Swimming Lessons

We started swimming lessons on Monday. It's a very involved process. The paperwork alone is a killer. I have to keep track of each child's diaper production, sleep and eating. Writing it all down has made me realize that I need to feed them better! The lessons themselves are fairly short -- about 10 minutes each-- but the kids have to work hard. Griffin did really well yesterday and floated by himself for a short time. Laney cried a little during her lesson, but she swam underwater about 3 feet to the ladder. Not bad for the second lesson! Kenna was a trooper and stayed in the water a long time, but she had a harder time with her breathing and swallowed water.

Both babies must swallow air and water during the process. Their little tummies are pretty bloated afterwards. Mom went with me the first day and the children crying for their mothers made her cry. So yes, there is crying and it's a little upsetting, but a drowned child would be worse so I'm toughing it out. Tucson has already had a second child drowning death this year. There was a little girl around 3 yesterday that swam the whole length of the pool. It was amazing. I'm waiting to see if we have a lesson today or not, the weather is getting very windy and cool.