I was not allowed to use rocking chairs at Baby Care Center

[maxiesmom]

I would definetly follow up on this complaint. If not for you, for all mothers. As the primary income provider in my home I was not capable of keeping up with the pumping schedule , so I had to bottle feed. That doesn't make us any less parents that breast feeding mothers.

No one has said that!!! How did you reach that conclusion?

All we are saying is that for some women, they don't want to put their breasts on display for the whole world to see when they are breast feeding. So Disney, being the nice company they are, have gave them a room with 4 whole chairs, to make them comfortable. Yet somehow people turn this around to be anit-bottle feeding, or even discriminatory.

No one is saying parents who bottle feed are less of a parent. The fact is that you can feed in public without having to expose your private parts, which breast feeding moms cannot do. That is all anyone has said.

Gosh, this is starting to sound like a bunch of jealous little ninnys. And what a stupid thing to be jealous over. Reminds me of Marcia and Greg fighting over who got their own room. Can't you just be happy that Disney is so thoughtful that they make a place for breast feeding moms to be comfortable nursing? Does it have to be a well, they got something, so now I deserve it too thing?

As my best friend tells me when I whine and complain over something silly" It is time to put your big girl panties on and deal." Be happy that Disney has a room for breast feeding moms to be comfortable in. Stop feeling jealous and left out.

 

[El&Asmom]

Except the bottlefeeders! It's projection, it's very clear. There are none so blind as those who will not see. No one is saying that, but that is what is heard, over and over. The story will never change.

Who knew the most sought after attraction at WDW is a small nursing room with 4 chairs in a Baby Care Center!

I'll be out on a bench nursing away.

Got room on that bench for me? Dd who 16m will flash all that come by. I'll leave an open hard rocking chair for someone who really needs it.

 

[designermv]

Maybe they can start giving out Fastpasses for the Nursing Room.

I'm heading to WDW in a few weeks. I'm going to experiment with NIP in different places all over the park, and check out the infamous Nursing Room as well. I'm curious to see how things play out.

 

[LuLuO]

Maybe they can start giving out Fastpasses for the Nursing Room.

I'm heading to WDW in a few weeks. I'm going to experiment with NIP in different places all over the park, and check out the infamous Nursing Room as well. I'm curious to see how things play out.

I've never been to WDW as a nursing mom but will be there this September. I probably wouldn't have even bothered to check out the nursing room and just used my nursing cover and found a bench, but after all of this brouhaha I think I'm going to have to check it out...lol.

 

[tone.def]

Shame on you for being equally as rude.

This is about the baby not whiny "I don't want anyone to see my ****s mom" and a CM making a poor mother uncomfortable. Obviously the CM NEVER had a baby or went through any bf issues if they did.

Does your baby like stimuli while feeding? Mine doesn't - she won't eat, she'll look everywhere and not take her bottle, then she screams her head off 30 minutes later because she's hungry. I feed her in her room, IN THE ROCKING CHAIR with a bottle. No TV, no other kids. When in public, I'll take her back to our car or plan my day around having her home for feeding times. You do it for your baby. My baby would not appreciate a park bench with a parade going by.

Unless OP was told to leave the entire baby care center, I don't see that there's any issue beyond the CM was rude. The room is for nursing mothers; she is not one. There are other areas in the center to sit and bottle feed the baby.

 

[Zeebs]

Shame on you for being equally as rude.

This is about the baby not whiny "I don't want anyone to see my ****s mom" and a CM making a poor mother uncomfortable. Obviously the CM NEVER had a baby or went through any bf issues if they did.

Does your baby like stimuli while feeding? Mine doesn't - she won't eat, she'll look everywhere and not take her bottle, then she screams her head off 30 minutes later because she's hungry. I feed her in her room, IN THE ROCKING CHAIR with a bottle. No TV, no other kids. When in public, I'll take her back to our car or plan my day around having her home for feeding times. You do it for your baby. My baby would not appreciate a park bench with a parade going by.

Ok so going by this, it is ok to call a mother whiny because she would like privacy to nurse, but not ok to to tell someone that the rules Disney have put in place shouldn't be enforced, in case they offend a whiny bottle feeding mother who had difficulties trying to breastfeed (please note to everyone including the OP should she still be reading, I do not believe the OP was being whiny just using it as an example)

If there was enough demand and to Disneys advantage to supply a quiet room, to bottle feed they would do so. Clearly if you are one of the mothers that feel that you would like this service set up, by all means write to Disney. What the majority of the people on this thread who support the nursing only room as saying is that they also have a need.

Kirsten

 

[designermv]

I am going to write a letter to Disney, asking them if I can ride on the float topless and breastfeed my baby. Since no one has any issues with nursing moms and privacy, it shouldn't be an issue.

This thread is redonkulous.

The CM should not have been rude, but at this point, we don't even know what she said, other than to point out that the NURSING ROOM is for BREASTFEEDING. Did she say "Oh, you feed your child that HORRIBLE AWFUL FORMULA! No rocker for you!" Or did she just say "Sorry, that's for pumping and breastfeeding moms."

Stating a fact or clarifying the DISNEY POLICY is not equal to public chastising, humiliation, or rudeness. Perhaps she could have been more tactful. OP, did you see her name? I know you said you went to Guest Services, hopefully they will reprimand and punish this awful CM.

 

[frtchr]

I can't believe this thread is still open.

 

[designermv]

Oh and I love this quote:

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

[annette20071]

This is about the baby not whiny "I don't want anyone to see my ****s mom" and a CM making a poor mother uncomfortable. Obviously the CM NEVER had a baby or went through any bf issues if they did.

How can you even say this?! The OP never even said what the CM said! All she said was she was rude; she did not let her use the nursing room in the center; and that she struggled with bf and so this made her feel bad. That does not equate that the CM did anything wrong. Maybe the CM was rude. Maybe the OP was just projecting her sensitivities on the conversation. No one knows. You don't know anything about the CM. It also is NOT about the baby. It is about a room reserved for one purpose and someone wanting to use it for a different purpose and being told no.

Does your baby like stimuli while feeding? Mine doesn't - she won't eat, she'll look everywhere and not take her bottle, then she screams her head off 30 minutes later because she's hungry. I feed her in her room, IN THE ROCKING CHAIR with a bottle. No TV, no other kids. When in public, I'll take her back to our car or plan my day around having her home for feeding times. You do it for your baby. My baby would not appreciate a park bench with a parade going by.

Well, as a mother, you meet your baby's needs. Great! You shouldn't expect Disney to meet your baby's needs just because your baby is more distracted than other babies.

 

[Suellen]

Well, as a mother, you meet your baby's needs. Great! You shouldn't expect Disney to meet your baby's needs just because your baby is more distracted than other babies.

But Disney SHOULD meet your needs because you are breastfeeding - afraid someone might see a part ~ and have decided to take your baby to a place that has thousands of people milling about.

It's no use. You clearly have no idea about supply and demand and unused commodities and how little value they end up with by being unused.

With your logic if a BF'ing mom comes along and the room is full should she ask a BFing mom who isn't nervous to NIP to get up and leave.... or what is your solution to that? How do you order the needs of the mothers and who are needing and who are wanting.

 

[Zeebs]

But Disney SHOULD meet your needs because you are breastfeeding - afraid someone might see a part ~ and have decided to take your baby to a place that has thousands of people milling about.

It's no use. You clearly have no idea about supply and demand and unused commodities and how little value they end up with by being unused.

With your logic if a BF'ing mom comes along and the room is full should she ask a BFing mom who isn't nervous to NIP to get up and leave.... or what is your solution to that? How do you order the needs of the mothers and who are needing and who are wanting.

The thing is though I don't believe that Disney is meeting the needs of a breastfeeding Mum for that purpose only, it is meeting Disney's needs, they need to be able to show they are doing something so that they can lessen the complaints about nursing in public.

If no one complained, chances are there would be no room, just one big room with a few chairs, microwave etc.

I also still think the room, may have been put in before it was illegal to tell people they couldn't just breastfeed anywhere they wanted.

PS you kids are really cute.

Kirsten

 

[Suellen]

The thing is though I don't believe that Disney is meeting the needs of a breastfeeding Mum for that purpose only, it is meeting Disney's needs, they need to be able to show they are doing something so that they can lessen the complaints about nursing in public.

If no one complained, chances are there would be no room, just one big room with a few chairs, microwave etc.

I also still think the room, may have been put in before it was illegal to tell people they couldn't just breastfeed anywhere they wanted.

PS you kids are really cute.

Kirsten

Thank you ~ they are much different now.

My Youngest

My Oldest

I wonder if Disney has the Florida law about NIP posted at GS. Wonder if that would cut down on complaints.

I am still shock, awed and dismayed that anyone would complain about NIP.

 

[Zeebs]

Thank you ~ they are much different now.

My Youngest

My Oldest

I wonder if Disney has the Florida law about NIP posted at GS. Wonder if that would cut down on complaints.

I am still shock, awed and dismayed that anyone would complain about NIP.

Don't they grow so fast, I especially love the pic in the pram.

I suspect GS would have it somewhere, or at least a practised speil about it.

I also have been very lucky and have never had anyone in public say anything to me, one man did ask not to sit near us in a resturant once though.

But I did have someone tell me off for growling at my child on a train once as he wouldn't sit down, I picked him up and plonked him on the seat and got grief about it for another 5 mins from this person. That was pleasant. Later that same day, some other stranger said to me we had the best behaved boys he had seen in a very long time go figure.

Kirsten

 

[Suellen]

Love being told how to parent. That is my favorite. My inlaws are the BEST at telling what to and not do with my kids.

 

[beaniebeepooh]

I know why this thread is still open. The "breast feed vs. bottle feed" issue is one of the biggest issues for mothers of infants! New mothers face comments like:
"Breast Feeding is better for your baby" (every baby is different, and how can it be better for a baby to starve if you can't produce enough),
"You will bond better with your baby" (my DD bonded with me just fine and my husband was able to bond with her too),
"Your baby will be smarter/do better in school" (for every breast fed A+ student I can show you a Bottle fed one)

I chose to bottle feed and got pretty sick of people telling me (in a "nice" way) that my DD was going to be an unhealthy, dumb child who hated me. I support breast feeding for women who choose it. But not being able to use a quiet room to feed your baby feels like people are yet again looking down on you for not breast feeding. (Even if it was not meant that way.

I feel that the room should be for any mother who wants to feed her baby. I understand that it gets a little more complicated when you mix in fathers, but if Disney starts finding that a lot of fathers would benefit from this room, then maybe a separate bottle feeding room should be created. I don't know if Disney has family bathrooms (I will find out in July b/c my DD is now potty trained), but if they do, maybe they could create some kind of quiet bottle feeding room in there. (The one at our Mall around here is great!)

 

[maxiesmom]

I feel that the room should be for any mother who wants to feed her baby. I understand that it gets a little more complicated when you mix in fathers, but if Disney starts finding that a lot of fathers would benefit from this room, then maybe a separate bottle feeding room should be created. I don't know if Disney has family bathrooms (I will find out in July b/c my DD is now potty trained), but if they do, maybe they could create some kind of quiet bottle feeding room in there. (The one at our Mall around here is great!)

From what I understand the nursing rooms are very small, only 4 chairs in them. So I can see why Disney limits them to breast feeding moms only. They want to limit the chances that people are arguing over who deserves a chair more, a woman who is breast feeding, or one who is bottle feeding.

Disney does not have what they call Family Bathrooms. They have Companion Assisted Restrooms, and they are few and far between. In fact they are not even listed on the park maps, as they are intended mostly for people who need assistance using a toilet. So they would not be a good place to bottle feed.

 

[scarlet_ibis]

Disney does not have what they call Family Bathrooms. They have Companion Assisted Restrooms, and they are few and far between. In fact they are not even listed on the park maps, as they are intended mostly for people who need assistance using a toilet. So they would not be a good place to bottle feed.

Don't get me started. I was waiting with the baby while the rest of my family rode Soarin' at the Land in Epcot last August and I had to use the restroom very badly. The CM at the Land would NOT let me bring the stroller down the ramp into the restroom; they told me I had to leave it outside and carry the baby. How was I supposed to use the restroom while holding the baby?? The closest restroom, (and companion restroom, by the way, which is what made me think of this) was on the rear side of Innoventions. The companion restroom was occupied by someone who said they'd need "at least 30 minutes."

 

[surfgirl]

In your scenario, the room was empty but it wouldn't stay that way and that's my point. The 4 chairs open to all would turn the room into a quiet room and at that point, fathers could be in there, too.

Unfortunately, Disney doesn't have a small quiet room for parents whose babies need it to be slightly dark and quiet in order to eat.

Because that quiet room would turn into a room where a 2yo fell asleep after a bottle - and used a chair and how dare anyone disturb their muffin for someone who might need to pump ?!?

The BCC are an entitlement. The more complaints and arguments, the more likely they are to disappear. Having said that, I have no clue where they are or have ever been in one. They sound like a great idea, but like everything else, they get abused and when there are more complaints and problems, they are gone.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I know why this thread is still open. The "breast feed vs. bottle feed" issue is one of the biggest issues for mothers of infants! New mothers face comments like:
"Breast Feeding is better for your baby" (every baby is different, and how can it be better for a baby to starve if you can't produce enough),
"You will bond better with your baby" (my DD bonded with me just fine and my husband was able to bond with her too),
"Your baby will be smarter/do better in school" (for every breast fed A+ student I can show you a Bottle fed one)

I chose to bottle feed and got pretty sick of people telling me (in a "nice" way) that my DD was going to be an unhealthy, dumb child who hated me. I support breast feeding for women who choose it. But not being able to use a quiet room to feed your baby feels like people are yet again looking down on you for not breast feeding. (Even if it was not meant that way.
I feel that the room should be for any mother who wants to feed her baby. I understand that it gets a little more complicated when you mix in fathers, but if Disney starts finding that a lot of fathers would benefit from this room, then maybe a separate bottle feeding room should be created. I don't know if Disney has family bathrooms (I will find out in July b/c my DD is now potty trained), but if they do, maybe they could create some kind of quiet bottle feeding room in there. (The one at our Mall around here is great!)

Well we could turn this around and say that nursing Moms are made to feel shamed and that is why they have secluded rooms so nobody else has to see them.