Milk for babies at DLRP?

[Tinkjon]

Can you buy milk at the park? My son will be 13 months when we go and won't need to be on formula milk anymore, but he'll still want some regular milk during the day and he often wakes for it at night. It won't be a problem in the mornings as I know you can get it at breakfast, but what about during the day or at the hotels in the evening? I don't think the rooms at the hotel Cheyenne have fridges, so I can't buy a bottle and keep it cold. I suppose all the eating places in the Disney Village serve milk, do they? I'm really not sure what to do! The formula cartons can stay at room temp but I don't want to carry enough for the whole trip - I suppose I could just take one carton for each night and then just buy the daytime milk in restaurants.

 

[ElenaP]

Hi! The little shop inside the RER/TGV station has (or had last Nov) milk that can stay at room temperature, so you could bring it with you during the day. I am sure the bar at the Cheyenne will have fresh milk to give you for the evening.
I am afraid I don't know whether regular restaurants have milk, but why don't you give the restaurant reservation line a quick call to ask? They would probably be able to tell you!

 

[davewasbaloo]

All the restaurants as well as the hotel shops have milk. Also there is the RER station, the garage near the Santa Fe and the Auchen Hypermarket. The baby centres in both parks can help too.

We take long life small cartons for us for our little ones as it saves us a fortune. But milk is easy enough to get.

 

[Tinkjon]

Thanks, both of you - that's a relief! Hmmm, small cartons of longlife milk - I hadn't thought of that! And the bar at the Cheyenne - another great idea. I wonder if they are open at 3am Now to get him off of bottles, that's the tricky part - but I refuse to spend my holiday washing and sterilising bottles!

 

[sherette7769]

I thought I would have the same problem with my little guy, but I tired a cup with lid and made it a game ... it worked well during the day (as I used one myslef to show him how fun it was - lol) he wanted a bottle before bed, but soon that stopped too. Not sure if you've tried yet ... but, you may be surprised?

If you have a frig in your room, I also take an extra cup to breakfast and fill it up there. That way there is always cold milk in the room if we need it. The small long life milk is easy to travel with, but I would see if he likes it first (most kids do, but you never know until you try).

 

[davewasbaloo]

It is a challenge. You can get cold water sterilising bags, they are a god send. Quickly rinse the bottle when the little on empties it (though there are washing facilities in the baby centres), wash them at night and then fill up the cold water sterilisers over night, left hanging in the bathroom. The next morning get up, empy, rinse, and off you go. We always used to do this. The alternative is disposable bottle bags, but the kids don't always take to them and they are expensive.

 

[PJackson]

I have to be honest and say it always surprises me how unbaby friendly some of DLRP seems. I haven't been yet mind but you would have thought little things like fridges in rooms would have been thought of.... That's one of the reasons we ended up going off site for accomodation - I wanted things like microwave and fridge for the baby and my toddler.

As I say, I haven't been yet, but I do think they could do better with baby facilities in your room/in the accomodation in general.

 

[tennisfan]

I have to be honest and say it always surprises me how unbaby friendly some of DLRP seems. I haven't been yet mind but you would have thought little things like fridges in rooms would have been thought of.... That's one of the reasons we ended up going off site for accomodation - I wanted things like microwave and fridge for the baby and my toddler.

As I say, I haven't been yet, but I do think they could do better with baby facilities in your room/in the accomodation in general.

Its like staying at hotels in the UK. The only time I have had a fridge in my hotel room was when I went to New York. To have fridges & microwaves in hotels in not common, except in the US.

 

[Tinkjon]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Sherette, I have tried DS with a cup and he loves to drink from it, but it just all falls out as it flows too quickly, so he ends up literally soaked after every attempt! I'm in the process of trying out new cups but still can't find a decent one - they either have too many holes, so it flows too quickly, or they are those non-spill ones which are great in theory but which are impossible to suck from. It's 3 months away though, so maybe he'll be a bit more proficient at it by then!

Dave, those bags sound like a great idea, but I wasn't planning on sterilising beyond 1 year. So I'll just take a travel bottle of washing up liquid and then wash the cup in the sink.

 

[sherette7769]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Sherette, I have tried DS with a cup and he loves to drink from it, but it just all falls out as it flows too quickly, so he ends up literally soaked after every attempt! I'm in the process of trying out new cups but still can't find a decent one - they either have too many holes, so it flows too quickly, or they are those non-spill ones which are great in theory but which are impossible to suck from. It's 3 months away though, so maybe he'll be a bit more proficient at it by then!

I guess I was lucky! My son was breast fed, and was used to sucking a little harder to get what he wanted - lol! So, using the Gerber brand non-spill has worked out great. He has turned many open cups upside down on himself (the look on his face was priceless). Hope you can work out something ... he'll do all in his own time. You know they grow up too fast!

 

[Tinkjon]

You know they grow up too fast!

Well this one is a little nightmare, so he can grow up as fast as he likes

 

[ema74]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Sherette, I have tried DS with a cup and he loves to drink from it, but it just all falls out as it flows too quickly, so he ends up literally soaked after every attempt! I'm in the process of trying out new cups but still can't find a decent one - they either have too many holes, so it flows too quickly, or they are those non-spill ones which are great in theory but which are impossible to suck from. It's 3 months away though, so maybe he'll be a bit more proficient at it by then!

Have you tried Tommee Tippee sippy cups? They only have one hole, you can change the teat (they sell replacement teats) and they're non spill. My both girls have had them, they're great!!! And, most important of all, they do Disney ones with Pooh and Piglet on them

 

[PJackson]

Nikki - most hotels (at least at DLRP prices/star ratings), in Europe and beyond have a minibar fridge in them that you can use to store milk... I don't think I've stayed in a hotel of similar rating (4 star +) that hasn't had one.

I didn't expect a microwave in our room - that could be a potential fire hazard - that's why, as I said, we are staying in off site, self catering, accomodation

Patsy

 

[mummyal]

Have you tried Tommee Tippee sippy cups? They only have one hole, you can change the teat (they sell replacement teats) and they're non spill. My both girls have had them, they're great!!! And, most important of all, they do Disney ones with Pooh and Piglet on them

My two also loved this cup! I think I virtually bought nearly every single cup there is/was on the market for my DD when she was tiny and I bought this "just to try" (as usual) and lo and behold, she took to it instantly. So when it was time for my DS to drink from a cup, I bought that straightaway and we've had no probs.

Also, when we went, we took enough small cartons of longlife milk (they sell them in 250ml packs) for the bedtime milk. I guess mine are much older (5 & 2 yrs), so they just drank it straight from the carton with the straw provided. The only thing is they were semi-skimmed milk but it was only for 4 nights, so I wasn't worried about it not being full-fat.

 

[Tillybud]

we first took our daughter at a year and because she was prem she was still on formula milk which made it quite easy, just lots of tetra packs and for sterilising I took a big plastic cereal container and the milton tablets which you don't need to rinse ... I also used this just to keep other bits clean too. We stayed at the Cheyenne again last month and plenty of people were filling up babies bottles on a morning from the milk machine and some were even putting it into flasks. I'm sure McDonalds in the Village sells milk along with all the other places that have been mentioned.

 

[tennisfan]

Nikki - most hotels (at least at DLRP prices/star ratings), in Europe and beyond have a minibar fridge in them that you can use to store milk... I don't think I've stayed in a hotel of similar rating (4 star +) that hasn't had one.

I didn't expect a microwave in our room - that could be a potential fire hazard - that's why, as I said, we are staying in off site, self catering, accomodation

Patsy

I have stayed in hotels with minibars. I don't tend to include them as a fridge though.

 

[Tinkjon]

Tilly, I can't believe I didn't think of taking a flask!!!

re. the Tommee Tippee cups, I'm not sure which sippy cup people mean - if anybody knows the exact name I'd be very grateful to know! We have their 1st Cup (spills everywhere and flows too fast) and have just bought their Easiflow Bottle-to-cup Trainer, which is non-spill but impossible to get the liquid out. I'm like you, mummyal, in that I bought every cup under the sun for DD and am doing so again for DS - still haven't found one I like!" They either leak or you have to suck so hard that your eardrums burst.

 

[PJackson]

I know Nikki - it's even worse when you move stuff to put your own stuff in them and they are on those electronic things so that the reception thinks you've drank stuff when you haven't!

 

[ujpest_doza]

The staff at SL and NB told us to empty the mini bar and leave the things on top of it to use the mini bar as a fridge and we would not be charged.

This worked okay the first 2 times but last time it just didn't keep things cool enough and when we complained it wasn't working we were told it was a mini bar NOT a fridge and was set at 10C

The beer etc in previous DLP Minibars was always cool, but this time it was warm.

There are ice buckets in the rooms and you can fill these with ice from machines on the landings to keep things cool.

 

[mummyal]

Tilly, I can't believe I didn't think of taking a flask!!!

re. the Tommee Tippee cups, I'm not sure which sippy cup people mean - if anybody knows the exact name I'd be very grateful to know! We have their 1st Cup (spills everywhere and flows too fast) and have just bought their Easiflow Bottle-to-cup Trainer, which is non-spill but impossible to get the liquid out. I'm like you, mummyal, in that I bought every cup under the sun for DD and am doing so again for DS - still haven't found one I like!" They either leak or you have to suck so hard that your eardrums burst.

It's the Easiflow cup. They also have the bigger one which has no handles for older babies/toddlers. For this one, they still have to use their teeth to press a bit on the spout for the drink to come out but their eardrums are still intact lol. Hopefully, your little one won't be like my son, ie he kept biting the darn thing instead of 'pressing it' (think he loved the squeaky sound it made lol), so we got through quite a few spouts with him whereas my DD was very good with it.