We swallowed our embarrassment the day this happened and asked the deck supervisor what we should do. Should we go back to parent and child lessons? Should we try again?
She said, and I quote, "Yes, definitely try again next week! She did great until she threw up. Next week we will just be more mindful so she doesn't puke in the pool."
Umm, OK if THAT was great, what does it look like when things do not go well?!? She may have just been humoring us, but either way we decided to keep trying. We also decided to sit at the opposite end of the pool so Audrey could not see us during her lesson.
Fast forward four weeks to this week. JT dropped Audrey at the side of the pool and she shed approximately two tears. Then she jumped in and participated with gusto. She even wore he goggles the whole class, which up until this week were never on her head for more than 10 seconds and she got a ribbon that said she conquered her fears and had no more tears.
The parents get to come in for the last 5 minutes so the kids can show off what they learned. I was astounded to see that she has actually started to try to swim! Don't get me wrong, she still has a long way to go, but she has started to kick and pull like she is actually trying to get somewhere. Eons better than she was doing in the parent/child class.
This video does not actually capture her kicking and pulling very well but my phone was being a jerk and would not record when she was kicking and pulling. You get the idea.
Way to go tiny swimmer.
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