Swimming trunks for boys – shopping nightmares
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 almost like the whole of our town have gone out and bought…
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The big transition from baby and toddler swimming
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 7, and the OH isn’t keen on swimming, so I wanted to make…
Swimming with Baby Swimming Shop accessories
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 everything in his own time. However after our experience trying out some…
Project 366 2016 week 36 – sunset, shoes and swimming
It’s into week 36 of this year’s Project 366, and my photo a day for a year is doing quite well. Of course it’s always easier during the summer months so we’ll see how hard it gets again moving into…
5 things that swimming lessons teach children
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 had been in the pool on his own without me, and I…
How to put on a swimming cap and other swim hat dilemmas
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 time. Mostly because now he swims independently it means I don’t experience…
Month of Firsts 8 – April – bikes, beads and swimming
As per usual, I’m a day late with my Month of Firsts round up for April. I was struggling for firsts this month, but managed to find some to share. In April, N Learnt to ride his bike I know…
A confidence boost through swimming alone
It’s been a long time since I wrote my last swimming post. I’ve a few brewing, but just haven’t had the chance to put them down on paper. N’s been swimming at normal pool lessons now for 5 weeks. I…
The truth about booking swimming lessons
I wrote a few weeks ago that N had now graduated from Water Babies now he’s four. You’d think it would be simple to just transfer him over to new swimming classes and all would be lovely and fine. However,…
Swimming with Mums or Dads
Following on from my post about Dads and family photographs, I’ve been thinking about swimming as well. In our swimming lessons, there’s quite often more Dads than Mums in the water, mainly because it’s a Saturday, and it seems to…
New swimming strokes and butterfly legs
It was such a long time ago now I don’t really remember anything about learning to swim myself. I remember going to the leisure centre at primary school and learning crawl and back stroke but that was it. I never…