Swimming and water safety is now part of the National Curriculum. Yes, yet another thing that schools are now responsible for which seems a little unfair. But it…
I’ve said many times that I’ve despaired over N’s swimming. He’s been having lessons since he was 3 months old, so nearly 6 years later he should really…
I’ve found in the past that whenever I’ve wanted to buy the next size up clothes for N, I always struggle to find the size I’m after. It’s…
I couldn’t imagine not having swum with N from a young age. My own journey with learning to swim was very up and down from age 5 to…
N’s been swimming for 5 ½ years – you’d think by now he’d be able to swim unaided for a decent distance, but no not yet. N does…
When N swam with Water Babies I wrote a post on how to get your child to love swimming. In one of those strange blogging occurrences that post…
After swimming with Water Babies for just under four years, N has done two terms of swimming lessons at the local pool. It was the first time he…
Swimwear’s a bit of an unknown for me with N. When he was at Water Babies, it was easy. A happy nappy plus then a rash vest because…
Swimming lessons throw up a whole load of dilemmas, not least how to put on a swimming cap. I’ve not updated on N’s swimming journey for a long…