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Today we learned a valuable lesson. We learned what we consider Walt Disney World Swimming Lesson Number 1. But I get ahead of myself.
We wanted to have a down day to let us and Brittany rest. We had PS reservations at Chef Mickey this night, so wanted to take it easy then run over to our character dinner with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Chip and Dale. We slept in late and when we went outside Brittany said she wanted to go down to the beach. I knew she couldn't 'swim' in the water but a little playing wouldn't hurt anything. So we go down to the beach and play around for a while.
Brittany and I transferred water and sand from one place to another for a reason not apparent to me but perfectly obvious to a 3 1/2 year old. Mommy, as usual, laid out on the lounges. We hung around that area for a while, then moved over to the 'big' pool. It wasn't terribly crowded and I spent a good deal of time convincing Brittany she could stand on the bottom of the pool. Since it was 3 feet deep at one end, she was able to stand up, walk around and generally enjoy herself without being surgically attached to us. We had worked on standing up in the Villas pool a couple nights ago and I thought it was a natural step. We had a good time, but then....
Brittany had to go potty and Daddy got chosen to take her there. Once inside, she proceeded to pitch a fit and scream about it hurting to go and she was having a hard time. We worked on it a while, me thinking it was a case of constipation - which we've dealt with before. After about 20 mins of screaming and crying, I started to wonder if it wasn't constipation or something else. She couldn't go number one and said it hurt when she tried to go. She could only dribble a little at a time. Thinking I might be above my head in possible female problems I spent about 10 mins convincing her to put her suit on and find mommy. We found mommy, I explained the problem and mommy took her to the bathroom while I sat outside listening to her cry some more.
A while later we went to the room, thinking she might have potty problems and I started researching where we could take her to see a Dr. We called Ask a Nurse (we got the number from the front desk) and they thought it might be a yeast infection. We put that with the fact the past 2 or 3 weeks, she's been grabbing at her privates after going potty saying sometimes it itches and thought the nurse may be right. Brittany was scared to death of seeing anyone but Dr Rohloff here at home. We had her lay down while we got ready to take her to a clinic or Dr. She then said she could go potty and it wouldn't be a problem. At that point she got outta bed, and proceeded to surprise us by going potty without a problem. huh?
We decided to let it go unless she had more problems, and packed up to drive over to the Contemporary for our Chef Mickey dinner. (duh, why didn't we just take the boat launch? we dunno either) Dinner was awesome, and the food was above par. We had a great time with the napkin waving, and Minnie was very animated. We got everyone's signatures, and made cupcakes with Goofy. During dinner we went potty with no problems at all so who knows what happened. I took a picture of a group of cast members at the other restaurant on the level as the girl holding my daughter's Bambi thought it was a reindeer. duh.
Oh, did I forgot the Disney Lesson? You'll have to read on to other days to find out what we learned.
Pictures - Day 8
We wanted to have a down day to let us and Brittany rest. We had PS reservations at Chef Mickey this night, so wanted to take it easy then run over to our character dinner with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Chip and Dale. We slept in late and when we went outside Brittany said she wanted to go down to the beach. I knew she couldn't 'swim' in the water but a little playing wouldn't hurt anything. So we go down to the beach and play around for a while.
Brittany and I transferred water and sand from one place to another for a reason not apparent to me but perfectly obvious to a 3 1/2 year old. Mommy, as usual, laid out on the lounges. We hung around that area for a while, then moved over to the 'big' pool. It wasn't terribly crowded and I spent a good deal of time convincing Brittany she could stand on the bottom of the pool. Since it was 3 feet deep at one end, she was able to stand up, walk around and generally enjoy herself without being surgically attached to us. We had worked on standing up in the Villas pool a couple nights ago and I thought it was a natural step. We had a good time, but then....
Brittany had to go potty and Daddy got chosen to take her there. Once inside, she proceeded to pitch a fit and scream about it hurting to go and she was having a hard time. We worked on it a while, me thinking it was a case of constipation - which we've dealt with before. After about 20 mins of screaming and crying, I started to wonder if it wasn't constipation or something else. She couldn't go number one and said it hurt when she tried to go. She could only dribble a little at a time. Thinking I might be above my head in possible female problems I spent about 10 mins convincing her to put her suit on and find mommy. We found mommy, I explained the problem and mommy took her to the bathroom while I sat outside listening to her cry some more.
A while later we went to the room, thinking she might have potty problems and I started researching where we could take her to see a Dr. We called Ask a Nurse (we got the number from the front desk) and they thought it might be a yeast infection. We put that with the fact the past 2 or 3 weeks, she's been grabbing at her privates after going potty saying sometimes it itches and thought the nurse may be right. Brittany was scared to death of seeing anyone but Dr Rohloff here at home. We had her lay down while we got ready to take her to a clinic or Dr. She then said she could go potty and it wouldn't be a problem. At that point she got outta bed, and proceeded to surprise us by going potty without a problem. huh?
We decided to let it go unless she had more problems, and packed up to drive over to the Contemporary for our Chef Mickey dinner. (duh, why didn't we just take the boat launch? we dunno either) Dinner was awesome, and the food was above par. We had a great time with the napkin waving, and Minnie was very animated. We got everyone's signatures, and made cupcakes with Goofy. During dinner we went potty with no problems at all so who knows what happened. I took a picture of a group of cast members at the other restaurant on the level as the girl holding my daughter's Bambi thought it was a reindeer. duh.
Oh, did I forgot the Disney Lesson? You'll have to read on to other days to find out what we learned.
Pictures - Day 8
