Tommy’s & Water Babies Splashathon
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…
swimming
Swimming and Singing
You’d not think that singing would go with swimming, but when it comes to taking babies and toddlers swimming, it’s the norm. In fact most pre-school children’s activities involve singing at some stage, so I should really be that surprised…
Swimming floats and woggles
This week was back and submersion week at swimming. N’s not really that fussed about either one, especially when neither involved his favourite swimming float/mat activities. It must be strange for the toddlers being on their back. It takes a…
Why start babies swimming?
Not just why start swimming, but why start so early? When I think back, although my mum took me to swimming pools when I was young, we probably didn’t start formal swimming lessons until just before or school age. Nowadays…
Swimming confidence
Building up swimming confidence takes time, although some children take to the water really quickly. N was a bit of a slow burner – started off ambivalent, then liked it, then hated with a vengeance, then loved it. I’m hoping…
What’s the best swimwear for boys?
We’ve been swimming a while with N, since he was a few months old, and have been through a lot with him during our Water Babies journey. But as they grow it’s hard to know what they should wear. Having…
Children disliking a shower
I’ve talked in great depth before about N and his previous love/hate relationship with baths and swimming. Thankfully now he loves both. But we’re still struggling with a shower. He will now agree to sit in the bath at one…
Swimming buddies
Usually at swimming it’s packed and chaos in the changing rooms. The school pool we use is great, but the changing rooms are about the size of my kitchen. There’s 10 in our Water Babies class usually, and with 30…
The thought of swimming…
And so to Saturday again. Swimming. We love swimming now (after almost a year of hating it and having serious water wobbles from N and me), so I have to be careful in the morning not to shout too much about…
Swimming woggle success
Whoop whoop. For the first time N swam a whole width on his own with the woggle. Usually he kicks when you’re holding on to him, but as soon as you let go, he stops kicking. But this time (and…
Swimming backstroke
“On our back we lie nice and flat” so goes the song at Waterbabies to prepare them for swimming backstroke. But until now (and we’ve been swimming since 4 months old, he’s now 27 months), N’s flat out refused to…