To go or not?

Question

I need opinions on whether or not to take our LO to a theme park this October? We always go every year, except last because I was pregnant, our friend gets tickets through his work and they rent out the park for the day. Our LO will be 5 mo and I exclusively breastfeed which means he will have to go with us. This will be a little over a month away and right now he is taking a nap every 1.5-2hrs. I know his schedule will change by then and I want to go, but my husband thinks we shouldn’t. I’m starting to think the same too. The main reason I want to go is because I have been stuck inside the house this whole summer because of the heat and not being able to take our LO for walks... I just want to get out, but I’m scared it will be stressful or bad for our baby... 
P.s. If anyone has had experience with going to a theme park with a 5mo or around that age please let me know how it went.

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I don't think it will be stressful, I've been taking my baby to the arcades/fair since he was about 2 months old and he loves it, all the noise, the things going on, he's amused for hours! Don't let having a baby limit you on where you go, don't stop doing things you often do just because you have a baby, include them, make it a tradition where you all go, I promise you the baby will enjoy and get used to the new surroundings, it's a new opportunity and it will be a lovely day out!

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I would absolutely go! My baby has been napping on the go basically since he was born, though, so that's pretty standard for him. Either stroller or wear (stroller might be better for diaper bag and your stuff), stop to feed when necessary, hang out and enjoy. I haven't seen a reason to stop my life for the baby and it's worked out just fine. Worst case that happens is that it doesn't go super well, you leave early, and you wait a little bit to try again 🤷🏼‍♀️

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At 5 months your LO is still going to be needing to go down every 2.5-3hrs and wanting to be fed. I think it will be stressful for you and not a lot of fun.

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I personally wouldn't. At that age it's constantly feedings and naps and trying to keep them happy and worrying about them being in the sun too long and everything . I feel like it would be stressful for you guys and would probably be hard to have fun.
That's just be though I don't think there's anything wrong if you did decide to go

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I say go. Baby can nap in the stroller! I wouldn’t let that stop you from having fun. You have to live your lives too :) I’m a bit flexible with naps as in where they happen but bedtime routine and timing is everything to me lol so go have fun and be back for the little ones bedtime

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I don’t think it will be stressful or bad for the baby, i think it will be stressful for you/your husband. I don’t think you’ll have MUCH fun but you will only know if you go and make the best of it. I can see why you would wanna go so it’s totally up to you so just come up with a game plan and be open to sudden changes

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