Just Keep Swimming!

He has done so well with swimming lessons!! His second lesson he was a bit apprehensive to get in the water. We had a slight crying spell. Once he was in though he had fun. In his second lesson he put his face in the water with no issues. We were shocked! They were even practicing "falling" in the pool (or doing Humpty Dumpty as they call it) and going back to the wall. The girl he had at the second lesson was great with him.

His third lesson was great too. He got right in...maybe because he knew he was earning Chuckie Cheese with that lesson.

 

His fourth lesson was a huge milestone. This guy got him to do a "rocket ship"! He tucks into a ball and they throw him up in the air to fall into the water. And he did it with no goggles on. Miracle for Cameron!! After this lesson he asked if Daddy & I could be his swim teachers.

We only scheduled 5 lessons total. We figured by that point he had made such strides and had really gotten over his fear of the water. We started taking him to our community pool and told him we could be his teachers as long as he continued to do just as well. He can tread water and get around on his own with the help of a raft or swim vest. Enjoys going! Those 5 private lessons were so worth the money.

Our community pool has a great little water park too. We've been working on getting him to go down slides now. He will only do one...the smallest. Making progress though.