Swim Lessons

Parker did 2 weeks of swim lessons that started back on June 18th. There are no pictures to show all the drama that we encountered but take my work when I say 'drama'!! The lessons were private and you dropped your child off at their lesson time and did not linger. You were allowed back for the last 5 minutes to observe what they learned. The lessons were only 30 min long. Day one included 30 minutes of screaming "mommy". Although he loves that water and is very comfortable around it, he is not comfortable in new places with new people. Day two he only cried for 15 min and day three 5 min. Each day we rewarded with candy for doing good and I also sent him with a mouth full a couple times to keep him from crying! After day three, he only fussed for a second but then they said he did great. He would frequently say and still says 'no swimming' because he doesn't want to go back but I think it was a good experience overall. We will definitely be going back again. He learned how to hold his breathe under water and swim to the side to pull him self up, lay on his back and do 'monkey, airplane, soldier'. This is a survival skill in case he were ever in the middle of the pool and cant get to the side. Although we still need to continue to practice these skills, I am very comfortable with him in the water without floaties as long as an adult is also there in the water supervising. He has come a long way since we began swimming this summer. Maybe next summer we will get pictures at swim lessons and have a lot less screaming and crying!!