Since we took Jayden to a friend’s hydrotherapy pool when he was 5-months-old for swim classes (well, actually it was really more like water-appreciation classes), we felt bad we hadn’t done the same for Ethan. He’s already 15-months and it’s always been a priority for Daniel and me to not treat him like “second best” being a second child. Problem was however, her pool closed a couple of years back and it is a bit tougher to get to the Children of the Sea Swim School. Which shouldn’t really be surprising since the friend’s hydrotherapy pool was on our block.
I was certainly glad Daniel did finally make reservations for the class however, since Ethan had such a great time at his first class last night. We signed up for an initial four classes. Daniel said it was pretty similar to what Jayden had done – dunking the kids under water; singing with them; putting them on plastic horses, etc. At first Ethan – perhaps not surprisingly – was a little cautious. I mean, it’s not as if we could explain to him as we were putting swim diapers on him where he was going or that he was about to be submerged under water for around 5 seconds four times in 20 minutes. Still, Daniel said that after a while he really got into it. Since I wasn’t able to go (I did some stuff with Jayden) we didn’t get a photo this time but hopefully at some point we’ll both take both the boys (to actually teach Jayden to swim; right now he thinks he can swim which is the worst scenario) and then we’ll make it a fun family activity.
Anyway the staff at Children of the Sea is really excellent – professional, child-loving, caring and enthusiastic about what they are doing – so we think it’s going to be a great fit for both our boys.