I had to go to a Medicare Conference today for work over by the airport. Registration was at 7:30 so I had to leave a earlier than usual. We forced ourselves to get out of bed, 15 minutes later than we had originally planned, and I started getting ready, I probably should have allotted a little more time to get ready because I left Scott to fend for himself in getting the kids ready. Before I left Beckett stripped down to nothing, put his basketball potty seat on the potty, climbed on to the side of the tub, did a balancing act on the ledge of the toilet seat, strategically placed himself properly on the seat and WENT POOP!!!! He was so proud of himself, and immediately proclaimed that he wanted to wear undies. Good news, RIGHT? Well, almost, you see the "undies" that he wanted to wear was actually a spiderman swim diaper. No problem, right? In order to answer that we have to discuss swim diapers.
Have you ever wondered what their purpose is and why they don't bulge like a normal diaper. Last Sunday, while attending my niece's joint birthday "swim" party, I found the answer to both of these questions. We got out of the pool and went up to eat pizza and Ice Cream Cake (one of my favorite things in the world). I was holding Monroe and then all of a sudden my shirt was wet, I didn't realized that Monroe was still wet...that is probably due mostly to the fact that only moments before realizing that Monroe was wet, she wasn't. That's right she peed on me. YAY for all the joys of Motherhood!!!!! About 10 minutes later Beckett must have had to use the restroom, because there he stood, with that look of relief as he peed in his "diaper" and it went all over the floor, subsequently, there I was, cleaning up more bodily fluids because apparently I have still not met my lifetime quota (I know, slightly unbelievable, right???) So there are the answers!!! The reason that swim diaper don't bulge in the water is because they are not absorbent (AT ALL), their only purpose, as far as I can tell is to provide a barrier between a child and water, in the event that something other than liquid is discharged from said child. --Back to this morning-- Like I said Beckett insisted on wearing his spiderman swim "diaper". I knew it could only end in...well, you know. As I left I asked Scott to try and convince Beck to put on an actual diaper.
I went to go pick up Beckett and Monroe from Klixi's, one of my absolute most favorite times of the day. When I got there Beckett was wearing a diaper and a shirt. Right then I knew that Scott had been UNSUCCESSFUL. I chuckled. We may be in trouble if he remains so obstinant. Then I picked up Monroe to put her in her carseat and she was so genuinely HAPPY she started patting me on the back and then she grabbed my little face in between her little hands and goobered my face, with a giant open mouth kiss. It is utterly amazing to me how something as simple as wanting to wear undies or a pat on the back can melt a heart so completely?
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Seuss
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We had similar swim diaper experience on a cruise. We had put EZ in one on the beach, but he didn't go in the water and I didnt think to change him back into a diaper. So we went back on the ship for lunch and he ended up peeing all over the high chair. opps
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