When we started swim lessons the end of April, Rebekah loved to swim but hated to get her face wet. The water scared her and she didn't want to get in without a floaty on. I took her to these classes hoping that her love of swimming would win out in the end.
The first few lessons were horrid. She would cry and didn't even want to sit on the bench in the water with the other kids. The teacher suggested I do open swim with her to loosen her up. So I did. Monday through Thursday for an hour. It helped and little by little she got more comfortable. (Let me pause here to remind you that I have no love for public pools. What we do for our kids, eh?) Eventually we took of the floaty and I helped her from island to edge. Soon she could get around with the barbell floaty or the turtle floaty.
Months went by and she was doing very well. Unless someone else started crying. (My little girl is a very sensitive person.) She, however, would not put her face in or go under for anything.
I talked to other parents and found out what worked for them. Nothing seemed to help. Then one day she did it. And it was beautiful. I think she saw an older student going under and she decided it looked fun or something. Either way she did it.
The deck manager saw her doing it and rewarded her with fruit roll ups - one for each eye that went under.
The next lesson she had she graduated from Junior 1.
Rebekah was worried about having a new teacher but she seemed to do just fine.
So proud of my little girl!
1 comment:
So awesome. Nice work, Rebe!
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