I am so proud of how far Dax has come in two weeks of swim lessons. He was quite fearful of the whole process and had to be pushed/dragged out of the lobby into the pool area the first day. He cried a lot the first day because he wanted his sucker DURING the lesson. His teacher was awesome with him and so patient - he must have responded to the sucker request 20 times that first day - "after class" "after" "after class" - and the teacher never appeared frustrated. The whole class the teacher is talking them through it & singing songs. At the end of class they get to hug Mr. Rudy until he screams - they think that is super fun. There were just 2 kids in his class. Dax would tell me how he likes his new friend and his teacher. He doesn't tell me much else, but can see him and ask questions about what he was doing. Dax quickly grew to like going and now LOVES the water. He is proud of himself too! He can float on his back, turn over and get to the side and hold his breath to get rings from the pool floor.
(The last day of class they let the parents come in and take photo/video. Before that, parents are behind a one way mirror in the lobby. I was trying to manage the camera, video, & Calleigh all at once - so excuse the videography:). The challenge was keeping Calleigh seated happily with me on the bench, away from my camera and recorder and all out of the pool- we made it:)
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