Trusting the swimming teacher
Thankfully this week saw N quite keen to go swimming (think it might have helped that he had a Paddlepak to try out. We’ll be reviewing this in another post) Sometimes I think me being in the pool for swimming…
Swimming
Posts about a child’s swimming journey from Water Babies and onwards
First Swimming refusal
Oh dear. This week saw a major meltdown and swimming refusal. Because we’ve been visiting my mum in the mornings, he has his lunch there, then we head to swimming with him having his nap in the car. Before we…
When is ill too ill for swimming?
When you’re taking your baby or toddler swimming, it’s always hard to know when they’re ill and shouldn’t be going swimming. They can’t tell you when they’re ill, and often, they could be a bit off colour but still be…
Penultimate swimming lesson magic
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…
Not just learning and lessons, but swimming for fun
How to make swimming fun outside of lessons for children, 5 key pointers that work for us.
Toddler Swimming: focus on the positives
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…
Jumping in the swimming pool
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…
Missing swimming = guilty mummy
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…
Backstroke swimming…or improving a flipover technique
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…
Swimming goggles for toddlers
Practising with swimming goggles for preschoolers as part of Water Babies lessons
Mum or Dad, who should take the baby swimming?
Who takes the baby swimming and what difference does it make to their learning?