Our Little Tadpole

I had the opportunity yesterday to go with Melissa to Violet's swim lessons. I was surprised at the teachers. Melissa thinks they are on the swim team from the high school which makes them about 16 years old. What they know about teaching babies to swim is beyond me. Violet was one of the younger students with the oldest being around 2 years old. Parents and babies are confined to a very small area of the pool.

Violet didn't have a very long afternoon nap so she wasn't as excited about swim lessons today as she has been. She seemed more interested in eating the duck instead of swimming. I must have taken 50 pictures just to get one where Violet was close to looking at me. Violet loves the water but it seems more of a workout for Melissa instead of swim lessons for Violet. Skills include getting wet, kicking, front float, back float and leg action. Instructors encourage parents to submerge their babies at least once. After much coaxing Melissa finally immersed Violet in the pool. Just before her head goes in the water you blow in her face then push her back, down and up. That way water flows over the back of her head and not up her nose. By the time it's over the only tears are the ones coming from the mothers.