Angel Ariel
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We're about 3 weeks out from our trip, so I'm starting to nail down what we'll need to have while we're there. Before I go into pros/cons of each option, here are some things to know..
DD is 14 months old, but has some motor delays with her mouth/eating and can only handle a mashed potato or very small, soft pasta consistency w/food. She also has an intolerance for dairy currently, so she is drinking soy milk instead of whole. We are bringing her car seat on the plane (not optional), and have bought a dolly to wheel her car seat through the airport. We are bringing a Beco Gemini as well, and I will wear her in a back carry through the airport. We are not bringing a stroller on the plane, as we are renting one from Apple strollers. We are staying at SOG, so ME isn't an option. We'll be taking a car service from MCO to SOG (not renting a car). I'm trying to decide what to do in arranging for diapers/food/soy milk while we're there. I've already contacted Disney and know where I can get soy milk on property, but I want to have shelf-stable soy milk singles with us.
I looked on Silk's webpage for where I can buy the 18 pack singles in the Orlando area, and they're only available at a Whole Foods about 10 miles away. They're available all over the place here at home. I checked Garden Grocer - while they have the diapers, they don't have the soy milk singles or a good selection of the food she needs (she is beyond pure purees, but not to table food). Shades of Green carries some things as well, I know, but it's not a wide selection so I don't want to rely on it.
So it seems like my options are to either pack it and bring it with us on the plane, in a separate suitcase, or to gather everything she'd need here at home and ship it ourselves to SOG.
Packing: We are flying SW, and have 3 seats, so we can have up to 6 bags. DH and I only need 1 suitcase for the two of us, and 1 suitcase for DD's clothes, so it would be easy to put a silk single 18 pack, baby food, and diapers in a duffle (putting any glass in a box so it doesn't break en route). The major con to this is getting everything to curbside check in...we are meeting DH's parents at the airport, though, so it's more than likely that we'd have help. A plus, though, is that much of what's packed in that duffle would be used up at least partially, if not entirely, by the time we head home, so we have an empty(ish) suitcase for any souvenirs.
Shipping: A bit more planning up front, and then there's the what if it doesn't arrive (though that goes for baggage too). It would be an additional expense....not one that's out of reach, but potentially unnecessary.
In either case, I would pack enough diapers/food/soy milk in a carry-on to make it through a day if our luggage were lost or the shipment didn't arrive. Worst case scenario, we'd have to get a taxi into Orlando to get what we need.
I'm leaning towards packing it, even though it might be a bit more of a hassle at the airport. Am I missing an option?
DD is 14 months old, but has some motor delays with her mouth/eating and can only handle a mashed potato or very small, soft pasta consistency w/food. She also has an intolerance for dairy currently, so she is drinking soy milk instead of whole. We are bringing her car seat on the plane (not optional), and have bought a dolly to wheel her car seat through the airport. We are bringing a Beco Gemini as well, and I will wear her in a back carry through the airport. We are not bringing a stroller on the plane, as we are renting one from Apple strollers. We are staying at SOG, so ME isn't an option. We'll be taking a car service from MCO to SOG (not renting a car). I'm trying to decide what to do in arranging for diapers/food/soy milk while we're there. I've already contacted Disney and know where I can get soy milk on property, but I want to have shelf-stable soy milk singles with us.
I looked on Silk's webpage for where I can buy the 18 pack singles in the Orlando area, and they're only available at a Whole Foods about 10 miles away. They're available all over the place here at home. I checked Garden Grocer - while they have the diapers, they don't have the soy milk singles or a good selection of the food she needs (she is beyond pure purees, but not to table food). Shades of Green carries some things as well, I know, but it's not a wide selection so I don't want to rely on it.
So it seems like my options are to either pack it and bring it with us on the plane, in a separate suitcase, or to gather everything she'd need here at home and ship it ourselves to SOG.
Packing: We are flying SW, and have 3 seats, so we can have up to 6 bags. DH and I only need 1 suitcase for the two of us, and 1 suitcase for DD's clothes, so it would be easy to put a silk single 18 pack, baby food, and diapers in a duffle (putting any glass in a box so it doesn't break en route). The major con to this is getting everything to curbside check in...we are meeting DH's parents at the airport, though, so it's more than likely that we'd have help. A plus, though, is that much of what's packed in that duffle would be used up at least partially, if not entirely, by the time we head home, so we have an empty(ish) suitcase for any souvenirs.
Shipping: A bit more planning up front, and then there's the what if it doesn't arrive (though that goes for baggage too). It would be an additional expense....not one that's out of reach, but potentially unnecessary.
In either case, I would pack enough diapers/food/soy milk in a carry-on to make it through a day if our luggage were lost or the shipment didn't arrive. Worst case scenario, we'd have to get a taxi into Orlando to get what we need.
I'm leaning towards packing it, even though it might be a bit more of a hassle at the airport. Am I missing an option?
