I feel so bad/sad for my 2 y.o. ds!

[loveysbydesign]

Every day when he wakes up he asks to go to Mickey's house!
I feel so bad as he doesn't understand that we don't have the money to go to WDW right now. He looks so sad when I tell him we can't go....his little lip quivers and he gets tears in his eyes!
We're supposed to go in Nov. 2010 if we can afford it...but even then I know that Mickey's house in Toontown won't be there.

 

[sunnyday123]

Really? At 2 they usually don't get that fixated on something. Just tell him No, but you can watch Mickey on tv. I think re-directing him would be a great idea.

 

[loveysbydesign]

Well...actually I guess he's 2 1/2 now! Maybe that 1/2 year makes a difference. He really loves Mickey!
When we go out somewhere he asks the same thing...can we go to Mickey's house...however at least when we're in the car he doesn't get upset....just 1st thing in the morning!

 

[mickeygaga]

I have 5 kids and they ALL were fixated on something at around 2 years old. Weather it was a specific cartoon that had to be watched non-stop, or a specific blanket that had to be held, or a stuffed animal. I hope you get to go to the world real soon, those tears would break my heart.

 

[allison443]

Take him to the Disney store!

 

[ADAMANDLISA]

Every day when he wakes up he asks to go to Mickey's house!
I feel so bad as he doesn't understand that we don't have the money to go to WDW right now. He looks so sad when I tell him we can't go....his little lip quivers and he gets tears in his eyes!
We're supposed to go in Nov. 2010 ...but I know by then that Mickey's house in Toontown won't be there.

Boy do I know what you are going through! We were supposed to be in WDW right after T-giving for a trip that got planned after my 2 year old asked the same thing. DS#1 has been Disney obsessed since 2 years old also and remembers more about our trips than we do. It's amazing how much these little ones understand and remember!

 

[kbheap]

My sister has a 2yo DD who thinks all of Magic Kingdom is Mickey's house and she loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so she knows the difference. We never told her one way or the other but she calls Magic Kingdom Mickey's House. Always has and we go quite often. Maybe when you go in November 2010 tell you DS that Mickey Mouse lives in all of Magic Kingdom. Good luck.

 

[NotUrsula]

You're not alone. DD does it, too. At least once a week she turns to me over breakfast and says, "We go see Mickey on Saturday, OK?" (She'll be 30 months the day after Xmas.) She doesn't beg and plead and get quivery-lipped over it, she just matter of factly announces that we are going. Each time we have to tell her that we only go to visit Mickey a couple of times a year because it is very far away. She still gets up on Saturday and starts packing a backpack for the flight. (We live 2 blocks from a train that will take you to the airport. I just *know* that in a year or two I'm going to turn around one day and find that she has decided to head for that train on her own in order to go see Mickey.)

This past Saturday she took a long nap and missed lunch with the family, so I fed her separately later. After lunch we went out to the library, and on the way I asked her if she liked her lunch. "Yes, I loved it. Everybody sing the Hot Dog song!" She was reminding me of the character lunch we took her to on our Halloween visit; that has now become the lunch to end all lunches.

 

[mckinley]

My dd was like that when she was 2 yo. It wasn't over mickey mouse, but that she wanted a baby sister. She asked everyday & even asked Santa to bring her one each year for several years. Needless to say she has yet to recieve one and she is 9 yo now.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

My DD isn't quite "fixated" on it (or anything really) but when she sees someone packing suitcases she says "Disney!!" lol. She knows that when the suitcases come out, we're going to Disney. Same thing when we passed by Dutch Wonderland on the way to the outlets one day, she got all upset and said "No no no! Disney! Disney!" like we were passing by WDW.

 

[raenyny]

We go once a year and from the time we get home my kids get fixed on when we are going back...It's a fun idea to get a calendar and when he brings it up got to the calendar and check of the day and you can celebrate each day how many days till disney this has made it easier to deal with my kids and the constant is disney tomorrow ...as a side note as a kid my little brother used to ask if we were going to see mickey mouse every time we got in the car so my parents told him its far away and we have to spend the night you can't go with out your toothbrush and from then on everytime we were getting in the car to go anywhere he would bring his toothbrush! LOL

 

[neatokimmo]

DD was 2.5 when I took her to Disney. When we got back, every morning she'd wake up and say "Hi Mommy, can we go to Disneyworld today?". I felt bad too. I try to tell her we are waiting until we can take her baby sister. The daily question went on for about a month so I feel for you.

 

[crisi]

My daughter's fixation was extending the day - particularly since we are in Minnesota and it gets dark early in winter. "Make the sun come back Daddy! I'm not done playing."

Then she went through a fixation a little later about "dead grandmas" I think we needed to work through five generations while she regretted that great grandparents I'd never known weren't around for her. She'd cry herself to sleep at night over people whose names I'd had to look up in old genealogy paperwork for her.

At that age it isn't about 'can you afford it' - if he fixates on it, you'd have to LIVE at WDW to keep him happy about it. They just don't get reality - and that's money reality or astrophysics or why isn't the brother you are getting me going to be an OLDER brother, I didn't want a baby! The sad about not being able to afford it is projecting your adult reality on their wishes.

 

[JB2K]

Every day when he wakes up he asks to go to Mickey's house!
I feel so bad as he doesn't understand that we don't have the money to go to WDW right now. He looks so sad when I tell him we can't go....his little lip quivers and he gets tears in his eyes!
We're supposed to go in Nov. 2010 ...but I know by then that Mickey's house in Toontown won't be there.

Why not change a future vacation to Disneyland Resort instead of WDW??

It has the original "Toontown" (which, IMO is way better than the "Fair" WDW offered), and from the looks of things, it's not going-away anytime during your son's childhood.

 

[loveysbydesign]

Thanks for your stories of your little ones! I knew many of you here would understand.

 

[fakereadhed]

Until they get the concept of time, they will keep asking. I know my DS thinks that WDW is the same distance as a trip to the mall and doesn't have any idea how long a year is from tomorrow. Therefore he asks if we can go to Disney today several times a week. When I say next year he says how about next week. He just doesn't understand how long that means so we keep going round and round about it. I don't feel bad for him thought. Lots of kids never get to visit Mickey. If that's the worst thing your DS has to go through, you should consider his life very blessed!

 

[MinnieForMe]

When we need a Disney fix we go to the Disney Store. Is there a chance Disney on Ice will be in your area? I was so surprised at how great my 2 year old did at the Nemo on Ice show two year's ago.

 

[loveysbydesign]

Until they get the concept of time, they will keep asking. I know my DS thinks that WDW is the same distance as a trip to the mall and doesn't have any idea how long a year is from tomorrow. Therefore he asks if we can go to Disney today several times a week. When I say next year he says how about next week. He just doesn't understand how long that means so we keep going round and round about it. I don't feel bad for him thought. Lots of kids never get to visit Mickey. If that's the worst thing your DS has to go through, you should consider his life very blessed!

Of course you don't feel bad for him. He's not your child and you don't have to look at his face when he's sad. Sorry if my post irritated you. Of course I feel very blessed that we have been able to take him to WDW. Thank goodness for tax return money...we always use it for vacations!
I just posted because I knew others would understand...not to have a pity party ffor him!

 

[mom2boys77]

I think she was saying that she doesn't feel bad for her own child.

Of course you don't feel bad for him. He's not your child and you don't have to look at his face when he's sad. Sorry if my post irritated you. Of course I feel very blessed that we have been able to take him to WDW. Thank goodness for tax return money...we always use it for vacations!
I just posted because I knew others would understand...not to have a pity party ffor him!

 

[hsmamato2]

The sad about not being able to afford it is projecting your adult reality on their wishes.

true- instead of being sad,be happy that it's something he loves so much,and let him know you're going 'soon' not today,but soon.
in the meantime, take him to the disney store,or even the Mickey section of toys r us- make Mickey shaped pancakes together, Disney related crafts,etc- when kids are that young,making crafts,geting Disney books from the library,etc is a great way to extend the joy of Disney together. ANd you can let him know that all these activities are leading up to the big trip itself.
even going once a year seems like forever to a toddler(or a mom) so why feel bad? heck,I'd live in Mickeys house if I could!