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First Visit for Emmy!
We decided before having Emerson that we should do a trip to Florida/Disney while I was on maternity leave. I wanted to at least wait until I was cleared from my c section and maybe give Emmy a chance to be sleeping a little more at night. We decided to go when she was 9 weeks old in January. I was VERY concerned and stressed about this trip. I feel like the husbands/dads never think of all the stuff that bothers or worries moms about a trip. I was worried about flying with that young of a baby due to flu season. I was concerned with pumping and nursing during the trip and throughout the parks. I wondered how bad this would off set our sleep progress and how miserable we'll all be if we are all up all night. Soooo many things to consider.... but we went anyway!
Some how I always get talked into it...
It's funny because as concerned as I was, we actually did the most activities on this trip! My dad met us in Florida which was nice to have the extra set of hands. We stayed at Marriott's Harbour Lake Vacation Club Resort which we touched on in another post. We loved it! They had great kids activities and amazing pools! We are going back again in March because we loved it so much. We had a 2 bedroom suite as well which made everything possible. Emmy had her own room in one of the bathrooms so we could keep her place dark and quiet with her sound machine. It seemed to work pretty well, we got up one to two times a night not terrible for a nine week old.
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| Babys first swim |
This trip was 5 days long. We spent one whole day just enjoying the pools at the hotel, a lesson we learned from previous Disney trips. The kids actually wanted more days just lounging at the pool. On our first night there we did a pirate dinner theater which was very neat and is described more in the post referenced above as well. Emmy slept through most of it and I nursed in the middle.
On our first Disney day we did Magic Kingdom as always. We started this day with a pre-booked breakfast with the princesses at the castle. The only time we could get was 10am which was a bit late but still worth it. This breakfast was so great. The kids got swords and wands and the food was delicious. They really have it down to a science. It was also a great way to meet princesses and get signatures without having to wait in long lines. Believe it or not this day at magic kingdom is the first time we have ever made it until the fireworks!
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| Princess Breakfast |
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| Fireworks! |
The weather was pretty hot and I nursed Emmy every 3 hours through the park while my dad, Keith and the kids rode rides. I couldn't believe we made it til close. We ended the day with hot dogs and fries sitting on the curb by the entrance watching the fireworks. A few tricks to help keep the kids going at the parks is to pack lots of snacks and drinks. I love my 31 products and they help save me a ton of money (insert picnic cooler) I also bring extra bags to toss changes of clothes and hats etc... (stroller bag) What a great day!
This trip was also our favorite trip to sea world with our Shamu dining experience. (See this post). We saw all the shows and rode Manta our absolute new favorite roller coaster. We got to the park at opening and ran to this coaster. One adult stayed with the kids and we kept switching we probably all rode 3 times before people made it back to that area. Sadly the wind picked up and we were in able to ride the other coasters but honestly nothing could compare anyways!
Later in the week we finally made it to Animal Kingdom. We had the Disney gird cards left over from our last trip when we were too tired to go. We choose this park on the day the Steelers played in the playoffs hoping to knock it out quickly and get back by kick off. This day was supposed to rain so we were nervous but decided to go anyway. I'm so glad we did! Tons of people were dressed for the game and were yelling stuff throughout the park that's always so fun. Macie rode her biggest coaster yet, Everest! We also did the safari ride and A Bug's Life 4D which the kids cry at every time. We got back to the hotel in time to hit up their pool bar watch the game and have drinks while letting the kids swim right there at the pirate ship pool. Another awesome day!!
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| Bugs Life |
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| Hotel pool |
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| Macie on Everest |
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| Sea world |
During this trip Emmy did a lot of sleeping which made things pretty easy and a lot of eating. I was just prepared to nurse every few hours and planned accordingly. I was definitely not the only mom nursing through out the parks. They have mom rooms where you can do all baby stuff and feed but they didn't really fit into where we were and when she wanted to eat. There were all kinds of moms feeding there. I even saw one mom completely exposed nursing as she walked down the middle of the main road in magic kingdom... she looked at me feeding Emmy under a cover and shrugged saying "oh it's my third kid". I didn't mention it was mine as well haha, to each their own.
Some things I've learned to help me cope with traveling is to plan ahead and be prepared. I try and do my best to pack appropriately and plan out days so things are spread out.
One thing I am working on every time I travel is to relax and try and go with the flow. With young tired kids it's the only way to survive.
"The key to happiness is letting each situation be what it is instead of what you think it should be"
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