Swim Lessons

Since Kylah was born, she has loved water whether it was the ocean or pool, she always loved going in.We were very scared that my little darling had no fear of the water unless it was extremely cold, which at the beach, is a good thing if we go in March. Then we went to a friend's house and she had a bad experience. While walking around the spa, Kylah somehow made it to the center of the spa where she could not touch the ground. As I was sitting on the edge of the spa, I noticed Kylah was struggling to breathe. I jumped in, with my clothes and boots, to rescue her. The image seems so fresh in mind. Thank goodness she was okay! So when swim lesson came around, I was a little apprehensive about Kylah enjoying her time. At first, she was a little freaked out and did not want to go in. She screamed and kept saying "NO!" The next day, Nana put her in the water and walked away. It took a while for her to finally calm down and trust in Miss T. The last day of swim lessons, Kylah even jumped off the diving board to Miss T. I was so proud of my little girl!

Austin on the other hand wasn't quite as into the swim lessons even on the 6th day. I would have to admit, it was very cold on day 5th and 6th, but on day 7 he should have been comfortable. Not exactly, he was not willing to do anything we had worked on prior to those days. All he wanted to do was cry and tried to climb on me. I couldn't bear to see him so unhappy so I took him out after 20 min. and I didn't even make him go in on the last day! Instead, was hugging on nana and walking around stubbing his little toe (yes, my bubba stubbed his toe and started to bleed, he probably wished he was in the pool after that). We will definitely try next year when he is a little older and hopefully more used to the water.