what do you think?

my mom planned a trip for our family in Novemeber to go to Disney.

I obviously want to go and take the baby, but is 4 months too young to go on vacation?

I'll be driving there with my husband & the baby cuz i don't fly & it will be easier to bring all the baby stuff along.

i'm obviously going to ask her pediatrician when she is born, but just trying to get an idea.

thanks ladies!

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i think it will be fine - 4 months is usually a good age

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We took DS at 4.5 months... Had a blast!!!! Great age to travel!

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4 months is a great time to travel, but Disney might be hard. The baby can't wear sunscreen until they are 6 months old. You can do it by keeping the baby in the stroller, shade all the time, but that might be hard.

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We took DS on a trip to MD at 4 months. It's much easier when they are that young!

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We took DS#1 to Mexico at 5 months - so my vote is nope! not too young.

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not too young....they are so portable at that age! I took DD to Ireland at 3 months old..easiest age to travel.

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i agree. I think thats fine. It will be nice to be with family all together. I would just say make sure it's not going to be too hot but November should be perfect.

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I think it'll be fine. 4 months is easier to travel. My sister took my niece at that age. Her and my BIL took all the kids and the youngest was 4 months. She just slept the whole time and Nov won't be too hot either. Lately it's been cool there in the winter

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We took DD to disney when she was 6months and we flew.

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I think I would be more nervous about the driving. I'm not sure how long you can keep a baby that young in a carseat? Meaning how many times and for how long would you have to make stops along the way? I'm guessing pretty often between feedings and diaper changes? I guess that would be enough for the baby? I don't know, maybe it's totally fine but for some reason I can't picture leaving such a young baby in a carseat for that long but then again infants do sleep for long stretches without really moving so I don't know? And if you do lots of stops where you take the baby out I'm sure it would be okay. That is the only drawback I can think of.

I guess that is something the doctor will tell you. I'm curious because we do a lot of car traveling and I've been wondering what age is old enough for a baby to do long distance in the car. I'm picturing the way we do it now. We've done 10- 15 hours straight with no stopping and that's not going to happen with a kid!

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Went to AZ when DS was 4 mos and it was the best decision I ever made. He was not mobile, all he did was nurse and sleep, SOO much easier than if I were to take him now as a toddler.

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4m is a great time for a drive like that. at that age, she's still sleeping and eating most of the day.

we drove 8hrs to VA when DS1 was 3 weeks old. BEST ROADTRIP EVER, all he did was eat and sleep the whole way.

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thanks so much ladies for your imput. you definetly make me feel better about bringing the baby on our trip. i didn't wanna be a "bad mom" for taking her too young on vacation.
I really appreciate it!