Swim Lessons

We started Austin in swim lessons the end of February. It started out as the 2 of us doing to a parent-tot class together, to get him used to the water, but mostly to get us out of the house. On his third lesson, he started freaking out. We spent the entire 25 minute class time on the first step of the pool, where the water came up to his ankles.

So, I decided that rather than pull him out of the lessons, and try again later it was better to keep going and get him over this crazy fear of water. We switched him into private lessons, and started with 2 lessons a week just to get him used to it.

He is doing better. He has had 6 private lessons, and he only cries for part of each lesson now! So, hopefully he will keep getting better, and will learn to love this!

The program we have him in teaches water survival skills. It is really amazing watching some of the other kids that are there. There are kids his age, and maybe younger, that are swimming. So, when I can get a good picture I will post it. Hopefully, he will have some impressive water skills to show off soon! But for now, I am just happy that he isn't SCREAMING through the entire lesson anymore!