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• Mom struggles/Guilt

  Posted at 11:13 am by CS, on September 19, 2019

  I know I can’t be alone when half the time I’m parenting I feel like I have no clue what I’m doing, or that I’m screwing up in some way, or I’m not the best mom I could be, or that I’m doing something wrong.

  I know at the end of the day, as long as Cameron and I are alive and have made it through the day it can’t be that bad. But it’s hard to not have those mom struggles or feel that mom guilt that is always lingering in the back of my mind.

  Here are some of my top struggles. I just keep try to take everything one day at a time. We are all still learning and every day is a new one.

  Mom guilt. This is a top one for me. I constantly am feeling guilt if I need to leave Cameron or if I want to go do something that she can’t do or wouldn’t enjoy. Wanting to have a night out, or a weekend away, or have a drink or two are things that always make me feel the most guilt. I know that I signed up to be a mom and Cameron should forever and always come first, but I also feel that being able to take some time alone is a good thing too so to not get to burnt out. But when I need to ask my mom, or a babysitter to watch Cameron so I can go do something I always just feel like since I’m a mom all of that should have to stop.

  Keeping calm during tantrums. I’ll admit this is a hard one for me because I like to think I’m so level headed. But there have been occasions where Cameron has been having a tantrum, it hasn’t been the best day, and I lose my cool. I snap at her, or am not as nurturing as I should be, and once the tantrum is over and she has calmed down I feel terrible on how I acted towards her. She’s a toddler and is learning how this world works and I need to realize that sometimes and try to be more understanding that if I’m having a bad day, she may be too. And since she can’t communicate as well at the moment, tantrums is how she knows to tell us she’s not happy.

  Being there/active. This one gets me because I want to be the best mom I can for Cameron. When I can’t play with her 24/7 due to work, or chores, or errands, I feel like I’m failing her. I do try and read, color, play with her but there are some instances I have to turn on the TV, or hand over the tablet to entertain Cameron and when I do that the guilt comes creeping back up that I’m not giving her everything I can. Or when I’m run down, overtired, and under the weather trying to give my very best sometimes is quite the 100% I wish it was.

  Eating properly. We have hit that toddler stage where Cameron is being a bit more picky or selective with what she wants to eat. When she wants only French fries, or only fruit for a meal it’s hard to not feel discouraged that she isn’t getting all the nutrients she needs or the calorie intake. Now, I’m not a complete health nut, but I do try to eat as best as I can and I want that for Cameron too, but at the same time I want to pick my battles and want to believe as long as she’s eating something it can’t be all that bad as long as I do try to balance out the junk from the good.

  I know there is plenty more times and reason I struggle and/or feel guilty, but these are my top few. Do you ever struggle? Or feel guilty? What do you do to feel better?

  Posted in Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged baby, guilt, struggles, toddler

• Learn time-play time

  Posted at 10:48 am by CS, on September 16, 2019

  I have spent some times trying to figure out how to incorporate learning time into Cameron’s play time. Toys are great and she loves them, but because she is constantly developing at the moment I want to make sure she has educational items to play with as well.

  Of course when I’m thinking of buying her toys I try to see what educational value the toy has. She has a lot of leap frog and vtech items that help with numbers and colors and words. Same with learning to be kind, taking care of animals, and playing music. But I wanted something more for her as well. I searched the dollar store and the target dollar spot around back up school time and found some good stuff.

  Magnets– Cameron loves magnets so when I found some numbers and shapes I knew I had to get them. She moves them around and we go over them with her speaking to each one. She also has a few magnet boards that play music and make noise with animals and letters at her grandpas house.

  Coloring books- I tried to get her some coloring books that were activity books as well. And while she loves to color, she hasn’t quite figured out the activity portion yet, and she hasn’t really learned to color in between the lines, but we sit and draw on the pictures and speak to the colors and what we are coloring in.

  Letter/number posters- I found this letter and number posters that teachers normally have bordering their walls in their classrooms. I wanted to use these as a little learning corner in her playroom where we could teach her and go over letters and numbers and shapes and colors.

  Flash cards– The final thing I found were packs of flash cards. First words, animals, shapes, colors, numbers, adding, alphabets. She more uses these to toss around the room and hasn’t quite understood the meaning of them yet but it’s just nice to have them to go over words with her even if she doesn’t fully pay attention to it.

  I know there is plenty more out there to use for creative and learning play, but this is what we have begun with as well as reading to her and singing to her so she can learn as well as play.

  Do you have anything special you use to get your child to learn?

  Posted in Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged activities, coloring, flash cards, learning, magnet, playing, posters

• Childless millennial…Mom

  Posted at 11:32 am by CS, on September 12, 2019

  So, a little bit ago, there was a rant then went around online about a women who was very upset about the childless millennials taking away from families at Disney. As a millennial that is also a mom I found this hilarious. Maybe she was having a bad day, maybe she was drunk, but to me I felt the post was not necessary. I mean sure, she’s allowed her opinion, everyone is but I love going to Disney both with my child and without. So I decided to write a post on the differences being a childless millennial at Disney and being a mom at Disney. I didn’t want to do a pros/cons list because I just wanted to more point out that it can be great to be at Disney either way. Now I know some may contradict each other, but that’s because there are good points for going to the park alone and with your child. So I’m not listing these to see if one wins out, I’m just posting to see the differences between the two. And once again this is MY OPINION, so if you don’t agree, then that’s fine. I’m not tacos, not here to please everyone.

  PRO for childless millennial: You get to ride what you want to ride. You don’t have to worry about height restrictions, or if someone will be afraid to ride something. It helps for if there are rides you haven’t done in a while that you want to ride.

  PRO for being a Disney mom: Getting to ride kid rides and see how excited they get. Riding the carousel 5 times because your child gets so happy on it is just wonderful. Getting the small world music stuck in your head because your child has to ride it and see all the colors is worth it.

  PRO for childless millennial: No stroller. Now as much as I love bringing my child, having to not maneuver a stroller through the crowds is great. I don’t know if people just have no awareness or what, but they stop right in front of you, don’t move when asked, so it gets very annoying and therefore not having one is pretty nice.

  PRO for Disney mom: character experiences. Now yes you can go see characters as an adult and it’s super magical. But when you can take your child to visit a favorite character and you see their face light up when they recognize them and run to them to give them a big hug, it’s enough to make your heart melt.

  PRO for childless millennial: Timing. You don’t have to worry about naps, or bedtimes. You can be at the parks as early or as late as you want. Get there at rope drop and stay all day until fireworks if you want.

  PRO for Disney mom: Baby care centers. Now I’m assuming they won’t turn you away if you don’t have a baby, but I mean it would be a bit creepy. The baby care centers were saviors for us when we have taken Cameron. One big thing I also loved was that they had regular bathrooms too. And although Disney is good about keeping their bathrooms clean it was nice to use one that probably doesn’t see the high number of people every day.

  PRO for both: The memories. You make different memories every time you go to Disney. They may be good or bad depending on who you are with. I have some amazing memories going with family, going with friends, going with my husband, going with my daughter. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if you’re 1 or 100, if it’s your first trip or 1000th, it shouldn’t matter if you are there with kids or yourself, Disney is a place for everyone. I repeat Disney is a place for EVERYONE and if you are there and enjoying yourself it shouldn’t matter who you are or aren’t there with. And those who think they should get to pass judgement on others should be thrown in the moat around Cinderella castle.

  Posted in Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged animal kingdom, baby, childless millennial, Disney, Epcot, Hollywood studios, magic kingdom, mom, mother, rant, theme park

• Co-sleeping

  Posted at 11:37 am by CS, on September 9, 2019

  So I have realized as a parent you eat a lot of crow once your child is born. Case in point for me I swore I would never Co-sleep with my child. It was just never something I saw myself doing.

  Granted when she first came home from the hospital, we tried a bassinet and between me thinking she was to small and her not really taking to it, she did sleep on my chest the first few nights before we found her rocking bed that she loved. Now I know you aren’t really supposed to fall asleep while holding the child in case of smothering and all, but I felt we did both sleep a bit better, and I slept like a statue because I was so scared of just that.

  Once we found the rocking bed she slept in that every night until she outgrew it, then moved to her pack n play until I was finally ready to move her into her own room and into her crib. She slept in her own bed every night since then.

  Until recently. Right before we moved, of course we were packing up the house and therefore had to pack up the crib. So we had to move Cameron back into her pack n play, which she did fine in for a little bit, but then about a week before we moved she started awaking in the middle of the night, and the only way she would go back to sleep would be if I brought her into bed with me. Now we had moved her into our room because we were packing up everything and it was hard to have her monitor focus on her so it was easier to have her there with us. I think since she realized we were there is what made her think she could get up.

  Once we moved, because of our current situation, she is sleeping in the same room with us still. The first week after we moved was perfectly fine, she slept all night, maybe because of all the traveling and moving so she may have been overly tired and was trying to adjust. After the first week or so I started noticing she was getting up about the same time every night and would only go back to sleep when I brought her into bed. And I’ve been one for the cry it out method to have her put herself back to sleep, but it’s hard to do when she sees you sleeping right there and knows you’re near her.

  I have tried to put her to bed later, keep the room dark and quiet, but I think we have sort of started a habit now where she thinks/knows she can get into bed with us. Now part of me loves it, I love cuddling with my girl and knowing she needs me and wants to snuggle, but the other part of me likes my space, as my husband can tell you, I’ve never been a cuddler. So I am sort of hoping, once we have a permanent residence and Cameron can have her own room again, we can kick this habit. Especially because some nights, Cameron thinks that coming into bed with us means playtime. Those nights are rough because it takes a while to calm her back down.

  Do you co-sleep? If so, are you trying to stop? If not, was there ever a time your child wanted to?

  Posted in Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged bedtime, Co-sleep, habit, sleep

• Hurricane prep

  Posted at 11:25 am by CS, on September 5, 2019

  Living in California the past few years we haven’t had to do a lot of Hurricane prep as we haven’t had a hurricane hit us in California. Granted we did have wildfires, but prep for that is fairly different since you don’t get much warning for those. But this post isn’t about the differences of natural disaster prep, although I could do that in another post. This is a post about how we prep for a hurricane.

  As I’m writing this hurricane Dorian is slowly making his way to the US. Dorian has changed his mind quite a few times about where he’s going and where he may make landfall in the US if at all.

  I grew up in Florida so this is not my first rodeo in hurricane prep, but the biggest difference here is that this is the first hurricane I will possibly experience as a mom. I didn’t do much prep for any of the other hurricanes because I was a child, and pretty much my parents took care of that. I don’t remember much about Andrew, but the whole Charlet, Ivan, Frances, Jeanne group of hurricanes, all I remember about those is building a makeshift bed in the hallway, and then being without power for about a week or so, and trying to find a way to get back to work once they reopened the bridges.

  This storm is different because, we really don’t know if we will get any of it, and if we do when and how much. And it’s also different because there is a little person dependent on us that we need to make sure is ready and prepared too. Right now, it looks like we will see some wind and rain, but as a Floridian you know that can change at ANY point. So, while we may not evacuate unless it becomes mandatory, we did do a little prep so I’ll talk a little bit about what we did.

  The first thing we did when we heard it could be coming towards us was move the patio furniture up close to the house. Now if we feel that the winds are going to be bad we will move them all into the house. But right now we think they are fine where they are.

  Then of course we got our supplies. We made sure we had our lanterns and portable fans, with extra batteries. We also have two portable chargers so we have been keeping them plugged in so they are good and juiced up for if we lose power. We are also keeping all our other electronics plugged in as often as possible so that if and/or when we lose power everything is good to go for at least a little bit.

  Now, my husband and I both work from home so we weren’t as concerned for gas as others since we didn’t need it for actual driving purposes. But of course we did want to make sure we had full tanks so if it did get bad we could evacuate if told to do so. So while we didn’t go out at first to get gas, once we knew they were coming up refuel the stations I did send him out to fill up the tanks. He said there was plenty of gas and no one at the station so I didn’t feel as badly about taking gas someone needs to actually drive to get back and forth to work or school or doctors appointments or so on.

  As for actual supplies, we have been semi stocking up on things since we moved just because we knew it was hurricane season and we didn’t want to be rushing and trying to be like everyone else in a panic if a storm was heading our way. We had our cases of water, we had some canned food, some snacks going. We did go and get some bread and make sure we had plenty of snacks for Cameron so that she would be taken care of. I made sure to get some caffeine because if we are out of power I am still going to need something to help me get through the day. The types of snacks we had are goldfish, cheese-its, teddy grahams, nilla wafers, pouches for Cameron, peanut butter crackers, Cheerios, pop tarts, chips, all really healthy stuff. Haha then for canned food we have beans, some soups that can be eaten cold if needed, and some chef boy r dee canned meals. We also have enough peanut butter to last about 6 months.

  Besides supplies, I also have made sure to pack some emergency bags that we can grab quickly and go, and made sure to put all of our important paperwork in a folder and put it with our stuff so we have everything we need.

  Lastly, I’ve made sure to get shows and movies downloaded on our devices so if we lose power we have one more way to entertain Cameron, because she’s almost 2, she won’t realize we are without power and can only do so much. We want to make sure her days are as normal as can be.

  We still don’t know if we will get hit a little or head on, but I feel like we are pretty ready to deal with whatever may come our way.

  Do you have a hurricane prep plan? Have you ever experienced a hurricane before?

  Posted in If I had known, Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged baby, Dorian, Florida, hurricane, hurricane season, mom, prep

• What I drank in August 2019

  Posted at 11:18 am by CS, on August 29, 2019

  Well I must admit this month flew by that I barely had time to process what I in fact did drink this month. Most things were repeats and things I’ve sampled before, but I got to try 3 new things that I was pretty excited about. Not shockingly all 3 items are found at Disney world, but luckily for me, not inside any park.

  Dole Whip Frozcato Mimosa: this to me is like a dole whip on steroids. You have the pineapple dole whip, you have moscato, you have vodka, then you add a champagne topper and boom you have an adult dole whip with all the fixings. It was good, when I got it, it was so hot it melted before I really could enjoy every bit of it but I would get it again for sure. Side note I never got a photo of it either because of how fast it went.

  Sangria-Tini: This drink I had during our parents weekend to Disney. I had to get what was in the drink from the Disney website because I chose it since it has the words sangria and Tini in it. It’s made with Stolichnaya Vodka, Garnacha Old Vines, Combier Crème de Pêche De Vigne, and Sweet-and-Sour. It was very very good. Had I not wanted to try other drinks out I would have gotten a second. This can be found at the Dahlia lounge in the new tower at Disney’s Coronado springs resort. It wasn’t to sweet or overpowering, a very nice drink to sip on during dinner or happy hour.

  

  Dole whip lime margarita: I’m sensing a theme with my August drinks. Both Disney and dole whip. This one is a dole whip lime that is mixed with tequila. It was very good, a little on the sweet side but nothing to overpowering. We found this at the Polynesian resort and it definitely didn’t disappoint as we sipped them while watching the fireworks. I will most likely be getting this again in the future. Here is hoping they keep it around.

  

  This year is flying, can not believe that we are almost to September which means another month, another few more drinks to discover and hopefully love. I have a feeling disney will pop up in some of my future months drinks as well. What can I say, I can’t stay away.

  Posted in Thing I Love | 0 Comments | Tagged Disney, dole whip, drink, drinks, frozcato, margarita, margaritas, martini, mimosa, sangria

• Sleep terrors

  Posted at 11:44 am by CS, on August 26, 2019

  I was thinking of calling this post, night terrors, before I realized that Cameron doesn’t have these terrors just at night.

  A few weeks ago, maybe closer to a month, Cameron would wake from her naps screaming. And I’m not talking about a typical, woke up on the wrong side of the crib cry/scream, but a ear screeching, oh my god what is happening screaming. When we would go in to check on her she would be inconsolable. Didn’t want to be touched or held, didn’t want her blanket or pacifier, and if we tried to talk to her she just freaked out more. Now the entire time her eyes were open like she was awake, but upon further inspection it was like they were glazed over and she had this glass eyed, empty expression look to her. And after about 10 or so minutes (although it always felt longer) she would stop and go about like nothing had happened.

  A few days after these afternoon terrors happened, they began happening at night as well. Same sort of actions, she would be flailing about, kicking, screaming, not wanting anyone or anything, and after a little bit she would stop, roll over, and go back to sleep.

  So of course, being a first time mom, I’m freaked. I want to know what’s happening and why. So of course I turn to google, and mom friends, explaining her symptoms and trying to get to the bottom of it. I was trying to figure out if she was overtired, if we were letting her watch to much TV, or if something on the TV was causing her nightmares, if she was using her iPad a bit too much and once again was a show or movie giving her bad dreams. Was all the moving, and weekend trips, and amount of activities we were doing causing her to just not feel comfortable and get upset? I just had so many questions and so I needed answers.

  First we started cutting shows and TV time to a bare minimum to see if something had been triggering her and we weren’t finding any results there. So I kept looking for answers.

  Basically what I’ve been told is you just sort of need to let them play out. You can go one of two routes, and there may be more routes but these were the ones suggested to me.

  The first route is to turn on lights, to talk to the child, maybe ask them questions or “bribe” them if you will. So we tried this one of the first terrors after I got the suggestion. I turned on the lights, started asking her if she wanted to watch “Mickey Mouse, or Boss baby, or Tinkerbell.” I tried to stay clear of her kicking because she has some legs on her. I tried to do anything and everything in my power to “wake her up.” And for us this route didn’t seem to work all that well. I felt it took longer and I just made her more upset.

  The second route is more of, just letting them cry it out mostly on their own. No lights, no talking, just sort of letting them be and letting them calm themselves down. Now I made sure she was safe and that I was right there if need be, but when we first started this technique I felt the terrors lasted a lot shorter and she didn’t seem to get as mad.

  After about a week and a half, maybe two weeks, they stopped. We also took some time to just be, no traveling, no big weekend plans, just some lazy days where we kept to the same schedule so that she got used to a routine.

  We did recently have one episode, but I believe it’s because she had a long day filled with car rides, strange places, she hadn’t been feeling good, went to sleep in one place and woke up someplace different. But I just sat with her while she cried and she seemed to only be upset for a little and went back to sleep.

  Now I know these ways aren’t the only way to deal with sleep terrors, every child is different, and things may not work for everyone. But this is what we did and so far it has worked and luckily we haven’t been seeing the terrors nearly as much if at all.

  Did you child have sleep terrors? Did you do anything different?

  Posted in If I had known, Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged baby, night terror, sleep, sleep terror, sleeping

• Summer colds..not cool

  Posted at 11:31 am by CS, on August 22, 2019

  I think we can agree that colds are not fun, and summer colds are just even worse. Then if your child ends up catching one, well that’s just a really bad situation.

  That happened to our household this past weekend. First my husband got it, then I caught it, then sadly Cameron caught it. And she’s been so good about being lucky and not catching things or getting sick in her almost 2 years of life and I knock on wood and thank the higher ups every day for that. But this cold had another idea as it raced through our little family.

  For my husband and I, we just do what we always do when we get sick, chug cold medicine down like it’s going out of style. I tried everything from DayQuil and NyQuil to Mucinex, halls cough drops, other cough drops, chicken noodle soup, anything you could think of because this cold hit me so hard that I was bed ridden for 2 days, and as a mom you know that had to be hard. A week later and cough is about all that’s left but jeez it will not go away.

  For Cameron though, you can’t just give her some DayQuil and call it a day. She’s under 2 so you have to be careful. The first and only other time we thought she was getting a cold I reached out to her doctor who gave me some recommendations on what to give her, as well as I asked my fellow momma friends what they used on their littlest.

  Here’s what we have been doing for Cameron this round.

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  Hyland Baby Mucus and cold relief liquid dual pack. https://amzn.to/324M6kP

  This is what we first were using for Cameron but recently she’s been fighting us on taking any sort of liquid meds so we had to think of something else to get her to take the meds.

  Hyland Baby Tiny Cold Tablets dual pack. https://amzn.to/2Hl6s13

  These do pretty much the same as the liquid but they come in tiny quick dissolve tablets so we just pop them in her mouth and poof she’s taken her meds.

  Boogie wipes 3 pack. https://amzn.to/33P2iYT

  Because I don’t know of a child who likes to get their nose wiped. We use them because they are gentle enough and made with natural saline.

  Now we also have Little Remedies Saline Spray and Stuffy Nose kit, but we have yet to need to use either of those so I can’t report how well they work or give my opinion on them. https://amzn.to/2ZbQwt5

  Now besides actual medicine, we of course try to keep her liquids up and keep her well rested. Easier said then done with a moving about toddler, but she seems to be on the up and up and luckily I don’t believe the cold hit her as hard as it could have. Thankfully again.

  Is there anything special you do when your kiddo has a cold?

  Posted in Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged boogie wipes, colds, hyland baby, little remedies, medicine, sick, summer cold

• MY nighttime routine

  Posted at 11:25 am by CS, on August 19, 2019

  So a little bit ago I wrote about our nighttime and bedtime routine for Cameron.

  Now I want to write about my routine at nighttime trying to balance having some down time while still getting things done. I work from 7:00am-4:30pm and then as soon as I’m finished I’m right on to mommy duty, so trying to wind down every evening is something I try hard to do.

  Once we get Cameron to bed, which is now anywhere between 7:30-8 I have a few options. Most of the time I end up picking up her toys and cleaning up her play room first since I found trying to do that while she is still awake is counter-productive.

  Once I finish picking that up it’s time to get a bit motivated and write a blog post or two. Some nights I’m successful and some nights it takes all my strength to stay awake enough to get myself to bed, so I just do play that by ear. I like to have blog posts stacked up for the times I’m not able to write when I need to.

  If I’m successful in writing some blog posts, then I allow myself to watch maybe a half hour of TV depending on what’s on. If I’m watching TV some times I’ll try to do a face mask just to calm my skin. It’s a crazy world out there so the face needs some TLC. Even if I don’t write blog posts and watch a little TV I may throw a mask on. It depends on how my face is looking because I am prone to a little acne so some nights I need a bit more than just a mask.

  I’ll admit that I’m bit of an early night person, because of getting up early, and not sleeping great I do find myself crawling into bed at 9pm. Does not mean I’m going to sleep (probably why I have sleep issues). Once I’m in bed I will maybe read some, watch a little YouTube (or a lot) and just try to relax myself enough to fall asleep. I tend to fall asleep about 10-10:30pm. Then it’s pretty much the same routine the next time.

  It’s pretty mundane, but I like the feeling of being able to decompress a little bit every evening so that I can recharge for the next day.

  Do you do anything special one the kiddos are in bed?

  Posted in Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged bedtime, night, nighttime, reading, routine, TV, writing

• *My* child approved Disney snacks

  Posted at 11:23 am by CS, on August 15, 2019

  So I titled this as *my* child approved Disney snacks because I know this list may not work for everyone, but these are the snacks that Cameron loves to eat when we go to Disney. Some are Disney bought snacks, some you find in the park at stores or at carts. Some are ones that we brought in because they are easy and we knew for sure she would enjoy. The best is that these aren’t specialty snacks and are sold all year round and are pretty much staples in Disney park world.

  First we will start with the snacks we’ve bought while at Disney:

  Mickey pretzel– the Mickey pretzel, who doesn’t love a pretzel, and who doesn’t love Mickey shaped foods? The answer to both is not us, well not Cameron. She munched down on some Mickey pretzels while we were at magic kingdom. We found them at a kiosk in Frontierland although I know they are served all over. And what’s great is that they come with cheese sauce. And Cameron and cheese go together like Mickey and Minnie.

  Mickey bar– once again, ice cream good, Mickey shape good, put together and it’s even better. We’ve had both the bars sold in the parks and even bought the ones you could get at your local store and they are both amazing. We got ours at Epcot, but once again you can find these basically everywhere.

  Pickles– now this is one I was a little iffy about, but Cameron loves pickles at home so we figured when we saw those massive dill pickles for like 2 bucks it couldn’t be beat. And we weren’t wrong. She made a mess, but boy did she chow down on it. We got this at a counter back in Fantasyland near the little mermaid ride. It’s probably one of my favorite photos from our first trip to Disney.

  Mickey shapes cheese snacks– these can be found in most shops around Disney I believe. I know probably the confectionary, emporium, other big type stores. We found them at Goofy’s candy Co at Disney springs. They are basically like goldfish but in Mickey shapes. She’s had these before in foodles we got at our local grocery store so I knew she would like them, and granted you don’t get a whole lot in the container, they are still yummy.

  Mickey shaped veggie chips- just like the cheese snacks, you can find these in most stores. They are just potato type chips made more from veggies and once again in Mickey shapes. We got these when we got the cheese snacks at Disney springs and they were a big hit.

  Mickey shaped Rice Krispie treat- this is my daughters new favorite. I swear she can finish a whole one if I don’t stop her. We’ve bought these in a few different locations so I believe they are sold just about everywhere.

  Now for snacks that we brought in our park bag:

  Pouches– we normally give Cameron Gerber pouches for snacks at home, they are so easy to pack, and so easy to carry around for her. They also come in so many flavors so it’s a no brainer when we need a quick and easy snack for her. Most of the time you can find them on promo at your local grocery store too.

  Animal crackers– she is her mother’s daughter and loves animal crackers. So we always try to make sure we keep some around for snacks, not only for Cameron but for me as well.

  Puffs-Gerber puffs, another quick and easy snack that come in multiple flavors. You can bring the container, or put them in a plastic baggie, or a snack bag or container and you’re on the move. So they are always a go to whenever we travel and not only to Disney.

  Are there any snacks your kids just love to have when at Disney? Any we should check out next time we go?

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