Our son Gabriel has been attending a swimming lesson since last September.
At the beginning, he spent all the time hugging me. Even if he was wearing his swimming armbands, he never allowed me to leave him only for a second. I thought it would be a problem to teach him how to swim.
The second time we attended, it was little better. He enjoyed staying in the water although he never allowed me to stay away from him, he spent most of the time trying to move, to play with the water and to watch for little toys in the pool. Little by little he was able to play with other children and that he can move by batting his feet. And the rest of the months, he was able to move by himself even if I was not near him.
Two weeks ago he started to go in the swimming pool alone, obviously with the teacher and other children since I am not allowed to be with him anymore. In few months, he learned a lot. Even if he cannot swim by moving his arms, he has no fear staying in the water. He knows how to dive and he doesn't drink pool's water. Now he has new "mates" and he is the youngest. Last time there were only 3 kids around, two young girls (I think they are about 5 or 6) and another young boy (also around 5).
I'm proud of him because I remember all difficulties I had to learn to swim. I had a fear on water because when I was around 4 years old, a friend of my father brought me in the sea and he pushed me in the water. I drunk a lot of sea-water, starting that moment I hadn't been able to get near in the sea water. I learned to swim only when I reached 20 years old! And when I realized what I lost, that swimming is a nice sport, I condemn what my father's friend had done to me! Luckily, my son will never suffer what I experienced! Posted by: abtony
At the beginning, he spent all the time hugging me. Even if he was wearing his swimming armbands, he never allowed me to leave him only for a second. I thought it would be a problem to teach him how to swim.
The second time we attended, it was little better. He enjoyed staying in the water although he never allowed me to stay away from him, he spent most of the time trying to move, to play with the water and to watch for little toys in the pool. Little by little he was able to play with other children and that he can move by batting his feet. And the rest of the months, he was able to move by himself even if I was not near him.
Two weeks ago he started to go in the swimming pool alone, obviously with the teacher and other children since I am not allowed to be with him anymore. In few months, he learned a lot. Even if he cannot swim by moving his arms, he has no fear staying in the water. He knows how to dive and he doesn't drink pool's water. Now he has new "mates" and he is the youngest. Last time there were only 3 kids around, two young girls (I think they are about 5 or 6) and another young boy (also around 5).
I'm proud of him because I remember all difficulties I had to learn to swim. I had a fear on water because when I was around 4 years old, a friend of my father brought me in the sea and he pushed me in the water. I drunk a lot of sea-water, starting that moment I hadn't been able to get near in the sea water. I learned to swim only when I reached 20 years old! And when I realized what I lost, that swimming is a nice sport, I condemn what my father's friend had done to me! Luckily, my son will never suffer what I experienced! Posted by: abtony
