Sam getting adventurous
pamelamyers | August 3, 2015
Sam’s swim lessons are long over, but we have really been trying to get her to keep up what she learned at the pool. The biggest obstacles in my view are (1) her fear of getting her face wet, and (2) the fact that she keeps stopping her arm and leg movements when we have her practice without her swim ring.
I don’t think she likes getting her face wet because she gets water in her eyes and nose. I bought her goggles, but her nose still fills up and she hates that. I noticed a lot of kids at the pool had a different sort of mask, one that covers the nose, so I bought her one. What a difference it makes! Sam is more than willing to put her face in the water now. Going underwater may be another story, but still. I’ll take what I can get.
She also just started actually running into the water features in the baby pool. She never would before for the same reason — her face gets wet. Now she loves it! Go, Sam!
