We had Livy do swim lessons this summer. Not just any swimming lessons, though. There is this lady who teaches swim lessons in her backyard and takes babies as young as 3 months old. It is pretty hardcore. One might even say it has been borderline water boarding. Her first couple days were ROUGH. She screamed a lot.
It was hard for me so I would just leave. Matt doesn't find that as hard to watch - he finds it more funny... He did tell me that every time she would go under she would come up and scream, "I need to barf!" Then she'd go under again and come up and scream, "I hate this!" Then she'd go under again and come up and scream, "I want my dad!" That part was kind of funny.
But after a couple days she was floating on her own! It was amazing. She has become quite the little swimmer and has SO MUCH more confidence. And it's relieving to me to know that if she were to ever fall in a pool she would immediately flip to her back and swim to the side. It's so cute to see her succeed! These lessons are great for self-esteem boosters. Although, Liv has no problem with self-esteem - she knows how awesome she is and will tell you so herself :)
With Brinley - her favorite instructor. Brinley has been so awesome with Livy - firm with her when she needs to be but so gentle and fun!
Dives:
She became an awesome little swimmer by the end of it! She always had to have her pink board once she started doing big kid lessons. She can do the back stroke, front crawl, blow bubbles, float on her back - she's amazing!!!
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