Maggie'sMom
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2008
but as a mom who did nurse a baby on Kilimanjaro Safari, Mission Space, The energy ride at Epcot, and a couple of others, I'd have to say, there are many rides that are just as peaceful and discreet as any bench.
I certainly hope it was the green side!
As far as nursing mothers go, as long as you got yourself good to go with a blanket, go for it. If it's discreet, then way to be!
There are ways to be discrete without hiding under a blanket, which would be incredibly uncomfortable in Florida heat. I had it down to an art where people wouldn't even realize I was nursing, and I wasn't covered up with a blanket. I remember one time carrying on a conversation with my BIL while nursing DD. We were at a buffet luncheon and he asked if I was going to go get something to eat. I told him I would wait until DD was done eating. He got up to go get his food and I heard him comment to my MIL "I didn't know she was nursing right now. It doesn't look like it."
It drives me bonkers when parents take their kids on a family vacation and leave the kids in glorified day care centers with fancy names like "kids club" etc. It's babysitting/daycare! Whether it be Disney, a cruise, all inclusive. Then they say "oh, my kids looovvvveeee it!!!" I've met more than a few who sure didn't love it.
I've been in a couple, and they just seem like day camp to me. IMHO, family vacation means families should spend time together..not farming the kids out to kids activities.
If you don't want to use the Kids' Clubs, then don't. But don't judge the parents that do. A family vacation also means a vacation for everyone, including the parents. Last fall when DD and I were at WDW, there were two nights when she went to the Kid's Club for a few hours. It was an 8 day vacation and every single other hour was spent together. As a single parent, and a parent to a special needs child, those few hours of downtime were needed. After the first night at the Kids' Club, DD asked to go back again. And 10 months later, there are still times she will, out of the blue, talk about the "camp" she went to on our vacation and the fun things she did there. While it may not have looked like a fun place to you, my DD was in heaven having toys to play with. With so much fun stuff to do in the parks, I couldn't believe how excited she was about playing with a plastic kitchen set.