Disneyland: best places to nurse your baby

Before I let you in on my top 5 favorite places to nurse at Disneyland, I need to state that because of Disneyland I was able to conquer my fear of N.I.P-- Nursing in Public. Let me Explain.

We took Goofy to Disneyland when he was 12 weeks old. Call us crazy but I think this was our way of celebrating the fact that we survived the fourth trimester. Up to that point anytime we went out we would time it so that it minimized the amount of public feedings I would have to do. This meant a) really short outings (have you seen how often a newborn eats???) or b) feeding in the car, fitting room or eeep even a public bathroom!

Well, all that changed when we were at the land of the mouse. You see, I was not about to spend our trip hiding somewhere trying to feed the baby. So, armed with my nursing cover, I decided to feed him whenever he was hungry, without going to great lengths to find a bathroom or some other dark corner. My fears and anxieties were further lifted when I observed a European mama (I could tell by her accent)  in line at Buzz light year  pick up her hungry baby and proceed to nurse, without a cover or blanket, or anything. I was astonished! I know, it is probably a European thing, but it just made me laugh at myself. At that point I decided my fears were silly and I vowed never to feed my baby in a bathroom ever again. I figured, as long as I was covered up, and my hubs didn't mind, then I would feed my baby wherever he wanted to eat.

So yes, back to the point of this post. I have nursed my oldest son when he was a baby and my 2 current babies, Chip and Dale, all over Disneyland. My Top 5 favorite places to nurse in Disneyland:

Twins and a Toddler: Shopping configurations

Someday when my boys are all grown we will go to the store and not need two carts. They will walk next to one cart and we can get in and out of the store relatively painlessly.

These days however we know that there is no such thing as popping into the store really quick with twin babies and a toddler.

As infants, it would take, oh almost an hour to do a Target run to grab some diapers and a few household items. Ideally we would try to keep the babies at home to minimize the chaos that is required in getting out of the house

 But even mama needs to get out of the house and see the light of day sometimes.

So what does it take to go shopping in the store? I know when my babies are grown up we will laugh at these days, but  we have settled onto various configurations for our shopping needs.

Twins and a Toddler- Getting into the Car

My twin boys are 9 months old and we have almost survived our first year as a family of five. Looking back its easy to take for granted how we have all adjusted and grown together as a family. Take for example the simple act of getting everyone ready and into the car to go somewhere, such as the Dr's office. As infants,  the process would typically be as follows:

Twins and a toddler- Eating Out

"...Party of 5, 2 high chairs and 1 booster"


This is what I usually ask for on those occasions that we are able to take our family out for a meal at a restaurant. The hostess usually looks at my family with a look of surprise at seeing two babies and then examines the table chart of the restaurant. Occasionally, consultation is needed with another hostess or waiter to determine proper placement. Then, we are usually seated.

My husband and I are pretty easy to please in general. However, when we do go out to eat, we do have our requirements.

Rationale behind our blog names

As you can probably guess from our nicknames, Disney, rather Disneyland is a big deal around here. It all started when DH proposed...we were at....Disneyland. Our first non-honeymoon vacation as husband and wife, yep, Disneyland. First vacation as a family of 3 (than later 5)....yep, you guessed it. Here are numbers:

4: the most number of times in a row we rode Buzz Lightyear (it was a rainy and slow day)
12: the age in weeks that Goofy first visited the Mouse
16: the age in weeks that our twins, Chip and Dale first visited the mouse
2: the number of times on average we see Disney Jr live show per visit
2: the number of strollers we need to make it through the park with 3 kids under 3.
6: the number of hours it takes to drive to Disneyland
8.50: the cost of the best dinner that feeds 2 (turkey leg!)
2.5: the number of hours we've been known to wait in front of sleeping beauty's castle for THE prime spot for the fireworks

And:

69: number of days till our next visit!

We just booked a super quick trip in order to get our Disney fix until our annual (longer) trip in the fall. Super excited!