Posts about a child’s swimming journey from Water Babies and onwards
I have a theory about swimming lessons and children. Whatever they do or don’t do previously, it will all come together in the penultimate swimming lesson as if by magic. It’s happened for us several times previously. The main one…
How to make swimming fun outside of lessons for children, 5 key pointers that work for us.
I’ve mentioned before that N went through some serious water wobbles on his swimming journey. In fact, almost a year of water wobbles. But we’ve come through the other side, and he enjoys his swimming lessons again. It’s not all…
THE best thing about going to swimming lessons with your children (aside from obviously, seeing them learn to swim) is seeing their face when they’re loving it. Especially if you’ve been through a dubious period where it was mostly crying…
Pah to illness and colds. It’s definitely the start of Autumn and with it seems to come the onslaught of winter colds. So much for my vitamin C and zinc combination that worked well last year, but has failed in…
As well as hating swimming underwater, N has also never been keen on swimming on his back. Our instructors always said from the start that babies can sometimes dislike it, so of course N has taken this to extremes. All…
Practising with swimming goggles for preschoolers as part of Water Babies lessons
Who takes the baby swimming and what difference does it make to their learning?
*Ad – gifted lessons It’s all very well planning to take your toddler swimming throughout the summer holidays, but actually doing so proves harder. It started so well, with us making a trip to the local pool for the first…
Well, we’ve finished our final swimming lesson of the ‘school’ year. The toddlers got to choose their favourite activities, so cue lots of jumping off mats and the side, although I’m not sure N appreciated the choice from 2 of…
N did his second Tommy’s Splashathon at Water Babies at the weekend. As I wrote here (link), it feels a bit silly trying to get sponsorship for a toddler, but the actual activities are always fun and built in to…
