Things you wish you'd never seen at Disney

[Turn the Page]

I don't think anyone is shaming women for breastfeeding. Its shaming women who feel the need to expose their entire breast in order to feed their baby. You don't need to flop it out to feed your baby. There is nothing wrong with being discreet. Some families don't want their children to see that. Some adults don't want to see that. Just because YOU (not saying the 2 I quoted but "you" in general) feel its ok or have the attitude of "they can bug off if they don't like it" doesn't mean its acceptable to everyone. The facebook woman who went viral for letting her toddler and a friends toddler nurse her and then posted the pic on social media is a prime example of what I think most people are talking about. Its the hey look at me mentality that is honestly, disgusting. If you have the right to say its ok, others have the right to say its not. There are many different cultures in the world who view things differently. Its not always about YOU. Its not always about ME. Its about respecting other people when it causes you or your baby no harm, at all, to do so. Why is that so hard?

And be careful what you wish for. Yes, breastfeeding is natural. So is conceiving the child that you're feeding Do you want to see that? I mean, its natural. I've seen people complain about changing a babys diaper on a table at WDW. Why does that bother them but breastfeeding doesn't? Both contain bodily fluids which are considered biohazards. If a woman is carrying a disease (she may not even know it yet) I don't want to sit where her bodily fluids have accidentally dripped or splattered. People think the whole breastfeeding debate is just about "shaming". Its not. Its about health and safety too. Where ever there is an open exchange of bodily fluids, you run the risk of spreading disease. Thats just the harsh truth.

Its not hard to plan ahead and pump for a bottle.

Oh come on now, there is a huge difference between feeding a baby and conceiving one and between nursing and changing a diaper. Those arguments are both completely ridiculous.

 

[DLM1980]

Getting back on topic....

Construction walls that don't move for one yearly trip to another

 

[MischaOz]

Um, yeah. Breastmilk does not transmit diseases, and breasts are not sex organs, and milk is not excrement. Wow, just wow.

 

[Jennasis]

Um, yeah. Breastmilk does not transmit diseases, and breasts are not sex organs, and milk is. It excrement. Wow, just wow.

Here's the CDC's take on their website:

Are special precautions needed for handling breast milk?
CDC does not list human breast milk as a body fluid for which most healthcare personnel should use special handling precautions. Occupational exposure to human breast milk has not been shown to lead to transmission of HIV or HBV infection. However, because human breast milk has been implicated in transmitting HIV from mother to infant, gloves may be worn as a precaution by health care workers who are frequently exposed to breast milk (e.g., persons working in human milk banks).

 

[gap2368]

i had a CM say the F word to me then say the D word told GR I received 3 anytime fast pass for the next day 2 the following day and wishes fast pass for my next trip. The CM was just complaining to me about the busses and felt the need to start to use those words. And it was not like she said these word quietly I think about 10 other guess heard her

 

[Toad_Passenger]

Worst thing ever? At POR, coming down the steps from our room in Alligator Bayou and seeing several people running by yelling, "You go that way! We'll check this way!"

As we got around a curve from where the people were running there was a mom, on her knees, in a heap, bawling her eyes out saying, "He was here just a second ago. He was standing right here." My heart sank as I realized her kid was missing, and just seeing her in that state of panic was devastating.

Later that night we did see the family back at the Riverside Mill, and the kid was back with his Mom, so there was a happy ending. I know it happens everyday at WDW, but I've never seen terror & sadness the way I saw it in that Mom's face at that moment. Not the thing I wanted to see while at WDW.

 

[cruisingtwins]

Why would people not want their children seeing a woman breastfeeding? I love that kids are exposed to as many breastfeeding women as possible. Breastfeeding is a public health issue. It needs to be normalized. There is no need to cover anything. Usually the babies head covers most of it anyways but sometimes the baby looks around or something and meh that happens women have breasts. Breastfeeding can be tricky at the beginning some women do need to flop her whole breast out in order to correctly feed her infant.

 

[Turn the Page]

i had a CM say the F word to me then say the D word told GR I received 3 anytime fast pass for the next day 2 the following day and wishes fast pass for my next trip. The CM was just complaining to me about the busses and felt the need to start to use those words. And it was not like she said these word quietly I think about 10 other guess heard her

Normally I try to have a sympathetic ear and be understanding. Everyone needs to vent every now and then and I bet most CMs are in pretty thankless jobs making peanuts. That said, what you experienced was over the top and I would have reported them too. That's not ok.

 

[Mkrop]

Those toddler potties gross me out. I played on a softball team with someone who used one with their kid and they just kept raving about how much easier life was since they didn't have to look for bathrooms and then proceeded to let their kid poop in the stands right next to the dug out. The rest of us were shocked as there eas literatly a bathroom on the other side of rhe field so really not that inconvient of a walk.

That's gross...I mean carry the potty if you want but the act and the aftermath all belong IN a bathroom!

 

[Mkrop]

And to the no bra people...for me I dont want to see ANY private parts, I dont want you wearing a shirt too tight so I can see stuff, just like I dont want to see a man wearing things too tight that I can see his privates or the girls with the butt cheeks. If you can not wear a bra and no one would be the wiser, than all the more power to you then dont wear one. But if we are seeing jiggling and nipples please reconsider your fashion choice

 

[DLM1980]

I'm sure I'm gonna get a ton of flak for this but we as people don't generally poop outside of a bathroom, we don't generally eat outside of a kitchen/dining room area so why if breastfeeding is eating, are we not doing it in the dining area, or changing kids in the bathrooms......I work retail, had a woman I was helping just whip out the boob and start feeding her kid WHILE I WAS TALKING TO HER about her question. My store is right outside the food court, I wouldn't have been offended if she said "I'm sorry but my kid is hungry, I'm going to feed them and be right back" and take up a seat or one of the booths in our mall. Instead I got the joy of trying to not stare and be called out for staring (luckily she didn't) It happens all the time when kids have to go potty, I get all the time "We'll be right back she has to go to the bathroom"

Just because you have a boob doesn't mean I need to see you whip it out, and while I'm at it, ladies and gentlemen BOOB MONEY AND SOCK MONEY IS DISGUSTING TOO!

 

[5kidsmommy]

I don't think anyone is shaming women for breastfeeding. Its shaming women who feel the need to expose their entire breast in order to feed their baby. You don't need to flop it out to feed your baby. There is nothing wrong with being discreet. Some families don't want their children to see that. Some adults don't want to see that. Just because YOU (not saying the 2 I quoted but "you" in general) feel its ok or have the attitude of "they can bug off if they don't like it" doesn't mean its acceptable to everyone. The facebook woman who went viral for letting her toddler and a friends toddler nurse her and then posted the pic on social media is a prime example of what I think most people are talking about. Its the hey look at me mentality that is honestly, disgusting. If you have the right to say its ok, others have the right to say its not. There are many different cultures in the world who view things differently. Its not always about YOU. Its not always about ME. Its about respecting other people when it causes you or your baby no harm, at all, to do so. Why is that so hard?

And be careful what you wish for. Yes, breastfeeding is natural. So is conceiving the child that you're feeding Do you want to see that? I mean, its natural. I've seen people complain about changing a babys diaper on a table at WDW. Why does that bother them but breastfeeding doesn't? Both contain bodily fluids which are considered biohazards. If a woman is carrying a disease (she may not even know it yet) I don't want to sit where her bodily fluids have accidentally dripped or splattered. People think the whole breastfeeding debate is just about "shaming". Its not. Its about health and safety too. Where ever there is an open exchange of bodily fluids, you run the risk of spreading disease. Thats just the harsh truth.

Its not hard to plan ahead and pump for a bottle.

So much ignorance here but I will just start by saying not every baby will take a bottle . And in my years, over 5 of breastfeeding I have never gotten bodily fluids anywhere. The way breastfeeding works is baby gets hungry. You find a place to sit or keep walking if you have a carrier and are talented. You either slightly lift you shirt or if you are wearing a nursing shirts you pull it down. You latch baby on. Most women nurse so discretely that other people wouldn't even notice it. I am sure there are a few women that "whip" it out but since breastfeeding is about feeding children and not being an exhibitionist most women don't like to expose themselves. Seriously people boobs are meant for feeding babies, if you are so offended by a woman occasionally feeding a baby in public do the world a favor and stay home until you mature a little more.

Also I asked my four teenager sons what you do when you see a woman breastfeeding a baby in public, their responses..."keep doing whatever you were doing". If four teenage boys get it maybe you should all reflect a little and figure out something else to be all offended about.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

I don't think anyone is shaming women for breastfeeding. Its shaming women who feel the need to expose their entire breast in order to feed their baby. You don't need to flop it out to feed your baby. There is nothing wrong with being discreet. Some families don't want their children to see that. Some adults don't want to see that. Just because YOU (not saying the 2 I quoted but "you" in general) feel its ok or have the attitude of "they can bug off if they don't like it" doesn't mean its acceptable to everyone. The facebook woman who went viral for letting her toddler and a friends toddler nurse her and then posted the pic on social media is a prime example of what I think most people are talking about. Its the hey look at me mentality that is honestly, disgusting. If you have the right to say its ok, others have the right to say its not. There are many different cultures in the world who view things differently. Its not always about YOU. Its not always about ME. Its about respecting other people when it causes you or your baby no harm, at all, to do so. Why is that so hard?

And be careful what you wish for. Yes, breastfeeding is natural. So is conceiving the child that you're feeding Do you want to see that? I mean, its natural. I've seen people complain about changing a babys diaper on a table at WDW. Why does that bother them but breastfeeding doesn't? Both contain bodily fluids which are considered biohazards. If a woman is carrying a disease (she may not even know it yet) I don't want to sit where her bodily fluids have accidentally dripped or splattered. People think the whole breastfeeding debate is just about "shaming". Its not. Its about health and safety too. Where ever there is an open exchange of bodily fluids, you run the risk of spreading disease. Thats just the harsh truth.

Its not hard to plan ahead and pump for a bottle.

I don't get your argument because even if you pumped a bottle, the milk could get out so for you, how is that any better? Feeding from the breast and bottle, in my experience, has no different splatter factor (actually bottles are messier for us haha) so you're basically saying breastmilk should not be allowed at WDW. Really?

This IS shaming breastfeeding mothers.

If you don't want to sit where someone's bodily fluids have splattered, you probably shouldn't sit anywhere at WDW because people sweat all the time. And vomit, and pick their nose and touch handles. And don't wash their hands when going to the bathroom. And cut their finger and get blood on things. Trust me, a little breastmilk is much more benign than everything else you're touching at WDW.

This is just so sad that people think breasfeeding mothers seek attention, and that they are not just feeding their child. That's the last thing on their mind. They're more worried about feeding their baby to, like, survive.

Again, I chose to be discreet in public because it was best for us (distractable baby and more comfortable without a baby craning her little head around to see the world around her).

 

[californiamomofboys]

At AK last Thursday, saw an infant with a full blown case of either measles or chicken pox on the safari ride.

 

[5kidsmommy]

One last comment about breastfeeding versus peeing in public. Peeing in public is against the law, breastfeeding is not.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Its not hard to plan ahead and pump for a bottle.

Haha, you're joking right? Try pumping 30 oz of breastmilk to last a day at WDW and take temperature control into account. Unless you're saying people should lug their breastpumps, go somewhere, pump a bottle then feed it? That's ridiculous unless you have a primarily bottle fed baby. Not to mention pumping doesn't work for so many women, like me. I can't pump a full bottle on demand for my baby. I have to build up a frozen stash of small amounts if I'm going to bottle feed. My body (and many bodies) produce more milk more efficiently when baby nurses vs. pumping. It's actually much more difficult for many women to "just plan ahead and pump" to last a kid all day at WDW! Wow.

You may not think you are but you definitely are shaming breastfeeding mothers.

Edited to clarify.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

Boobs, the great evil of the 21st century.

 

[BeerMe]

At River Country, a family changing in the open. I actually didn't mind but people around me did.

 

[Angel Ariel]

So... I might get flamed for this but... I noticed a lot of very young babies on this last trip, including one at the table next to us in 'Ohana that screamed throughout the entire meal. I don't really understand why people would bring babies this young to Disney in the first place? I saw what looked like a newborn in a bassinet (think that's what it's called - stroller the baby can lay down in) and just felt so bad for her - it was SO hot out and she had the sun beating on her. I don't have an issue with women breastfeeding in public but I just think I'd be paranoid about the germs all over the place, heat, etc. if I had a baby that young in that environment.

No flames, just giving insight into why one might bring an infant Don't know how young you're considering this young, but we took DD when she was 8 months. I grew up with the philosophy of if my parents wanted to go somewhere, we went with them...and we've taken the same approach with DD. It was a big extended family trip, and my nephews' first trip to WDW. DH and I are the Disney fans of the family, and we didn't want to miss out on their first trip..so off we all went. She didn't scream at all..she's always been a very quiet child, though. She *loved* it. Her nursery is Mickey Mouse, and when she met him she lit up and smiled so big, and then grabbed his nose. To this day she loves to chew on the nose of her MM stuffed animals. I couldn't be happier that we took her.

Now, heat wasn't an issue for us..the trip was in March, and it actually ended up being very cold. We ended up having to layer her with clothes, because we were prepared for 70(ish) degree weather, and it was more like 55-60 degrees and windy...so there wasn't any heat concerns or issues. I was exclusively pumping, DD couldn't latch to breastfeed, so I used a cover religiously. It required taking it a bit slower than we usually do, and taking more breaks, but it was a fantastic vacation. I'm glad we got to share those memories with my family.

 

[Dentam]

Thanks for the insight @Angel Ariel - the babies I saw on this trip were only weeks old. I don't have kids and that's probably a good thing I guess because I have a feeling I'd be an overly paranoid parent!