This month we have enrolled Brandon in swim lessons at the YMCA. He is a "Pike", as he is a beginner swimmer and is surrounded by fearless girls his own age. My poor little guy is quite fearful of the pool and has yet to participate with the other kids, not even getting into the water with the instructor!
He will humor us and play in the water at the zero-depth pool, which means he'll venture in up to his knees, if we are lucky. But it is all on his terms, the one time I brought him all the way into the pool, he clung to me like a leach! I know he would love to be in the water if he would just give it a chance, but I have a VERY strong-willed child, so who knows how these lessons will pan out!
Hopefully as the lessons progress, or as we spend more time playing in the kiddy pool, he will find confidence and learn to love playing in the water.
Now, Mason on the other hand, loves the water. He needs a little convincing at first but then he takes right to it! Hopefully this early introduction to the pool for Mason will mean we won't have these issues when it's time for time to have swim lessons...maybe next summer???
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