Lessons Learned

This may all sound like common sense, but sometimes we have to learn our lessons the hard way.

Lesson 1: Noelle, if given the opportunity, likes and will drink juice (Melanie doesn't and won't).
Lesson 2: If given juice, she will drink... and drink... a lot!

Lesson 3: Swim diapers are amazing, and will allow your child to play in the water without having accidents... really nice! (already knew this, but thought I'd restate the obvious as I had been thinking it while she was in the water.

Lesson 4: A dry baby doesn't necessarily mean a dry diaper... so putting street clothes over the bathing suite may still result in damp pants, especially while sitting... no biggie.

Remember that juice... remember that she drank a lot. Well... we went to a taco joint for dinner and the owner decided to offer her juice (which I was planning to turn down, but he was being so nice, I couldn't). And she drank it all... More and more juice, and then 2 glasses of water... all had to come out sometime, right?

So here we are, walking back to the car, and Brandon points out that there is water "squishing" out of Noelle's diaper and down her leg. I notice wet foot prints, and still don't put 2 and 2 together, thinking that it's just water. Pick her up, against my body, and realize she is really really really wet, DRENCHED! hmm... and smells funny.

Lesson 5: Swim diapers do not (I repeat DO NOT!) hold Niagara Falls in!

We got her home and she was just covered... everywhere... dripping... no gushing! I grabbed a towel to wrap her in and still had to wipe the floors. Needless to say, she got a pretty good shower tonight, and mom learned her lesson. Well, at least temporarily (I can easily see me doing something similar to this again if I'm not thinking).