mom2maggie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2007
Twice on our recent trip I was turned away at the Baby Care Center at the Magic Kingdom because I use bottles to feed my baby. I was told I was not allowed to use the room with the rocking chairs, and that I would have to sit in the open room with highchairs/regular chairs, with the TV.
The first time, I warmed the bottle, and chatted with the girl in the room with the micro/bottle warmer, and she was quite pleasant. I wandered into around, looking for the rocking chairs, and stepped in to ask her. She got kind of rude with me and told me that because I was not a nursing mother, I was not allowed to use the rocking chairs. I started to tear up and get upset (it's a very touchy subject for me as I tried to nurse and struggled for 6 months before I had to wean) and she just shrugged said 'Those are the rules'. Another mother in the highchair room told me that I should just knock and ask if anyone minded. I did, and no one cared.
The next time I stopped in a couple of days later, I warmed her bottle, and the woman (different worker) working there pointed to the room with the television again, and told me 'You are not allowed in the rocking chair room'. I told her that wasn't fair, and she said 'Those are the rules' I left and went straight to Guest Relations and told them I was upset and why, and they took my complaint. I doubt it goes anywhere, but at least I told them how I felt!
Has anyone else been turned away from the Baby Care Centers? I was so excited about being able to rock my baby and feed her in a dimly lit, quiet environment, just like we have at home. I rock her and feed her at almost every feeding, so she was majorly thrown off not having that quiet time. FWIW, I did use a rocking chair at the Baby Care Center at DHS - no one even questioned it (probably because they don't have workers there?)
What would they have done if I had come to the Magic Kingdom 1 month earlier, when I was still bottle feeding and breastfeeding at every feeding? Kicked me out once we were done nursing and made me bottlefeed in the open room?
The first time, I warmed the bottle, and chatted with the girl in the room with the micro/bottle warmer, and she was quite pleasant. I wandered into around, looking for the rocking chairs, and stepped in to ask her. She got kind of rude with me and told me that because I was not a nursing mother, I was not allowed to use the rocking chairs. I started to tear up and get upset (it's a very touchy subject for me as I tried to nurse and struggled for 6 months before I had to wean) and she just shrugged said 'Those are the rules'. Another mother in the highchair room told me that I should just knock and ask if anyone minded. I did, and no one cared.
The next time I stopped in a couple of days later, I warmed her bottle, and the woman (different worker) working there pointed to the room with the television again, and told me 'You are not allowed in the rocking chair room'. I told her that wasn't fair, and she said 'Those are the rules' I left and went straight to Guest Relations and told them I was upset and why, and they took my complaint. I doubt it goes anywhere, but at least I told them how I felt!
Has anyone else been turned away from the Baby Care Centers? I was so excited about being able to rock my baby and feed her in a dimly lit, quiet environment, just like we have at home. I rock her and feed her at almost every feeding, so she was majorly thrown off not having that quiet time. FWIW, I did use a rocking chair at the Baby Care Center at DHS - no one even questioned it (probably because they don't have workers there?)
What would they have done if I had come to the Magic Kingdom 1 month earlier, when I was still bottle feeding and breastfeeding at every feeding? Kicked me out once we were done nursing and made me bottlefeed in the open room?