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We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
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Totally and completely FRIGHTENED!! lengthy
So we are traveling to WDW in Jan. This is not our first trip it will be our fourth with DD 10 but first with DS 8 months.I have received fantastic advice from you all on traveling with a small one on tow. We are on vacation now with DS 3 months. We started in Old Orchard Beach Maine(5 nights) and are now in Lake George NY.(3 nights) To give you a brief description of my sons personality he is a mommas boy!!!! I cant even take a shower(5 minutes if I am lucky) without him screaming. He wont stay with his father or sister for any length of time. I would love to go for a walk in the village but he hates his stroller because it means I am not holding him. Most of you are saying she needs to put that child down,I know I get it all the time. I put him down he SCREAMS and will continue to for hours until I pick him up. This is a fine idea at home but when you are amidst others you don't want your child ruining their vacation. We are out for four hours and my back is killing me and I am ready for bed. I have planned my Disney vacation for many months and I am terrified that I wont have the gumption to do anything as he will be a monster in size at that point. (he is 17 pounds right now) My DH would be happy to go out with DD but I know this sounds a bit selfish I want to have as much fun as they do. I was 5 months pregnant when we went last time so I missed all my favorite rides. Any advice from those with clingy kids. Do you think he will get better about his stroller or should I just bring the backpack. Thanks for letting me vent
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Oh how I can relate. 1st off you need to get yourself a good sling. Your poor back. My younger dd (22 months) was/is very much how you described your son. I took her to Disney when she was 4 months and I was so scared. But once we walked through those Magic Kingdom gates she was so different! LOL I swear she was mesmarized! Now, she was afraid of a lot of the characters but she was so good. So don't worry too much, I bet your son will be ok too.
I TOTALLY agree, get a sling! My dd (now 4 yrs old and 32 lbs) loved, and still loves her sling. I carried her ALOT in her sling when she was little, and still do when she's really tired and wants to snuggle. It distributes the weight on your shoulder, hips, and accross your back and you can carry him for much longer than in usual baby carriers. I loved them so much that I taught myself how to make them and give them as gifts to just about anyone I know having a baby. You can wear the baby on your front, hip, and even back. If you want more information about slings, please ask...I LOVE THEM!
About leaving your son with daddy so you can have fun, I'd start now letting daddy do moore care so your son gets used to spending more time with daddy and knowing it's OK, Mommy will come back. Good luck!!!
My youngest was like this too and would cry to the point of throwing up and choking if I didnt pick her up. I totally understand your dilemma but you cant carry a baby the entire time. I start "reprogramming" now. Remember, he will also be older and easier to entertain. Take him out by yourself in a stroller every single day and put some kind of activity in the stroller. Do it at a time when he may be hungry and give him some cheerios, etc. When he starts to cry, bend down and talk to him and play with him or give him something new and interesting to play with to distract him from the fact that he is in the stroller. If you do this every day, I bet he will stop in time for your trip. I wish you luck. My baby days are over but I sure do remember!
My daughter (now 13 1/2!) went through this when she was a baby, also. If it makes you feel better, it seemed to be a phase that she went through-but it did feel like forever, though! My oldest never went through it, so it was quite a shock when she started it. I still remember the day that she let my mother hold her and actually walk around the room without yelling for me! What a relief! Probably by January, your little one will be through the phase, too. Good luck! Parenting is never dull!
8 months is so different than 3 months. At that age they still kinda lay around...not coordinated enough to really hang onto toys and play. At 8 months he should be able to eat little snacks..cheerios and puffs and there will be so much to look at too!!! Maybe get a toy bar to go across the stroller....buy it but don't let him play with it till you get there. I def agree with the poster about getting dad more involved and the baby used to him too.
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It probably is a phase. However, in case it's more than that, you have five months to work at breaking him of this. You can do a lot of it at home. Put him down, in a car seat, stroller, swing, exersaucer, whatever with something to amuse himself and go do something else in the same room, so that he can see you. If he starts crying, talk to him and try to get him to calm down WITHOUT picking him up. When he is okay with that, start working your way farther away from him maybe into another room (but where you can still see him). Once he is comfortable with this, start making short forays to other rooms (ie: go to bathroom or take something to another room) and come right back. This will hopefully show him that when you go away, you are going to come back. Once he's doing okay with this, start leaving him with a trusted loved one (DH comes to mind) and leave the house (for short periods at first), lengthing your absence as he adjusts. HOPEFULLY this will make it possible for you and your DH to do the child swap and you be able go on your favorite rides without complete freaking out your dear son!!
It's been a long time since my son was this little, but hopefully what worked for me will work for you! While he did have some separation anxiety issues, he is (and was) a very mellow personality so this process didn't take hugely long for him to adjust. and lots of
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DD was like that, but I thought it was because she spent the first 3 weeks in ICU and eveyone was always poking her needles and tubes and such. Get her used to others while you are there and slowly lengthen the time she spends away from you.
I'd definitely work on getting him re-programmed now and getting his dad more invovled as well.
I certainly would hate to have your vacation ruined by him screaming thru the whole thing & you being completely stressed out-that's no fun.
I agree you need to start working with your DS now if for no other reason than
he needs to be comfortable with your DH. I was worried about my DD doing this
but she LOVES to do things herself and would rather be in her stroller than me
holding her. I think if you hold them all the time you are setting yourself up
for some problems later. JMHO but I think you would enjoy WDW so much
better without holding him all the time.
Oh and I was NOT in love with my sling. I was always so affraid that DD would
fall out of it that I could relax. It just didn't seem to feel right when I was
wearing it. I had several friends who felt the same way so I knew it wasn't
just me.
My son, who is now 19 mths, went through that phase. He would scream bloody murder when I would put him down or put him in the stroller. Like one mom said start "reducing" the time you hold him now and start taking him on walks. like my mom would always tell me..."let him cry". Eventually he got over the whole ordeal and realized I was still within reach.
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I have a great sling. Its the maya wrap sp? I love it but dont want to use it the entire time I do put him down and let him cry for a bit. I have left him with my husband for 15 to 40 minute intervals he can be good for a bit but ends up screaming part way through. Thank you for all the great advise. I am going to start short walks in the stroller in hopes this helps!
Wishing you the best of luck and hoping that it is just a phase that he will get over quickly!
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I have a great sling. Its the maya wrap sp? I love it but dont want to use it the entire time I do put him down and let him cry for a bit. I have left him with my husband for 15 to 40 minute intervals he can be good for a bit but ends up screaming part way through. Thank you for all the great advise. I am going to start short walks in the stroller in hopes this helps!
Good luck and hope everything turns out for the better.
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