A bunch of my family is coming down from out of state in May and we're all going to Disney for a week. Recently, my cousin suggested that we take one day and go to the parks without the kids so we can ride the grown-up rides (her mom and my mom offered to babysit). This sounds like a nice idea since DH and I haven't been able to do that since before I was pregnant with DS, and we also haven't had much adult time either (we went on one date while I was pregnant with DD and I was really stressed about taking the GTT in the morning, so I didn't even get to fully enjoy it).
My cousin has 2 DSs, one of whom is the same age as my DS, and the other will be about 21 months. DD will be almost 10 months on this trip. This will be their first time meeting DD, but I'm sure she'll have a blast playing with them....she loves anything her brother is doing, and plays with her other older cousins just fine as well. They also love their grandma and I know they will be well taken care of.
The only real snag I see with this is that she's BF and has never had a bottle....she's never needed to before since I haven't really been away from her to speak of (just a quick run to the grocery store during naptime and such). She has started solids, but only about an ounce a day, although I think she would eat more if I offered (I've just been trying to make sure that they don't replace BFing yet). Also, on days when she's in a new place and there's a lot going on, she has refused to nurse all day....it's not that she doesn't want to eat per se, it's just that she can't be bothered to stop looking around long enough. So it is entirely possible that she won't even be interested in eating and will just make up for it when we get back. I expect that we will be gone somewhere around 6 hours, and she might nap during that time (again, depending on how interested she is in everything going on).
Is it okay to leave some pumped milk and a bottle or sippy and have my mom try to give it to her? Or is it more trouble than it's worth to try that at this point? Should I just let her have more solids than normal if she wants them? Is this a bad idea for a few hours? I know she's not going to starve, but I don't want her to be miserable either. I would really like to go, but I won't if it is going to cause a problem for DD.
I should also mention that my family is pretty mainstream, so except for probably my mom, who's used to our parenting by now, they likely will not understand that DD may not take a bottle at this point. They also probably will think she should be on mostly solids at almost 10 months.
So they'll think I'm just being too clingy and don't want to leave her, and/or that BFing and delaying solids are this huge inconvenience (which they aren't, but they're only seeing this one instance). 
And not that I care what they think of me, but I do hate that the one time they're going to be seeing APing is the one time when I'll either have to miss out on something or risk upsetting DD, YK?
My cousin has 2 DSs, one of whom is the same age as my DS, and the other will be about 21 months. DD will be almost 10 months on this trip. This will be their first time meeting DD, but I'm sure she'll have a blast playing with them....she loves anything her brother is doing, and plays with her other older cousins just fine as well. They also love their grandma and I know they will be well taken care of.
The only real snag I see with this is that she's BF and has never had a bottle....she's never needed to before since I haven't really been away from her to speak of (just a quick run to the grocery store during naptime and such). She has started solids, but only about an ounce a day, although I think she would eat more if I offered (I've just been trying to make sure that they don't replace BFing yet). Also, on days when she's in a new place and there's a lot going on, she has refused to nurse all day....it's not that she doesn't want to eat per se, it's just that she can't be bothered to stop looking around long enough. So it is entirely possible that she won't even be interested in eating and will just make up for it when we get back. I expect that we will be gone somewhere around 6 hours, and she might nap during that time (again, depending on how interested she is in everything going on).
Is it okay to leave some pumped milk and a bottle or sippy and have my mom try to give it to her? Or is it more trouble than it's worth to try that at this point? Should I just let her have more solids than normal if she wants them? Is this a bad idea for a few hours? I know she's not going to starve, but I don't want her to be miserable either. I would really like to go, but I won't if it is going to cause a problem for DD.
I should also mention that my family is pretty mainstream, so except for probably my mom, who's used to our parenting by now, they likely will not understand that DD may not take a bottle at this point. They also probably will think she should be on mostly solids at almost 10 months.
So they'll think I'm just being too clingy and don't want to leave her, and/or that BFing and delaying solids are this huge inconvenience (which they aren't, but they're only seeing this one instance). And not that I care what they think of me, but I do hate that the one time they're going to be seeing APing is the one time when I'll either have to miss out on something or risk upsetting DD, YK? 
