Stupid Guest Tricks

I had a great visit to Blizzard Beach last week. After bruising ourselves on Summit Plumit, we took to the Lazy River. I'm sorry, I forget the propper name for the river.

Drifting along, we encounter a mother with a newborn in her tube ! How newborn ? The baby still could not hold its head up, was bald, and clad only in a tiny swim diaper. Mom was giving the baby a bottle of apple juice as she drifted along. around us are lots of kids jostling, horsing around, and being kids.

Maybe I am mistaken, but a baby that young without a life jacket ?? I dont think so!
A baby that young wearing nothing but a diaper in the Florida noon sun ? No hat, nothing ! I don't think so. For more than half an hour we could see them floating along ahead of us.
And finally, whats up with feeding the baby on the attraction. Food and drink is prohibited in the pools and slides. And I expect, rivers. to say nothing of whether apple juice is appropriate for a baby that young.
My wife works in a childrens' hospital, and has a fair bit of experience with what a 2 month old looks like, and judged 2 - 3 months at most for this baby.

The kids age was not important, what was shocking was no flotation, no sun protection (it is not safe to use sunscreens on a child that young, other than physical sunblocks , which are very obvious when applied), and the bottle in the river. several times the kids almost knocked the lady out of her tube, baby and all. The kids appeared to know the lady, and were not making any effort not to jostle her and the baby.

After an almost full circuit of the park she was called over by a lifeguard, at which point we sailed past and lost site of her. I hope she was chased out of the pool!

If the kid hasn't got a serious burn by now, I would be very surprised!

WOW someone shouldn't have had a baby IMHO. I.m really surprised that she got away with it for as long as she did. No shirt, hat sunglasses, sunscreen. Wow how stupid can she be. Hope that poor thing didn't burn.

Idiot! Some people should not be allowed to breed.

Over at board Y someone was asking about takin a 2-3 week old newborn to DL. I know some people 'really' love Disney,but come on.

darph nader wrote:Over at board Y someone was asking about takin a 2-3 week old newborn to DL. I know some people 'really' love Disney,but come on.

Was @ DPI during parade yesterday when I saw a pink blanket with a tiny head exposed. Asked mom how hold her baby was. 2 weeks. I felt sick, sorry & sad for the poor newborn.

darph nader wrote:Over at board Y someone was asking about takin a 2-3 week old newborn to DL. I know some people 'really' love Disney,but come on.

I did take my daughter at 4 weeks, but I was simply playing tour guide to out of town guests. I put her in the baby carrier and kept her covered unless I was changing or feeding her. I didn't want strange random people touching her.

Purpura and I took our daughter to Disneyland at three months, but that was only for a short time (less than two hours,) so we could get her silhouette done by my friend who works at the Silhouette shop.

having encountered a mother toting her ten day old infant around DAK, and once seeing an infant with notable blisters from sunburn being marched down the Boardwalk in his buggy on their way to EPCOT, I think nothing will surprise me anymore. Dismay, but not surprise.

I think I took my son to the parks for the first time when he was around 2 months old. But we're local, so it was only for a couple hours, not during the summer, and not a week-long vacation. Who in their right mind would plan for and go on a vacation right after their baby is due to be born? Insane. Some people need to get their priorities straight.

To jump in on this .....
Saw TWO extremes at Ozzfest: 6 mo old in babybackpack type carrier, and approximately 75 year old hunched-over granny (not together) in the heat and humanity.
I'm sure neither one of them can hear anymore