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Quiet Places at Disneyland

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Updated January 2023 If you need a quiet place to rest, get away from the crowds and stimulation, or let a toddler sleep in the stroller, I have made a list of my favorite quiet places at Disneyland and California Adventure below: In Disneyland: In California Adventure: Other things to do for rest: If it’s …

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Free Disneyland Character Checklist

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If you’re looking for a way to engage your child throughout your day at Disneyland, I made a free character checklist! I designed one for toddlers with just a few popular characters, so it can be completed fairly easily during your Disneyland day. I also made a longer version but depending on how crowded your …

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Flying with 2 Toddlers for the First Time

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We took a weekend trip with our 3 year old and 20-month-old. One of our best friends was getting married, my husband was a groomsman, and they asked Lily to be a flower girl. We took a 2.5-hour flight there, and 3.5-hour flight back. My children did so well on their first flight. We planned …

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Disneyland Sweethearts’ Nite

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In February 2022, we bought tickets to the special after-hours event of Sweethearts’ Nite at the Disneyland Resort. We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, because the event ran until midnight and we didn’t want to have to drive home with our toddlers after that (and we love any excuse to stay at the Disneyland Resort …

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Complete Disney Paper Parks List

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Updated December 2022 Disney has released a series called “Disney Paper Parks” designed by imagineers that enable people to create paper versions of some park favorites. I went through and tried to find the complete set of them for myself, and decided to put my list up here in case anyone else needs it. If …

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Shark Toddler Birthday Party

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My now 3-year-old toddler daughter loves sharks so we decided that was going to be her third birthday theme. She is not very into baby shark, though, just real sharks. Her favorite species of shark was hammerhead shark (until, of course, the week of the party, when she informed me that it’s actually great white …

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Staying at the Disneyland Hotel in 2022

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We have gotten the privilege of getting to stay at the Disneyland Hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. We had a fantastic experience and wanted to tell you more about it. It was the first of the 3 Disney-owned hotels on-property at the Disneyland Resort. We had previously stayed at the Grand Californian …

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Disneyland Rides that aren’t dark

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When we took my toddler at 2.5 to Disneyland, we discovered that she’s a little scared of the dark. We took her on the Disneyland Railroad, which she loved until we pulled out from the Tomorrowland Station and headed toward Main Street. Along this section of the train track, you go into a long tunnel …

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15 Gifts for Shark-Loving Toddlers

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My toddler loves sharks and has for over a year. And real sharks, not just “Baby Shark” song and merch (though she also enjoys those). (I’ve also been using this website to identify lots of sharks: https://www.sharks.org/species) (This page contains affiliate links. At no cost to you, I gain a small commission if you buy …

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Breastfeeding at Disneyland

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Kudos to all pumping and formula-feeding mamas, but based on my experience, in this post I am only going to be sharing my tips for breastfeeding mamas. I have not used bottles to feed my babies at Disneyland and so I cannot speak to that experience, but hats off to you mamas because that looks …

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