Will had his first swimming lesson on the 17th. They are only 30 minute lessons and it is every Monday for as long as he is in the program. I get in the water with him and the instructor goes through a series of exercises to teach the kids basic swimming topics. The first thing we did was monkey walk. The kids put their hands on the side of the pool and move along the side holding on while the parent holds on to the child. Will hated this part because he thought we were getting out of the pool. It was actually really funny because he kept pushing away from the side with his feet. We then worked on floating on the back. He also hated this part too, which I am not sure why, but the instructor says that a lot of kids do not like floating. The next thing we worked on was rolling from the floating position. He did really well with this but still was getting fussy and I honestly think it was because he is used to going in the pool and just playing. He has never had any type of lesson about swimming. After that we worked on kicking and he did really well with that too. Next was paddling and he nailed that! He even kicked while paddling. He loved that part. But his most favorite part was getting out and coming back in. The parent stays in the water and the child learns the right way to get out and come back in while mommy or daddy is in the water. Every time he got out he started shivering because he was cold but then started laughing immediately because his favorite part was not jumping in the pool to me but sitting down at the edge of the pool and reach out to me to get in. He just loved that sooo much! I am glad he isn't just quick to jump into the water to me, I am happy he is taking his time to sit down and feel comfortable enough to reach out and come to me when he is ready. He had never been under water before either...until his first lesson. He did a quick dunk and came up surprised and scared at the same time. He did not cry but every time we got low in the water he thought he was going under again and he would grip me with his hands. arms and legs. So we blew bubbles in the water instead of going under. All in all he loved the lesson and I am eager to watch him learn the basics of swimming and the importance of only going in the water with mommy or daddy.
He is now wearing 24 months to 2T. Growing like a weed! He also had his 15 month check up at 16 months, since our doctor was on vacation. He is weighing in at just under 25 lbs (68 percentile), height is 33 inches (88 percentile) and head is 19 1/4 inches (91 percentile). Still a very very good sized toddler and getting more grown up by the minute! I had Valentines Day off this year so Will and I went out for breakfast and had a little mommy son date. He got a new book and some wooden blocks for Valentines day. He also devoured a Valentines day cupcake...frosting everywhere. I took a couple of valentine's day pictures this year with a friend of mine's daughter. They are the same age and they turned out pretty cute.
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