Swimming with Daddy

Since I had Stamp Camp scheduled for today, Eddie got to join Samantha in the pool for her swim lesson!  It was so fun to watch the two of them!  What's kind of interesting is that I noticed halfway through the lesson that all of the babies were in the pool with Daddy that day - all the moms were on he sidelines with cameras!  Funny also to note that among the 6 babies, 5 were girls!

This was Eddie's first time with Samantha in the pool.  We'd been in our swim spa as a family before, but this was a first for Eddie in lessons with Samantha.  They both did really well!  Samantha was still a bit hesitant when it came to being on her back, but when she is upright or on her tummy, she is getting really good at scooping the water and kicking!!

Swimming Lessons

Samantha started swimming lessons at the YMCA this morning.  She was the youngest of the group, but so active!  She had a great time.  The class started with trying to help the babies feel comfortable reaching on their tummies, to simulate the swimming motion.  Samantha and I would throw a toy and she'd have to reach forward after it.

Practicing reaching forward

Then we worked on getting her comfortable floating on her back.  She resisted at first, but then loosened up a bit as she started to get more comfortable with the position. 

Learning to float on her back

Lastly, the goal was to try to get her to not be afraid of the water so I sat her up on the side of the pool and had her fall forward into my arms in the water. 

Jumping to mom!

She is doing so well!!  The other bonus is that Ed is allowed to come watch the swim lessons so it's a fun family activity.  We're so proud of our little swimmer!

Just swimming!

Loving swim time!