Swimming Lessons

Dougie started swimming lessons today. I am so excited!! It was a lot of fun. He loved every part of it except hanging on the wall. That's hard for him right now anyway so I'm not surprised that he didn't love it. There are 5 kids in our class and Dougie is the youngest by a year or so. We're taking the lessons at a place not too far from here called Emler Swim School. They have programs specifically designed for babies learning to swim. The pool is 90 degrees so it's very comfortable.

Our teacher mentioned that getting him swimming at this age can be a huge benefit. He doesn't know enough to be scared of the water yet and by the time he reaches that age, he'll likely already be swimming. The focus of the class at this stage is largely water safety. There is a lot of focus on swimming to the wall of the pool and being able to pull yourself out. Once Dougie is a bit older they focus on strokes but at this stage, just being able to have fun and be safe is enough.