Temple is learning how to SWIM

I think everyone has irrational fears to some extent. With so many uncertainties and possibilities there are an infinite number of devastating things that could happen. If you worried about them endlessly you would go mad... I think that's called schizophrenia :) Well I am afraid of things like Temple getting something stuck in her throat and choking and not being able to do anything about it, things like that. When I even have the slightest thought that she is choking on something I have this awful reaction and my stomach goes into my throat. It's not a fun feeling.

We, as you all know, live in a state where there are more pools than you could shake a stick at so naturally we are worried that our little girl is going to fall in to a pool and no one is around. Not saying that we THINK it is going to happen, but it's a scary 'what if' situation. I have been interested in infant swim lessons since before Temple was born. I could not, for the life of me, imagine a baby learning how to swim. But sure enough, these little monsters are being put through the ringers; dropped straight down into a pool, flipped onto their stomach in the water, everything you can imagine, and they just KNOW how to flip over to their back and float. It's amazing! Here's proof, this is a video we saw on YouTube...

Some people would consider this kind of cruel because the kid looks like he is really not enjoying his swimming lesson experience. I have thought this before as well, not thinking it was cruel but wondering 'Is it safe?' 'Is it worth it?' We decided that we wanted Temple to learn how to swim and we wanted to teach her ourselves. We feel SO much more comfortable than leaving her with a swim instructor that we don't know so we bought a book on the subject and are dedicating 5 days a week to it. It's actually been really fun and Temple is getting more and more comfortable with being in the water.

She doesn't like the feeling of having her ears under water, it's a bit uncomfortable for her. She did start to relax after a while though :)

My pretty girl :)

BOTH my beautiful ladies...