Swimming Lessons 102 - Session Two

Carly spent time in our neighborhood swimming pool on Saturday and Sunday, so I was very eager to see how she would do with today's lesson. Thankfully, she did quite well. The water was cool when we first got in, and unfortunately she was not able to get in as slowly and gradually as she did over the weekend. The kids were in their life vests for the first half of the lesson trying to get comfortable with them. During this time Carly slowly loosened her grip of me, and by the end of our life vest time was floating on her back without holding onto my fingers. (Even though we will not be using the vest next week, I do hope to get Carly in our neighborhood pool with her vest on.) In this week's lesson she also worked on her kicking, splashing, and reaching. She was not interested in blowing bubbles. We also spent a few minutes letting the kids "jump" off the edge, Carly REALLY enjoyed this. She was even willing to go underwater after every third "jump" from the wall.