Jake has been in swim lessons the past two summers and still has a fear of putting his face in the water. Jake took a once a week swim lesson for 8 weeks in May and June. My goal was for him to just be able to dunk his head under water. I even got in the water with him before his lessons and worked on putting his face in. He was so scared of the water, we were making little progress. I would always just count to 3 and dunk him. By the end of the class, he was still very uneasy about the water. I figured the more he was in the water the better and eventually he would just do it. Summer started and I signed both Jayden and Jake up for 2 weeks of everyday lessons. Slowly but surely and with lots of bribing, such as a bag of candy, a trip to the library, Mcdonalds play place, each night he dunked once, by the end, he was proudly dunking and jumping in of the edge. Daddy came for one of the last nights and Jake was showing off. I am so excited he has overcome his fear!! It was such a big accomplishment.
Jayden really surprised herself this year in swimming too! She was not looking forward to swimming lessons. She was worrying about all the hard things she would be doing. She was scared to go into the deep end, scared to tread water, scared they would make her swim without help. She amazed herself at how much she could really do. As the days went on she kept improving and by the end, she was diving off the diving board. She even passed her class, can swim all the swims I don't even know the names of. I know there is a front crawl, front stroke, back stroke and several others. She can tread water for a long time too. Swimming lessons were a success!!
To make matters more complicated, during swim lessons, Jayden was either coming or going from dance recital practices. It made for a long night for everyone.
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