We're considering purchasing season passes to a local theme park. On most days it would be just myself and my two children (3 yrs and 13 mos). On most of the kids rides it states: 'No height min. w/adult. 42” min. to ride alone. No infants.' My 3 year old isn't tall enough to ride alone, so I'd obviously have to go on with him. Do you think my 13 month old would be considered an infant and be unable to ride.
2011-05-24T16:41:36Z
At what age would you no longer consider a child an infant?
2011-05-24T16:44:08Z
I was thinking walking vs. not walking might be their cut off, in which case she'd be fine (she's been walking since 10 mos). But she's pretty tiny which I think might be an issue.
No... An "infant" is a baby under one year of age.
What you have is a toddler. I took my son on a few kiddie rides at 14 monthsish and he had a blast and nobody every questioned him being an infant... If they do, just politely tell them that he is not an infant.
Plus, If you bought them now and used them over the summer and fall, he will only get older from here out and look less and less like an infant... You may have a problem the first time you go, but in another moth nobody will even question it.
They have to put the whole 'no infant' thing on there to prevent idiot's trying to ride with their 3 month old babies.... Nobody is going to bother you with a walking toddler who sits up on his own and possibly even says a few words.
What sort of rides are we talking about? I can't imagine rides for a 3 yr old are big enough for an adult to even ride on as well?? I am just picturing little cars going in a circle or something for a 3 yr old.
If we're talking roller coasters, I wouldn't take a 3 yr old or a 13 month old on one.
Infancy is defined as being zero to twelve months, so no a thirteen month old is a toddler. They probably don't have that rule for size, It's probably for the same reasons you should leave your baby backwards facing in the car seat for the first year- muscle development.