Swimming Lessons

Today we had your first swimming lesson. You love the water at bath and shower time, while Daddy was away on a course for work I bathed you in the laundry tub and may as well have had a bath with you. You had so much fun splashing about, water was flying everywhere! So today you got to have fun in what was just like a giant bath nice and warm we sat on the step and got used to kicking in the water then we moved into the pool for half an hour of singing and moving in the pool. You floated on your back, bounced through the water, sat on the step, motored through the water on your tummy and learnt some water safety. Using a floating mat we sang 'Fishes in the water,' with you lying on your tummy on the mat then we turned you round to sit on the mat and sang 'Ring a Ring  Rosey,' the idea being that if you fall into water that you will reach for something to float on like the mat. You took to the water well already being confident in it from bath and shower time. I can't wait to see how you go with putting your head under eventually. At the end of the lesson you just wanted to get back in, I had you on the change table and you were turning on your side strainning to see who was in the pool and what they were up to now.