In The Swim of Things
Darcy is in her third week of swimming lessons that have her unaccompanied in the pool. She loves it!
Not surprisingly she has regressed a bit from where she was in the lessons she was doing with Nick. She would jump comfortably off the side of the pool to him but she's nervous of jumping to her instructor now. She had put her face in the pool a few times with Nick there but now she's hesitant. It will come.
Up to this point all of their time in the water has involved pool noodles or life jackets. Yesterday, however, they started to do a tiny bit of swimming without any sort of flotation device. They were standing on a table about a metre from the side of the pool. Then they had to get from the table to the side on their own, once on their front and once on their back. She was a bit nervous again but did a great job! They are also doing floats now without assistance. Morgan will help them get into position then he lets go and counts to see how long they can hold themselves up before he needs to lift them again. Darcy got a 7 count on her back float and 4 on her front float (she wouldn't put her face in the water).
She's really doing well and is having a great time. Wesley and I like going to watch her, except that Wesley gets really warm in the pool area. I just dress him in a t-shirt and light pants on swimming days but by the time we leave his face is all red and he's really warm. Maybe just a t-shirt next week.
Not surprisingly she has regressed a bit from where she was in the lessons she was doing with Nick. She would jump comfortably off the side of the pool to him but she's nervous of jumping to her instructor now. She had put her face in the pool a few times with Nick there but now she's hesitant. It will come.
Up to this point all of their time in the water has involved pool noodles or life jackets. Yesterday, however, they started to do a tiny bit of swimming without any sort of flotation device. They were standing on a table about a metre from the side of the pool. Then they had to get from the table to the side on their own, once on their front and once on their back. She was a bit nervous again but did a great job! They are also doing floats now without assistance. Morgan will help them get into position then he lets go and counts to see how long they can hold themselves up before he needs to lift them again. Darcy got a 7 count on her back float and 4 on her front float (she wouldn't put her face in the water).
She's really doing well and is having a great time. Wesley and I like going to watch her, except that Wesley gets really warm in the pool area. I just dress him in a t-shirt and light pants on swimming days but by the time we leave his face is all red and he's really warm. Maybe just a t-shirt next week.
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