Swimming Is Hard...

Over the summer Sydney went from loving water to being afraid of it. So we decided that maybe signing her up for fall swimming lessons might be a good idea. It would help her in so many ways. She would learn to listen to someone other than us, play with other kids her age, AND LEARN TO SWIM...

Well now have three swimming lessons under our belt...

Wanna know how they went?

Week 1: 

She literally sat on the edge of the pool kicking her legs in the water and talking to the teacher for half an hour. There was no getting her any further in to the water than that. Period. The End...

Week 2:

The second week she did a little better. For the first 15 minutes she would only get into the water if one of the teachers was holding her on her hip. She would also jump into their arms in the water. The second half of class something changed and in the last ten minutes she started swimming as long as they were holding her hands. We were so proud of her. Yes she has done this with us.but with someone else and in water that is very deep to her... Its kind of huge. 

Week 3:

She was so excited about going this week. We got there and she anxiously waited for her friends to arrive. I was so sure this would be our best class yet... I was so wrong. She did okay in the beginning and even did the whole swimming while holding hands thing.. Then the teacher let go... She swam to the edge and I was so proud, but she was so pissed. She decided then that she wasn't getting back into the pool and was done swimming.she even tried to leave the class. I was so frustrated with her.

Here is to hoping next week is way better...