Swim Lessons

I rarely talk about the kids swim lessons, and I think I only have one other video of Bailey at swim and no pictures of Raif. Swim lessons have been tough for us, at least with Raif. Bailey has been making tons of progress, she is now at the point where she can swim on her own, but is still lacking confidence. Raif, in a year of swim lessons, has made little progress. He battles each week with his instructor, and has such a hard time calming down.

It gets frustrating watching other children progress, while your child struggles each and every week. We are such huge water people, constantly out on our boat or hanging out at the bay. It's just one of those things. Nothing you can do about it, your kids are going to get it when they get it. Colby was the same way when he was a child, his mother said he hated the water, and now look at him! If he could take a pill to grow gills I think he would.

This week at swim lessons Bailey made me proud. She went on the slide, twice! She will do almost anything once, but to ask to do it again was pretty huge. Raif calmed down for about 2 minutes, which was huge for him. We're getting there, slowly, but we're doing it! If you have these same issues, know you're not alone. Kids grow at their own pace, figure things out when they're good and ready. All that you can do it give them the opportunity to grow, learn and experience. The rest is up to them. Probably one of the hardest things parents have to accept.

Swimming on her back
He looks pretty calm, right?

Not kicking his feet, huge for him!