A co-worker sent home some pull-ups that her daughter had
outgrown for Miss Alivia a few weeks ago.
Miss A wears big girl panties for the most part, but still partakes in a
pull up for nap and bed time. Our
current theme has been Dora the Explorer for some time, mainly because mommy
has deemed them to be absorbent enough to withstand an evening with that wondrous
thing known as the never ending toddler bladder. (How the hell can someone so small pee enough
to fill half dozen lakes is beyond me).
At any rate, the new pull-ups are Disney themed. Each one has the face of Minnie Mouse, Ariel
(The Little Mermaid) and Sully (from Monster’s Inc. – go figure that one out). Since I had just opened a new box of Dora, I
figured I would put these back until we had gone through the current run.
I suppose I should mention that Alivia had been going
through a Princess stage….if it had ANYTHING to do with Princesses, then she
was all about it. We had gone through
the basics, Cinderella, Belle, Aurora, and had recently become interested in
the newest princes, Sophia the First. I
should also mention that Davian had recently become enamored with the Mickey Mouse
Clubhouse so a Minnie Mouse attachment was on the rise as well. I had failed to notice just how much so….
The other evening, it was getting late, so I hurried the
kids into the bathtub, scrubbed them down and then set them loose while I went
to gather the requisite pj’s and pull ups.
Davian was quick to toss on his Diego pull up and Superman
pajama’s…complete with detachable cape.
After the required ‘you can’t get me’ chase, I managed to snag Alivia
and begin the pajama routine.
First thing she spotted was the Minnie Mouse on the pull
up.
“Minnie Mouse?” she squealed.
“Minnie Mouse” I replied.
There was a long discussion about Minnie Mouse on her pull
up between Alivia and Davian. I should
have taken note….
The kids fell asleep on the couches in the living room while
I was straightening things up and getting stuff ready for morning. Finally I carried Davian to his bed, and was
headed back for Alivia when the dogs decided they REALLY needed to go out one
last time. As I hooked up leashes, I
noticed that a tiny pair of eyes were peering at me from the couch.
“I’ll be right back – stay put” I told her as I took the
dogs into the front yard for a quick potty break. Back inside, I told Alivia to stay put again
while I put on my own pajamas. When I returned
she said she wanted to go potty. I went
and grabbed a new pull up, just in case, while she headed off to the
bathroom. Sure enough, Minnie was wet.
“No wanna take my Minnie off” she muttered when I moved to
remove the wet pull up.
“Minnie is wet honey.
Here’s a dry pull up” I said, foolishly thinking that this was a
reasonable request.
“No want pull up – want Minnie.” She set her little jaw in that ‘don’t mess
with me woman’ look.
“Look – it has a princess on it – it has Ariel” I tried to
reason with her.
Even half asleep, she refused to budge. “No want princess…want Minnie!”
As it was late, I decided to give in and went off to sort
through the pull ups, locating another Minnie.
After inspecting it carefully, she agreed to the new pull up. Pajama
bottoms were put on, Ninnie the blanket was procured, and we settled back in on
the couch again.
Normally she will go right back to sleep but as luck would
have it the hubby came home 15 minutes later.
This prompted an ‘it must be time to get up’ mode of action. After some convincing, we hauled her off to
our bed to see if she would fall asleep.
Nope….after some scrunching around, she announced she had to go potty
again. By now Minnie was wet again.
This time I managed to sneak the Ariel pull up on her, as
the bathroom was dark and she didn’t have time to inspect the new pull up. Still awake, I left her to the hubby’s tender
care while I crawled back to bed.
Morning came. Davian
wandered out and we began the morning ritual of ‘get out of your jammies, go
potty, let’s get dressed, etc.’ routine.
While I was finishing up getting ready myself, Alivia wandered out and
announced she was wet…
I stripped her down and presented the day’s outfit for
inspection. Note – I very carefully made
sure that her big girl panties had Minnie Mouse on them. Note – I very carefully made sure that she
did not get a chance to see that the pull up did NOT have Minnie Mouse on them.
“Let’s get dressed” I chirped.
Frown.
“Want Minnie Mouse.”
“Look” cried an over cheerful mommy. “Minnie Mouse is on your panties!”
Frown.
“No want panties.
Want Minnie Mouse.”
“But Minnie is on your panties.” Tried an overly cheerful
daddy.
Frown.
In the end she wore yet another Minnie Mouse pull up.
At work I reported that the pull ups had caused issues. I then explained what had happened.
“You will have to get her some Minnie Mouse panties” my
co-worker said.
“Uh - she has Minnie Mouse undies. I tried for 15 min to get
her to put them on.” I explained.
I then went on to list exactly what she HAD in the way of
Minnie Mouse….Minnie undies, Minnie tennies, Minnie t shirt - Minnie pajamas…a
large stuffed Minnie, a small stuffed Minnie, Minnie books, and a Minnie dvd…not
to mention a Minnie beach towel (with her name on it) and a couple Minnie cups…oh
and some Minnie flip flops.
Gee….I guess I should have probably noticed the Minnie Mouse
obsession that was building. Of course
now that I am aware of it, she will probably switch to something else….like
Mythbusters…
(Note - there is a pair of Minnie Mouse panties on the floor next to her)
