Last week we started a baby swim course following the Little Starfish UK programme. I thought Bella may like the pool as she loves a bath but you never know until you get there. Anyway, last weeks lesson went really well and she loved moving through the water with her little frogs legs going. We did basic front hold and back hold and moved her through the water on both front and back. We also did lots of bouncing in the water and swishing from side to side so she could get the feel of the water moving around her.
Yesterday we went to the second lesson and she did her first underwater swim. She made no fuss whatsoever and when she came up just carried on like nothing had happened! She was completely unphased by it. I'm very proud of her. We also did a safe entry into the pool where you give the baby a cue to enter the water for her to learn that she can only enter a pool on a certain command. This is to encourage them when they are toddlers and around water not to get into it until they've been given "permission".
Next week she'll be doing two underwater swims and building it up to three the following week. I'm hoping she continues to enjoy it as it will be great in the summer time to take her out to our pool.
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