Great advice for saving time with infants at Parks; sorry Dads

[5thGenTexan]

I am a stay at home dad, so I am used to doing the diaper thing all the time anyway. I was quite impressed with the baby care center though.

 

[wandahunt]

at first I thought, "that's crazy" but then you have a point! A great idea actually. Thanks bad credit catalogues

 

[atsolomon]

Sound advice. May also lead to fringe benefits in other areas besides more rapid touring of the parks.

--Adam

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

We discovered this on our last trip as well. Although, I got a lot of "I'm sure the ladies room is much cleaner" from the hubby. lol

Don't let him get away with that. Public ladies' rooms are messier than mens' rooms, if my experience working at a multiplex is any indication.

 

[LizC]

Don't let him get away with that. Public ladies' rooms are messier than mens' rooms, if my experience working at a multiplex is any indication.

Oh, I never let him get away with it. (We have twins so no way am i changing every diaper) But I may have to quote you, another point for my argument! Thanks.

 

[nytimez]

A lot of incorrect info an downright urban legend in this thread, so let me clear it up once and for all: Men's rooms are always dirty, filled with weirdos and drug addicts and the changing tables are always covered in broken hypodermic needles and empty crack vials - and that's when there's even a changing table at all.

Ladies, please - never allow your husband to take a baby into the men's room. It's just not worth it.

 

[minniemickeyfan]

Thanks for the tip! Last trip, I was walking right into the ladies room, when a mom with a baby literally ran me aside to get to the changing table first.

 

[Lucky]

I worked in restaurants from age 16 to 23, washing dishes, bussing tables, cleaning bathrooms, scrubbing poop stains off of high chairs, waiting tables with crying babies throwing food everywhere. So changing dirty diapers when I had my own kids was no big deal to me. It was way better than cleaning up after strangers and their babies.

 

[SMPTE MOUSE]

Pretty decent advice actually.
You've still betrayed all us men though.

I will up front apologize to all fathers ahead of time. On your next visit to the MOUSE I have some great advice to save lots of time. Let the fathers be the ones to change all the diapers while visiting the parks. All the men say WHAT?! The reason: being a father myself I noticed there is never a wait in the mens restrooms for the baby changing area. Now the womens restroom usually always has a line for the changing table. This is a very slow moving line. I actually suggested this to my wife when we took our first back when he was 1. My wife was taking way too long when I could have just zipped in and changed the NASCAR tire; my analogy for changing a diaper. Thus I recommend to all my friends traveling with young ones to this tip. The mothers love it and when they return all the fathers tell me I was actually 100% correct. Enjoy this tid bit all mothers.

Ahhhh! You told our secret! You swore you would never tell! That was our special quite time at WDW.
LOL - Great advice dude. My wife and I are expecting our first and she'll be thrilled to hear about this. Though, i can't even pick up the doggie doo without gagging.

 

[SMPTE MOUSE]

Thank God we never had to worry about diaper changes and such when we went w/ the boys. We went starting when they were 3 and we didn't use strollers!

Like a BOSS!

 

[MichWolv]

I just wouldn't take a child until they were old enough to not need a stroller or a diaper change...talk about saving time!

Doesn't save time at all. Wastes 4 years or so when the kid could be enjoying Disney.

 

[lunchbox1175]

Doesn't save time at all. Wastes 4 years or so when the kid could be enjoying Disney.

from what I have heard from most people is that their kids don't really enjoy Disney until age 5 because they don't understand it, its no different from going to the mall for them as it just a bunch of colors and lights. And I don't know about you, but after the age of 3 my kids didn't have strollers.

 

[dopeylover]

Don't let him get away with that. Public ladies' rooms are messier than mens' rooms, if my experience working at a multiplex is any indication.

I have worked in theaters of all kinds for over 15 years...I can attest to the fact that 9.5 times out of 10, the womens room are FILTHY compared to the mens!

 

[MichWolv]

from what I have heard from most people is that their kids don't really enjoy Disney until age 5 because they don't understand it, its no different from going to the mall for them as it just a bunch of colors and lights. And I don't know about you, but after the age of 3 my kids didn't have strollers.

From what I heard from my 3 year old last week at Disneyland, at least some 3 year olds get it. And the joy he experienced (and therefore, the joy my wife and I experienced watching him) was well worth changing diapers (don't get me started -- he's a stubborn boy when it comes to toilet training) and pushing a stroller (about half the time). And the same could be said about the 2 trips we took when he was 2. Will he remember these trips when he's older -- probably not. But did he enjoy and understand it -- oh yes. He pretends we're on Star Tours while we're driving in the car now.

 

[tare]

Pretty decent advice actually.
You've still betrayed all us men though.

Yes we finally figured this out ourselves. Way great advice!!!

 

[Lynn1030]

While I definitely agree with this advice, this is why we cheated and bought a stroller that can turn into a changing deck.