A few months ago, it was brought up to our attention the importance of the girls learning to swim at an early age.
Specially since we do live in Florida, and pool's and beach access are right there for us.
And the girls....simply love playing in the water...they are water babies.
We found out about this great course on water safety for babies as young as 6 months.
They teach them to float, and turn from their belly to back to float, and to turn around to grab on to a wall.
The course, it's an intense 6 weeks, only 10 minutes per day. And some what stressful as not all babies manage to relax, and cry the entire 6 weeks....poor coaches....yes....just look at the look on Jamie's face after having both girls crying for the 6 weeks. They did relax on the last 2 days...Lol !
They learn to float in summer clothe and winter clothe, teaching them what to do in the case that they fell in the water in summer or winter.
On the last day of class, parent's get to go in the water, and do all the exercises with the babies.
And it's a lot harder than it looks...as you see your little baby floating, you just want to hold them....
Both Erwing and I had a hard time with letting them float on their own. We were both so proud to see them do it without our assistance.
We are happy to share that girls have now graduated, and we are so happy to have sign them up for such a great class....
We will still keep a very close eye on the girls, at all times when around pools, beach and bathtubs.
We believe in safety first, and we highly recommend this class to everyone.
We did the same'ish thing with our girls, We signed up with Infant Aquatics. Starting them young is so much better than when they were older. My girls are 16 months apart and we put them in lessons at the same time. My younger daughter is a much better swimmer. Isn't is such a marvelous feeling knowing that your kids have mastered such an essential skill? Nice job!!!
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