trips up north plans for fall vacations to disney world. birthdays barbques swimming and hanging out at the beach.
this year my kids were able to take survial swim lessons with a close friend of the family.
going into it i thought i knew what to expect because my son had taken the same lessons last year while i was pregnant with my daughter.
But this year it was different, I not only had two kids in swim lessons that ment two tuition fees and basically twice the time to spend getting to and from the pool and not to mention time in the water.
the type of lessons they are taking are intense its not all "blow bubbles and kick" its more the type of lesson where they are learning to save thier own life if they were to fall into a pool alone.
here is my son swimming to the edge of the pool solo.
first the instructor teaches the kids to float on thier back and breath. the second part of the lessons is teaching the kids to roll over and swim then back over when they get tired so that they dont get overly exhausted.
my oldest did really well with the whole program where as my daughter who is younger only mastered the floating part for the time being.
in hind sight i am really happy we stuck with it for the long 7 weeks that we did. as much hastle and effort it took for me alone to get them to and from and change them (and dont even mention when the poop in the pool and how badly i felt) it was all really really worth it because i have confidence that if my children were ever in an emergent situation that they would be able to float and scream thier brains out until someone saved them.
for more information on this type of swim lessons or to find an instructor in you area you can visit http://www.infantaquatics.com/
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