1st Time Mom Makes Her 1st Trip Report - Our Magical Trip with Our Miracle 7 Mo. Old!

[praisehisname]

Joining in and loving your report!

 

[MommyBell08]

I love reading your TP and your DS is SOOO cute, its not just you that thinks hes cute and LOVE that hat! Thanks for sharing!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Joining in and loving your report!

welcome and thanks for joining!

I love reading your TP and your DS is SOOO cute, its not just you that thinks hes cute and LOVE that hat! Thanks for sharing!

hey! we are both waiting on ROFR for SSR!!! are you dvc owners already? this is our first attempt to own. i'm so nervous. we got what i think is a good deal so i'm afraid disney will ROFR it in which case i will definitely cry!!!!

 

[Dugette]

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi, as I've been lurking your TR for quite awhile now. You have some precious pictures of your son at WDW! Looks like you had a great time. And many more to come if you get your DVC, it appears! Good luck! Can't wait to hear more about your trip!

 

[CandleontheWater]

I'm so happy I stumbled upon your trip report! We will be going with DS in 37 days and it is so wonderful to read about your adventures. I can just picture my family doing many of the same things, it is making me beyond excited for our trip. Your son is really cute, and this is coming from another mother! I used to think all babies were cute, but then I had one of my own and started spending more time around babies, and I've come to realize that some are cuter than others Thomas is definitely top-notch cute!

Way to go with nursing in public! I also had some trouble nursing at first, but after the first few weeks its become second nature. I thought it would be weird nursing in public also, but we live in DC and I'm out and about alot, and I quickly learned that you've got to do, what you've got to do! I've nursed DS in upscale hotel lobbies, on the metro, at the Smithsonian, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial...this kid really likes his meals with a view

Please keep the updates coming! I'm loving reading your new perspective and its helping me count day the days until my trip. I've always been a commando park tourer, so I'm a little nervous about being dissapointed in having to go much slower, but you are showing me that there is something to be said for stopping to enjoy the small things. The only thing I've got going for me is that Everett sleeps in his stroller like a champ so hopefully we'll be able to manage some later nights.

 

[pixidustmom]

Ok I am on page 5 now and thought it was a good time to say hi before reading on. I am enjoying your TR and what a cutie he is. Funny thing I wanted to say before I forget. You said he had a cord issue and now is having the reflux. Well some friends of mine have twins and one of them had an issue with her cord and she too was much smaller. She also began having major issues with projectile reflux. She has always been small too. She is now two and still has some troubles but also just didn't want to eat most of the time, guess it hurt her. She has had testing and such too. They now have her on gluten free diet and it has helped but she still will have reflux now and again. They too had her on reglyn (sp?) but it didn't go much for her.
Ok back to the TR. We just got back from taking my grandson who was 14m at the time in Dec. It was nice to just have that time with him and see his excitement.

 

[Goofy442]

All caught up.

 

[bluechic03]

Hey there!

Just dropping in and saying hello. Silas and I are doing well here at home, although he is slow to gain weight. He's still not back to his birth weight and hes 3 weeks now BF is going fine but the lactation consultant says my supply is low so I have to pump more, she even said once an hour if i can Any advice?

*Carolyn

 

[lexmas]

Hey there!

Just dropping in and saying hello. Silas and I are doing well here at home, although he is slow to gain weight. He's still not back to his birth weight and hes 3 weeks now BF is going fine but the lactation consultant says my supply is low so I have to pump more, she even said once an hour if i can Any advice?

*Carolyn

Hope you don't mind me jumping in here! If you do, then just ignore my post!

Not my thread, but I breastfed DS until he was over two and hoping to go longer with DD! DS was a preemie and didn't get the hang of nursing well for a few weeks either. I would nurse as often as possible (seriously, DD nursed the whole time she was awake and sometimes while she was sleeping when she was new. More than once an hour, probably. It actually makes parenting much easier. Crying? Tired? Other problem? Nurse. It keeps them quiet and happy and is good for them too. That's the secret to my parenting strategy for the first year! For any problem, doesn't matter what it is, just give them some milk!) and if he's sleeping and you don't want to wake him then pump during those times if it's been more than an hour. But I would wake a new, slow to gain baby at least every 2 hours to eat anyway. Or maybe any baby, I like to keep them fed!

Don't give up! 3 weeks and not at birth weight isn't the biggest deal, DS was like that because he would start to nurse and then get tired and fall asleep, but he got back up there. Your body is meant to do this, so it knows what it's doing, even if DS isn't gaining weight fast. They're just used to formula babies who gain weight quickly because they get lots more food than breastfed babies do. As long as he's gaining, there's really no problem. I nurse for YEARS and I don't have a great supply. I have an adequate supply, but when I read about mom's spraying milk everywhere I have never done that. I don't even leak. I make just the right amount of milk!

Do you like oatmeal? It really ups your supply. I would eat oatmeal (I liked those "oatmeal to go" things, they're like cookies! haha) and drink tons of water, those will both increase your milk production.

Sorry for the ramble, I just wanted to offer a little encouragement! Good luck! And good for you keeping at it!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Hope you don't mind me jumping in here! If you do, then just ignore my post!

Not my thread, but I breastfed DS until he was over two and hoping to go longer with DD! DS was a preemie and didn't get the hang of nursing well for a few weeks either. I would nurse as often as possible (seriously, DD nursed the whole time she was awake and sometimes while she was sleeping when she was new. More than once an hour, probably. It actually makes parenting much easier. Crying? Tired? Other problem? Nurse. It keeps them quiet and happy and is good for them too. That's the secret to my parenting strategy for the first year! For any problem, doesn't matter what it is, just give them some milk!) and if he's sleeping and you don't want to wake him then pump during those times if it's been more than an hour. But I would wake a new, slow to gain baby at least every 2 hours to eat anyway. Or maybe any baby, I like to keep them fed!

Don't give up! 3 weeks and not at birth weight isn't the biggest deal, DS was like that because he would start to nurse and then get tired and fall asleep, but he got back up there. Your body is meant to do this, so it knows what it's doing, even if DS isn't gaining weight fast. They're just used to formula babies who gain weight quickly because they get lots more food than breastfed babies do. As long as he's gaining, there's really no problem. I nurse for YEARS and I don't have a great supply. I have an adequate supply, but when I read about mom's spraying milk everywhere I have never done that. I don't even leak. I make just the right amount of milk!

Do you like oatmeal? It really ups your supply. I would eat oatmeal (I liked those "oatmeal to go" things, they're like cookies! haha) and drink tons of water, those will both increase your milk production.

Sorry for the ramble, I just wanted to offer a little encouragement! Good luck! And good for you keeping at it!

ditto ALL of this!!! i would have written the exact same stuff! thomas hadn't regained his birthweight right away either. just keep feeding him. i bf'd thomas CONSTANTLY the first 6 weeks or so. it was HARD but worth it!

i don't spray or leak or anything like that either. i know i make plenty of milk though because thomas is triple his birthweight now at 8 months!

sometimes i don't believe the people who tell us we don't make enough. don't put too too too much weight on that.

by the way, i'm writing this while i'm having oatmeal for breakfast! i think it helps. at least it's good mix a spoonful of peanut butter in it and it's delicious! of course my spoonfuls seem to get bigger and bigger

hang in there. silas will grow!

oh, also...i never pumped...for what that's worth

 

[dumbo_buddy]

All caught up.

Ok I am on page 5 now and thought it was a good time to say hi before reading on. I am enjoying your TR and what a cutie he is. Funny thing I wanted to say before I forget. You said he had a cord issue and now is having the reflux. Well some friends of mine have twins and one of them had an issue with her cord and she too was much smaller. She also began having major issues with projectile reflux. She has always been small too. She is now two and still has some troubles but also just didn't want to eat most of the time, guess it hurt her. She has had testing and such too. They now have her on gluten free diet and it has helped but she still will have reflux now and again. They too had her on reglyn (sp?) but it didn't go much for her.
Ok back to the TR. We just got back from taking my grandson who was 14m at the time in Dec. It was nice to just have that time with him and see his excitement.

ooo! how was it with a 14 month old? dh and i are thinking of going back in september when thomas will be 15 months!

i wonder if there is any correlation with the cord and the reflux issues? oh i hope thomas doesn't have to do the gluten free thing. sure there are so many choices but it's SO hard to keep up with! if it helps him then i'm all for it though. thankfully, his vomiting has been improving. yesterday notsomuch but the days before there was very little puking!!!

I'm so happy I stumbled upon your trip report! We will be going with DS in 37 days and it is so wonderful to read about your adventures. I can just picture my family doing many of the same things, it is making me beyond excited for our trip. Your son is really cute, and this is coming from another mother! I used to think all babies were cute, but then I had one of my own and started spending more time around babies, and I've come to realize that some are cuter than others Thomas is definitely top-notch cute!

Way to go with nursing in public! I also had some trouble nursing at first, but after the first few weeks its become second nature. I thought it would be weird nursing in public also, but we live in DC and I'm out and about alot, and I quickly learned that you've got to do, what you've got to do! I've nursed DS in upscale hotel lobbies, on the metro, at the Smithsonian, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial...this kid really likes his meals with a view

Please keep the updates coming! I'm loving reading your new perspective and its helping me count day the days until my trip. I've always been a commando park tourer, so I'm a little nervous about being dissapointed in having to go much slower, but you are showing me that there is something to be said for stopping to enjoy the small things. The only thing I've got going for me is that Everett sleeps in his stroller like a champ so hopefully we'll be able to manage some later nights.

i lived in DC for three months doing and internship. loved it! a bunch of my college friends live there now! good for you for feeding DS at all those places!!!

ah, see, thomas was an excellent stroller napper...until we got to disney! hopefully your guy will still nap well but just in case, do you have a sling or something? in case you haven't noticed, i'm a fan of the ergo! lol!

don't worry, you'll be able to move slower at the parks. i was afraid we wouldn't be able to as well. but you will! when the little guy is taking a snooze it will be fun to just people watch. maaaan, that is fun! especially at disney!!

i hope you have a wonderful time!!

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi, as I've been lurking your TR for quite awhile now. You have some precious pictures of your son at WDW! Looks like you had a great time. And many more to come if you get your DVC, it appears! Good luck! Can't wait to hear more about your trip!

thank you!! we are just waiting on ROFR from disney so hopefully that comes through and we'll be DVC owners! my HUSBAND is actually SOOOO excited about it! did i turn him or what???

thanks for the compliment on our pictures. i'm so happy i took so many. sometimes i forget to get out the camera but i'm so glad i had it glued to my hand this trip!!! it'll be so fun seeing him grow up with disney i hope i hope i hope he likes disney for years to come!

 

[lexmas]

sometimes i don't believe the people who tell us we don't make enough. don't put too too too much weight on that.

oh, also...i never pumped...for what that's worth

I'm so glad you didn't mind my jumping in!

I agree. If it was anything but completely and totally uncommon to not make enough milk, the human race would have died out a long time ago...formula, and even domesticated milk-making animals are very recent in the big scheme of things! Definitely just trust that your body knows what it's doing, and it's doing a fantastic job at it! He's growing, so that's how you know! How fast just doesn't matter, everyone gains weight at different speeds, including babies.

I never pumped either. I would really say that it's completely unnecessary if you're nursing often, since a baby is much more efficient than a pump is...you'll never make as much for the pump as you do for the baby. But if the lactation consultant is recommending it and it gives you piece of mind, then there's no problem with it either.

 

[pixidustmom]

Well he was 14 and half and it wasn't bad really. He thankfully would cat nap in his stroller. We did have a bad idea to use the left over Frozen breast milk we had to take with us. He was on reg. milk but we thought for the plane ride it would be great as we could take it on the plane. Well he ended up getting diarrhea from it and there were a few times of blow outs. Dang, what a stupid idea that was.
We had no trouble with him sleeping as he would be worn out by the time we went to bed and slept in too. We never made it to rope drops but we were ok with letting him wake up nice and easy.
He was looking all around and pointing and just loved the characters (not stitch though).
Really hope to go around this time next year. We want to do the cruise with him too.
Well hopefully no gluten free diet. I know it's so much more work, but if he does need it once you get use to things and find the right stuff you'll do great.
I believe some of the food aversions came from force feedings. The mom was so scared they weren't gaining enough and made the nanny feed them every single drop even when they didn't want more.
Oh and wanted to say, congrats on being able to do BF in public I had bought a great cover when I did it.
You seem like your a great mom.

 

[bluechic03]

Thanks for the advice Lexmas and Nancy. I bought some oatmeal and oat n honey bars today. I have been taking more milk plus too (a supplement I got at whole foods) it has fenugreek in it to which I heard helps with supply. We go to a bf support group on Tues and I will weigh him them, I hope hes back to birth weight. He'll be a month old on Tues...time flies!

 

[my2disneyboys]

I am all caught up and my boys and I have loved reading your trip report tonight. Thomas is JUST ADORABLE!! I love all the family pictures. Such wonderful memories that you will have forever. We took my oldest son when he was 9 months for his first trip, and my second son was 8 weeks old. So many great family memories- that is why I love Disney so much!! We are heading back to the POFQ next year and enjoyed your pics so far of the resort. Whenever my little guy would see Thomas he would say "baby Owen" that is him.... he doesnt understand that there are other babies in the world besides him Isn't it amazing how tired you are at the end of the night when in Disney!? My husband and I have always said, boy it sure would be nice to stay someplace with a balcony so we could sit outside and have a nice glass of wine while the boys sleep... wouldn't you know we just got back from the Poly and we didn't sit outside ONCE! We were asleep as soon as the kids were- maybe even before!!

Can't wait to read more!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

So here we are, Saturday, our last full day at Disney! Time goes way too fast when you’re at Disney! It’s not fair! We started this day at 4:45am! Again, we can’t complain because we were all in bed by 8pm. We did our usual morning routine of John getting ready first and taking Thomas out in the stroller while I got ready for the day. When I met my boys at the food court I saw John talking to the same guy he’d been seeing every morning. He was from Charlotte, NC and was always out walking his 8 month old daughter around while his wife and two other kids slept. LOL! I guess we weren’t the only ones on the early bird schedule! It was nice talking to him and I really had to hand it to him that he had three young kids! We were struggling with one!

Here is Thomas getting a good stretch while we had our coffee and tea. It was early for all of us!:

We took the bus over to DHS since that park had the extra early hours. You know, when you wake up at the crack of dawn, you might as well take advantage of the early hours! We met a really sweet couple with their two little girls while we were waiting for the park to open. Of course everyone at the opening turned into a bunch of savages to get to Toy Story Mania. I admit it, I’m one of those savages. We walked straight to TSM and got fast passes! Hey, at least we walked and didn’t try to run past the cast members! Thomas was asleep in the ergo at this point so we decided against waiting in the stand by line. We walked around for a bit until Thomas woke up. We were right by Mickey’s sorcerer’s hat when we spotting Donald and Daisy getting ready to take pictures! Yay! We waited behind a group of 4 Japanese girls all dressed like Daisy and Minnie. It was…weird. LOL! But, hey, whatever! No shame in loving Disney  We got some really fun pictures with Donald and Daisy and they really spent a nice amount of time with us!

Nice double chin:

The four of us:

one more:

Well, by this time it had been about 5 minutes since we’d eaten so we headed over to Starring Rolls for second breakfast. We split a bagel and a cinnamon roll. While we were eating Thomas sat in his stroller and played with his baby buzz. It was about that time we heard an explosion coming from him so we headed quickly over to the bathroom at the Brown Derby to change him. Thank goodness it remains open all the time!

We did baby swap for both the Tower of Terror and the Rock n Roller Coaster while Thomas took a little post-diaper explosion snooze. After that we were ready to hit up Toy Story Mania. I was really looking forward to this ride. I love everything Toy Story and the ride is just so fun.

Here is Thomas taking a look at Andy’s room from the comfort of the ergo:

Almost there! lol:

I wound up getting 129,000 and John got 159,000. I was ahead the whole time but that last part killed me!

We did Star Tours right after this. There was absolutely no wait. We went back to RNRC and ToT and did those both again using fastpasses we had gotten a little earlier. While I was waiting for Tower of Terror I was talking to a family who were behind me. Yeah, they were totally not interested in talking back. I kept talking and they just kept “uh, huh”-ing me. LOL! I felt like a total loser. Shut up, Nancy! I guess not everyone is super-totally-into-Disney like me.

We decided to take the boat over to Epcot. Another thing we’d never done! I was feeling too lazy to do the walk again and the boat sounded great. Plus, you don’t have to fold up the stroller to get on. Perfect!

Can you see the people through the window? They were fishing! Cool! How do you get to do that??

After the boat ride, I could tell that Thomas was hungry so I fed him on the bench right at the International Gateway. After eating he was very happy:

I was getting hungry again (shocker!) so we decided to try the quick service place at Japan. We love sushi so I figured we could get some good sushi there. We got a couple rolls and the teriyaki chicken. The rolls were only ok – they were just like the kind you’d get at the supermarket. And the teriyaki? Gross! Bummer. No biggie though because you know what made up for it? Oh, an ice cream cone outside the American Adventure! LOL! Of course!

We continued walking around the world and decided to go on the Mexico ride. Gah! I really can’t stand the three caballeros. I miss the old ride! I’m glad they still show the cliff divers in Acapulco though. My parents and I used to go to Acapulco every year when I was a kid so it was nice to see something familiar.

We left the World Showcase and got on Spaceship Earth. Finally Thomas got to ride it while awake! As you can see, he still is handsome in the future:

hehe

When we got out of Spaceship Earth it started to rain. Not bad but hard enough that we just stood under the roof of the gift shop by SE. We decided to go in and check things out. John really likes the retro Epcot t-shirts and in fact was wearing his favorite one that day. We found a cool blue one at the shop and bought it. That’s about it as far as the souvenirs go – Baby Buzz and a t-shirt. We made up for it in snacks

We headed over to Ellen and got a seat on one side. We waited for the show to start but Thomas started to really get fussy so we bailed. Sorry, Ellen. We’ll catch you next time. We walked over to the baby center for some quiet time and a feeding. Back in the ergo he went so we decided to go to the Land and get something to eat. Didn’t we just eat? Yeah well we were still hungry! We split a turkey sandwich on focaccia bread. Blech, didn’t hit the spot. 0 for 2 on the lunches. That’s not like us. We did some more walking around Future World as it was barely raining by now. John got a Mickey ears ice cream sandwich and I got a frozen banana. (and then we wonder why we’re overweight!). I love those frozen bananas! They are so good. I tried making one at home. Wasn’t the same.

Afterwards we did single rider for Test Track. The single rider was way faster than doing the baby swap/fast pass thing. While I was waiting in single rider, a woman with her maaayyybe 4 year old son came up behind me. The woman was with a friend or sister or something and she basically said to her, “we’ll play dumb and they will just let us on.” Of course, my Irish temper started flaring and it took a lot for me not to say something. Not fair!!! Well, don’t you know the cast member asked the lady how old the little boy was and he said four. Cast member told her that he could not ride by themselves and they would have to go back to the stand-by line. Ha! I think the lady thought the cast member would just gently remind her of the rules but still let them all ride.

Here are John and Thomas outside of Test Track:

Well, it was the “end” (by our early standards) of our last full day and we were totally exhausted. We decided to take the bus back to the resort and have dinner there. But first I wanted to do a last load of laundry. Put the clothes in the washer and walk to the change machine – broken. Blah! Had to walk over to the gift shop to get coins. Annoying but I got over it once I filled my mug with some of that new pomegranate lemonade they have. It’s pretty good, especially with some sprite added to it. We both wanted something we knew would taste good so I got a hot dog and John got a cheeseburger. Thomas hung out in his stroller and had some of his own dinner while we ate:

I admit the pictures for this day were kind of lacking. Lots of Thomas but not a lot of the Disney surrounding. As you can see my world now revolves around him

 

[lexmas]

Great update!

So funny that DH met another up with the baby dad every morning! I love it. And yes, 3 little kids? I don't know how. Glad to know it's not just me!

I've never met daisy. That's so cute that they were both together!

Oh no, I hate when I'm trying to talk to people and they're not interested. Because I just keep talking. My brain knows I should stop, but my mouth has no such agenda!

Sounds like you got a lot of "adult" rides this day, that's really fun! I'm afraid DS is too old for that now, he'll know he's being left out. So, no more fun rides for me until he hits 40"! (Okay, no fun rides for me the last 3 trips either. I tried to go on one while DH took DS into playhouse disney and DS just screamed and cried for Mama the whole time. DH was really embarassed. And DD is MORE attached to me than DS was, so I'm a lost cause. I can't even go to the bathroom at home and leave her with DH without her screaming for me, so rides? NO way.)

I've never done the boat to Epcot either, but it sounds relaxing! I'm not sure I even knew there was such a thing...

Those pictures on spaceship earth are the best thing ever, aren't they? I love them SO much! Adult baby Thomas is one handsome man!

You did have a lot of food this day! It doesn't sound excessive, it sounds delicious! I'm jealous. I dream of just going to disney and eating all day. I'll come back 10 lbs. heavier, but who cares, really. Bring on the food!

 

[bluechic03]

Nice update and the pics of Thomas are super cute Did you get to ride TSM with Thomas? and was he in the Ergo? I was thinking about how you get to ride TSM with a baby .

An update on Silas, he gained 7 ounces this week! He is now past his birth weight and is 7lb 15 oz, almost 8 pounds! I'm so happy he finally gained some weight

 

[DisneyJo]

What a lovely last day and hey if you can't eat lots in WDW where can you? Besides all that walking burns all the calories off, I always lose weight whilst there

 

[monkey30]

Sounds like a great time. We were at Epcot the friday and sat as well