Swimming Class

Last nights swim lesson went well. She was excited as usual to go. She participated for a little bit with only a little fussing but no tantrums. Then part of the time I let her sit on the wall instead of participating to avoid a tantrum. She discovered she like to fly out of the water. My arms are tired but she got big laughs about flying in and out of the water. This also allowed us to participate a little more with the class. Then at one point she said "home". I asked if she was all done and said "all done". I tried one more activity and she was getting upset so we left class 15 minutes early, but at least this avoided a large tantrum. Overall the class went really well and Janna was happy.

Swim Class

Janna did a great job as swimming lessons last night. She was a really good girl. She kept her ear plugs in the whole time. The only bad thing was she was sitting on the wall ( her favorite thing) and I was holding her legs and turned around to listen to the teacher and the next thing I know she was crying. She had fallen over and hit her head on the tile, I blame the big hopper head. Within a few minutes she calmed down and was enjoying class again. I felt like a bad mommy have not been able to stop her from tipping over but I know that many more falls will come.

Janna is enjoying the swim lessons so I hope she will have a better time in the pool this summer.

Swimming Lessons

Janna had her first swimming lessons on Thursday night. When I sent in the registration I had this fear of her screaming the whole time and made sure to look up the refund policy. The night before I tried on her swimsuit and from her screaming I thought this isn't going to work.

We got to the pool and I figured my way out around the locker-room and to the pool. She let me put her big bird swimsuit on no problem. There was a crowd of parents and children by the pool. It was the first swimlesson of the session. Janna was fine and didn't get scaried by the big group. Once we separated into the group of parent/child class Janna kept say "in" . She wanted in the pool and piratically dragged me in. Once we were told to get in she was excited. The water was very cold and took awhile to to get use to. For a few minutes she was saying "out" . Most kids had chattering teeth until their little bodies adjusted.
We did the hokie pookie song and ring around the rosie. Each child got a duck or a ball to play with and reach for. Janna loved this part. There were times that she didn't want to do the back or belly exercises but overall she was good. Janna's favorite part was sitting on the edge of the pool (in a certain spot) and kicking and splashing then sliding into the water to me. She was so cute. It was cold out of the water but she just wanted to "sit" as she repeated numerous times.
When it was time to get out she threw the biggest fit ever. She didn't want to leave. In the locker-room trying to her and me dressed was like wrestling a bear. She tried running back to the pool numerous times. She was upset the whole way home until we got to our street. She calmed down once home. This was not the problem I though we would have. I wonder how next week will go. :)