Britmums Live 2014 – friendly, informative and fun
Well, I tried to get my title to be all f’s, but informative will have to suffice. Last weekend was Britmums Live 2014, and this year I made it to the whole lot. I had a sponsor this year, the…
Water Babies
Swimming brings out the competitor in me
I have to admit, if N’s efforts at his last 2 swimming lessons are anything to go by, he’s going to be hard work to encourage come school work. It’s great when your child loves swimming and being in the…
Swimming teachers inspiring children
If you ask toddlers who their heroes are they’d probably say a children’s tv character, maybe a proper superhero if they’re into those, or their mum or dad. N would probably answer ‘don’t know’ which is his standard answer to…
Children’s personality and response to swimming
We quite often sit around the edge of the swimming pool before our lesson, waiting for the previous class to finish. N finds this amusing as it’s a younger toddler class, and he watches them doing the old activities he…
Emotional times at toddler swimming lessons
I couldn’t believe it this week at swimming. It was really emotional, and it didn’t even involve my child. Well, of course he was there but for us it was just another swimming lesson. It was ‘breathing’ week this week,…
Swimming and a new term, new start
Bizarrely, our swimming terms don’t always fit with the school terms so it really confuses me. Especially when they run into each other like last and this term did. We had to miss the first week because we were away…
Do parents need to be able to swim for baby swimming lessons
Swimming’s a funny thing. Some people love it, some can swim purely for the safety aspect, others hate it. Some find it really easy, others are scared of water despite never having had a problem in the water. I’m on…
End of term swimming fun
After the excitement of the badge presentation last week, this week’s swimming lesson was the last of the ‘term’. That means the toddlers get to choose their favourite activities and games to do in the latter part of the lesson….
Fingers crossed, we’re over the bumpy swimming patch
After last week’s stroppiness and ensuing nightmare swimming lesson, I have to admit I was a bit concerned at how it would go this week. I made sure we talked about getting ready to go swimming early on in the…
5 ways to get children swimming on their back
N’s never been a fan of swimming on his back. He obviously hasn’t yet twigged how much easier and less effort it is to swim on your back compared with on your front. That’s something I established quite early on…
Announcing my Britmums Live! 2014 sponsor – Water Babies
Straight after arriving home from Britmums Live 2013, I was already thinking about what I wanted to do with my blog, and also thinking about next year’s conference. Having planned a bit further in advance this year, I am happy…
