Yay!! Looks like a fun 4th and fun trip plans!
How old will she be on your trip?
Thanks. She will be 14.5 months on our trip.
Caden is almost 15 months and has just moved to 1 nap (usually 11:30-2:30) but he can also do 2 shorter naps on the go if needed.
Wow, he naps that whole time? 3 hours? Sweet! Her two naps don't usually add up to that.
Yesterday I put him down for a second late nap (5:30-7) so that we could go to fireworks. So that may be an option for you on the night you wanted to do fireworks at Disney. Just give her a late nap and take her out!
it seems hard to imagine but sleep has become much less stressful for us now. Like at this age I would be willing to do a late bedtime for him maybe a few nights at Disney, or bring along PJs and let him crash in the stroller while DH and I had fun. Just so you know there is some hope for that
That's great to hear. I'll be interested to see how she's doing at that point. Her sleep has been changing a lot lately and I'm sure it will in the next 4.5 months. She had been taking 2 naps (30-90 mins. each) at daycare, but started skipping one of them a number of days recently. But was a grumpypants those evenings. However, the last two nights, she has slept all night (previously had been waking to eat 1-2 times/night) and has taken her two naps at daycare no problem and for a decent amount of time. And she's been a happy little camper. I'm mostly worried about the out-of-town/out-of-crib aspect of sleep on our trip. The last trip we took, over Memorial Day (to see my grandma in WI), she slept in a pack' n' play at the hotel for two nights. And was a TERRIBLE sleeper. Cried and cried going down and woke a whole bunch of times each night, nearly inconsolable. At home, in her crib, she goes down awake without crying and definitely does not wake that many times and goes right back to sleep after eating. I really hope she does better in a Disney hotel than she did in the WI one. Anyway, it's good to know how Caden is at that age!
Wow your days are packed out to the brim with things to do at WDW!
Had we been going in December this year, those would have been our dates too. Too bad we won't be running into you there.
Aw, what's one more trip!
That would have been cool to run into you guys and have a baby playdate!
DS has finally started taking to a Paci about a month ago! And actually, it's the paci that you recommended, the soothie. He loves it and i'm so happy that he does. I wish they were glow in the dark though, so he's able to see it while he's in his crib at night.
I'm so glad he started taking that one! Dug Baby sure loves hers. Her room has just enough light from the CD player that she can see them, I think. Of course, we also keep at least 3 in her crib so she doesn't have to go far to find one. She often falls asleep with one in her mouth and one in each hand!
Dug Baby looks SO big! Have you started planning her 1 year birthday yet? As of now (could always change depending on my mood!
) we're going to do a Monsters Inc party. He loves his Sully plush and thought it would be a perfect party since it's close to Halloween.
I can't believe how big she is, but at the same time, she's relatively small. Weighed in at 17lb 4oz at her 9 month appointment (25th %). 2 months and 1 day until her birthday! Ahhhhh! Can't believe our babies are getting to this point already! Didn't we just have them? Monsters Inc. sounds really fun! Did you see Monsters U? We did (grandparents babysat) and really enjoyed it! I had been thinking about doing Minnie Mouse, as Dug Baby seems rather fond of her. Then, one of my co-workers happened across a business in our building that makes various products (I think?) and was throwing out a bunch of Disney party supply samples (brand new in packages). My co-worker took all the Disney Princess stuff for her daughter's 3rd birthday and she gave all the Mickey Mouse stuff to my co-worker with a baby 1 week younger than Dug Baby and gave me all the Minnie Mouse stuff!
So, we are fairly well-stocked on Minnie party supplies now. Other than that, we really have no details planned out. Well, except for stealing an idea from some friends with a baby who already turned one: print all of her monthly pictures with Minnie and make a banner with the month stickers and the pictures. Yeah, we need to do a lot more planning still.
Hope you had a good night last night!
I know I'm late responding to this, but we had a fun 4th of July night. We sat on our patio with some wine (and a bug lantern) and enjoyed a plethora of fireworks shows on the horizon. Dug Baby was upstairs asleep, so we just brought the video monitor outside to keep an eye on her and she slept though everything (yay for the white noise machine in her room!) It was really nice!
She's so cute!
Don't feel bad- we don't have flights, either, and we leave in 99 days!
Thanks! You know, that does make me feel better! But I hope you get good flights! We were really hoping to use our Delta Skymiles (25k each), but nothing for our dates is coming up for that mileage! So, we're still watching that, but have changed strategies. Dug has enough miles on his Flexperks card to get a flight up to $400. I just applied and got a Flexperks card and am in the process of meeting the minimum spend to get a bonus and have enough for another $400 ticket. So, hopefully in a few weeks we'll be able to pounce if our preferred flights ever dip down under $400 again (they're over right now). We used to be able to find flights for $250 pretty easily in 2010. What happened to those days?
Welcome back Duggette! Dug baby is still adorable!! My son was a very bald baby too. In his 1 yr old picture he had about the same amt of hair that Dug Baby has now. Your plans look great, isn't it amazing how many rides are baby/toddler friendly? It will be so magical bringing Dug Baby the first time.
Thanks! Yeah, she has pretty minimal hair. Although, it is getting longer and hanging down over her ears, so she at least can get a little trim! And she's got another 4.5 months to grow some more. Yeah, so many things are baby friendly. I look forward to sharing them with her and seeing her reactions!
I've been a terrible commenter, I'm sorry!
Don't worry about it; I've been awful myself lately! My DIS time is so minimal. But I'm staying up late tonight, since I don't have to be up at 4:30 for work tomorrow!
Dug Baby is adorable! Oh I absolutely love our Ergo!! Sometimes that was the only way we could get DS to sleep was to walk until he passed out, and then keep walking to make sure he gets his nap in LOL.
When she was real little, I used to put her in the Moby Wrap and take walks a lot. She did a lot of napping in that, so I know what you mean. I just haven't used the Ergo as much yet. And it's usually been when she wants to stay awake and see things (like at the zoo). So, it was good to know that she could nap in it.
That was our plan for Disney World if necessary but he actually passed out a lot on his own in the stroller (we were not stroller users before we went to Disney, in fact we had to buy a new stroller for Disney haha)
That's great that he napped in the stroller at WDW! We do use our stroller quite a bit and she sometimes naps in there. We also just got a new one and will probably bring that to WDW (will write more about that in my next update).
Gavin went to his first MLB game in May just before he was 10 months old. Even though it was a crazy almost sold out game and almost 90 degrees he took 3 naps on my lap and nursed through some really loud home runs without getting distracted, amazing! The ergo definitely came in handy that day but oh my goodness it was so hot!
It's crazy what they can sleep through! She slept through a homerun and a lot of cheering, among other things. Also, I have the Ergo Sport, which is supposed to be better ventilated and cooler, and it was a hot day, also around 90 degrees. I was warm, but not much warmer than I would have been without the Ergo. So, I was happy with that and hope it bodes well for WDW.
Your plans look really good, I highly recommend Ohana hopefully Dug Baby will love it!
I hope so too! We sure love it.
Aw, Dug Baby is so cute! I love my Ergo and am anticipating using it when we're at Disney in December.
Very cool. I think we overlap dates with you, maybe?
Your plans and ADRs look great! I hope you're able to do Baby's First Haircut while you're down there. I think that is one of the most adorable things Disney offers for babies. And c'mon who wouldn't want to get their little one Mickey ears that say, "first haircut" on them?!
Yeah, I think we'll do it no matter what the state of her hair. Are you planning to as well?
She's such a cutie! I can't get over how big she looks in some of those pictures. How cute that she like steak.
Thanks! Yes, she's a carnivore for sure!
Your plans sound great. I love how you're splitting up so you don't miss out on any of your favorites. Definitely taking advantage of the close location to MK!
Yeah, we figured we had to take advantage of all the perks of staying at the Poly!
I agree with doing the first haircut, too. I loved that with my boys, but they did have quite a bit more hair.
You could just get a teeny bit snipped off for the experience, right? She's still got time!
Yep, if nothing else just trimming the part that's growing over her ears or something.
Our Christmas weekend is just at the end of your trip, so we'll sorta cross paths again. We're going over on the 13th, after the boys get out of school, but to check out the lights at DHS. The next day is split between EPCOT and MK. You know how we are with plans anyway.
It would be really cool to cross paths with you guys! We'll have to see where both of our plans are at in December and if it's possible!