Splash Splash!

This morning, we took our baby swimming – well sort of swimming!

*Totally random, that Maggie should comment about Chloe swimming after looking at the “superwoman flying pose”!!

Anyways – back to the topic of swimming! Yeah, we took Chloe to this place which specialises in baby swimming… We wanted to see whether she would enjoy it and this place was more of a “controlled” environment, as opposed to having many variables (?!?!) – such as variable water temp, other kids scaring Chloe by jumping into the water, screaming etc..! – so we went for a trial…

Upon arriving there, we checked the place out and then laid Chloe on a surface. One of the ladies in this place stretched Chloe’s arms and legs – i.e. a warming up session! After this, we completely undressed Chloe (she could have worn a swimsuit – but we don’t actually have one!). But don’t worry – we had checked prior to booking! They normally recommend the child being naked – not sure why tho, cos we didn’t ask! So our baby swam au-naturale!

They put this inflatable rubber ring around her neck (Poor child was probably thinking ‘what is mum and dad doing to me now?!?!’) and put her in this bath-tub like thing, filled with warm water, balls, toys… Chloe started to tear-up as the lady tried to put her in the tub – so we had to switch hands asap – so that I put her in the tub… I put her in the tub and within seconds, she was kicking away! She loved it – or DnA seemed to think so anyways! She was twisting, turning, kicking front and back, using her hands to paddle… So cute!

Can’t wait until she’s 6 months to take her swimming, I think she’s gonna lurve it! – (I’ve read that children under 6 months shouldn’t swim in chlorine cos it’s bad for their skin)… So until then, she’ll just have to enjoy her bubble baths at home! Oh yeah – she completely zonked out after the whole event!