VandVsmama
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I've been on both sides of the argument!
During our last DL visit, I was "that mom" snapping at her kids. It was our 1st day in the parks and we got there for EMH rope drop. We only had to wait 15 minutes at the turnstiles before they let us into the park, but for my kids, it was an eternity. Every 5 seconds, they kept asking, "Is it time now? Is it time? How about now? When are they going to open? It's taking forever." Imagine listening to it for 15 minutes nonstop and I snapped at my kids & told them, "Listen, you need to both calm down. It's only a couple more minutes and they will open when they are supposed to open. Not beforehand. My answer will be the same one minute from now if you ask me again. Now you need to calm down or we'll sit out here and wait while you have a time out once the gates open."
Meanwhile, while I'm lecturing my kids in the line, people are walking past us to get to other turnstile lines and giving me dirty looks. Oh, it was so much fun (not!).
During that same trip, we got FP to go on Star Tours. My kids have both seen Star Wars a couple of times by the time our DL trip occurred. ODD was 6 at the time. And for whatever reason, the Star Tours queue freaked her out. To the point where she was shaking with fear and crying. She was petrified. At first, I was really frustrated and tried to calm her down, but it wasn't working. I didn't want to torture her or everyone else at Star Tours while she had the 6 yr old version of a panic attack in the queue. So she and I left. My 4 yr old was fearless. Couldn't wait to go on it. I took ODD out of line and we did something quieter and more her speed while DH & YDD went on it. DH got a child swap pass, so YDD & I then went on it together. It turned out ok in the end because this way, both DH & I each got to have alone time with each child. So there was a silver lining to the cloud.
Also during that same DL trip, I'd made reservations at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for both of my kids to get makeovers. ODD loved it. Was grinning ear to ear. YDD hated it. She kept it together while they did her hair, but they pulled on her hair really tight and it hurt her a lot and once they put the sparkly hairspray all over her hair, some got in her mouth because her mouth was open. Once the makeover was done and I paid the insane amount like $50-$60 for it, we left the boutique and she totally broke down outside the door to the salon.
And insisted that I take all of the fancy hair stuff out and remove her makeup that I'd just spent all that money on. She didn't even want to wear the princess dress. I mean, it was a total melt down and this was on our 1st day at DL and only after we'd been there a couple of hours!
So off to the bathroom she and I went. DH took ODD over to Princess Fantasy Faire and she had a great time meeting Aurora (her favorite) and 2 other princesses while I did my best to undo the fancy hair do in the ladies restroom. And we had a quiet moment on a bench while YDD cried her eyes out some more and told me how horrible they were in BBB and "Mommy, don't ever make me go back there ever again!"
2 years later and she still talks about it occasionally. When we started planning this trip, her first thing was "Mommy, we aren't going to go to the hair place where they spray glitter in your hair, are we? Because I DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT!"
Prior to having kids, I used to be "that tourist" who would spout stuff to my friends about "people don't control their kids these days" and other such nonsense. Oh how clueless and judgemental I was! I really was an idiot back then. LOL!
During our last DL visit, I was "that mom" snapping at her kids. It was our 1st day in the parks and we got there for EMH rope drop. We only had to wait 15 minutes at the turnstiles before they let us into the park, but for my kids, it was an eternity. Every 5 seconds, they kept asking, "Is it time now? Is it time? How about now? When are they going to open? It's taking forever." Imagine listening to it for 15 minutes nonstop and I snapped at my kids & told them, "Listen, you need to both calm down. It's only a couple more minutes and they will open when they are supposed to open. Not beforehand. My answer will be the same one minute from now if you ask me again. Now you need to calm down or we'll sit out here and wait while you have a time out once the gates open."
Meanwhile, while I'm lecturing my kids in the line, people are walking past us to get to other turnstile lines and giving me dirty looks. Oh, it was so much fun (not!).
During that same trip, we got FP to go on Star Tours. My kids have both seen Star Wars a couple of times by the time our DL trip occurred. ODD was 6 at the time. And for whatever reason, the Star Tours queue freaked her out. To the point where she was shaking with fear and crying. She was petrified. At first, I was really frustrated and tried to calm her down, but it wasn't working. I didn't want to torture her or everyone else at Star Tours while she had the 6 yr old version of a panic attack in the queue. So she and I left. My 4 yr old was fearless. Couldn't wait to go on it. I took ODD out of line and we did something quieter and more her speed while DH & YDD went on it. DH got a child swap pass, so YDD & I then went on it together. It turned out ok in the end because this way, both DH & I each got to have alone time with each child. So there was a silver lining to the cloud.
Also during that same DL trip, I'd made reservations at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for both of my kids to get makeovers. ODD loved it. Was grinning ear to ear. YDD hated it. She kept it together while they did her hair, but they pulled on her hair really tight and it hurt her a lot and once they put the sparkly hairspray all over her hair, some got in her mouth because her mouth was open. Once the makeover was done and I paid the insane amount like $50-$60 for it, we left the boutique and she totally broke down outside the door to the salon.
And insisted that I take all of the fancy hair stuff out and remove her makeup that I'd just spent all that money on. She didn't even want to wear the princess dress. I mean, it was a total melt down and this was on our 1st day at DL and only after we'd been there a couple of hours!
So off to the bathroom she and I went. DH took ODD over to Princess Fantasy Faire and she had a great time meeting Aurora (her favorite) and 2 other princesses while I did my best to undo the fancy hair do in the ladies restroom. And we had a quiet moment on a bench while YDD cried her eyes out some more and told me how horrible they were in BBB and "Mommy, don't ever make me go back there ever again!"
2 years later and she still talks about it occasionally. When we started planning this trip, her first thing was "Mommy, we aren't going to go to the hair place where they spray glitter in your hair, are we? Because I DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT!"
Prior to having kids, I used to be "that tourist" who would spout stuff to my friends about "people don't control their kids these days" and other such nonsense. Oh how clueless and judgemental I was! I really was an idiot back then. LOL!