In preparation for baby #2, we had to make some adjustments to swim class. After having a baby you can't get in the pool for I believe 6 weeks, which would have made swim class with E tough, but also, I will now be bringing a newborn with us and can't exactly let her hang alone!
Thankfully our swim school has a sort of in between class for kids who aren't yet 3 (the age required to go into a group class without a parent swimming with them), but are old enough to handle the pool without their parent in a 2 kid class. We searched for awhile but finally found a time slot that worked great with our schedule and so today, Ellie swam by herself for the first time!
Our last class together was certainly bittersweet but just as parenting always is, those mixed emotions really kicked in! The nostalgia and sadness I felt last week getting out of the pool for the last time with her (we've been in swim class together for 21 of her 28 months of life!) were quickly replaced today by total pride and joy - she was AMAZING!
I walked her over to her lane, and without so much as a wave goodbye she jumped right in to her new teacher and never looked back. She listened, followed directions, was amazing with back floats, and was even diving for rings off the bottom!
I love that my girl loves the water so much and I am so insanely proud of her!!
(First few photos below are of our last class together...the bottom photo is right before she went in for her first solo class!)
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