink minnie mouse coat for her before we went down and it was a pants trip that year, never know. But the weirdest thing for us going through the winding queues was just about every one we passed asked how old, boy or girl. (pink minnie coat folks, lol) Easily 20 time per queue.
The plane ride was fine, from Chicago. She slept most of the time both ways. We rented a car in case buses were not working for us, but the buses were fine and we didn't have to deal with in and out of a hot car seat. I had surgery while pregnant with her so a hurdle was I had to ship down her specialized formula and jugs of water and washing bottles but I didn't care cause I was in Disney. We rented a stroller for the 4 year old and she molded herself into an umbrella stroller we brought, it kinda swaddled her and worked out perfect. I used the Disney Stroller to change her though on a receiving blanket. I'd find a discrete place. I wasn't quite ready to use the communal changing areas with a newborn. Oh and the ceiling fan in the room, her in car seat in resort room bed, she couldn't get enough of that and the balloon tied to DS stroller, well she loved that too.
My warning is, if you decide to do it, I took a lot of heat from family, friends and total strangers in Disney about her being to young to be in public. She did fine and didn't get any of those horrible illnesses people predicted. I actually had one person tell me, you know she isn't going to remember Disney World. Well Duh.
But it was a great way for us to bond as a family with her and her with my DH and DS more. It also helped that my son got so much attention, give he was an "only" for over 4.5 years. He got to ride every ride we chose to swap twice in a row, once with Mom, once with Dad. One of our best trips and we had one every year.
