Pool Days

The house here in Florida has a pool and we all went in two days so far this week. Chance likes it very much. We slathered him in sun screen put him in his swimming trunks and took him in the pool. We got him a little baby inner tube to float in but it didn’t work the way we thought it would, he likes it but doesn’t love it. I took him all around the pool he floats on his tummy I just barely have to hold his head out of the water. He kicks a little but doesn’t really do anything with his arms. There is a theory on how to get babies as young as six months to swim. You hold them on their tummy till they are comfortable and then you just let them go they will go under but are supposed to naturally start swimming and pop back up. The first day I tried this but I don’t think I did it right. I let him go he went under for a second but didn’t pop up immediately so I grabbed him. He wasn’t upset, he hadn’t swallowed any water and he wiggled to go right back down to splash in the water so I don’t think it did any damage. I think I am supposed to let him try to swim a little longer before I save him but I don’t really feel comfortable with it so I will just wait till he seems like he wants to swim a little more on his own before trying it again. He loves swimming around with me and sitting on the top step playing with his rubber duckies. He didn’t get sunburned at all which I am very happy about because I have always burned and it is not any fun. I need to get him so sunglasses to protect his eyes. It’s on my list of things to do. After he gets out of the pool he is so tired you can see it in his face. We feed him lunch and then he takes a really long afternoon nap.