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Toddler swimming skills
By bigpumpkin | April 22, 2008
Everyone says that when a baby reaches 6 months old, if you want him/her to be a swimmer, to dunk him into the water. But they don’t tell you exactly how. Do you do it slow motion, do you push her head into the water and pull it out within the second, do you throw her in then dive in for her, do you carefully and moderately dunk her and count to three……get what I mean?
So when the time came, I didn’t do it. I didn’t DARE do it. I didn’t know how and I didn’t find out.
Darn.
Because at 3.5 years old today, Tee still can’t swim. She loves water and doesn’t mind being splashed at, can swim play water for three hours straight if we allowed it, but she just refuses to try putting her head under water. She will do it for ONE second or perhaps blow bubbles in the water for a few seconds but this has been happening for the last year. WITHOUT ANY PROGRESS. *sigh*
I really wished I’d dunked her. I don’t even care how now. I used to be a swimmer, now my daughter can’t swim. How can that be? *sigh* Must be Daddy’s genes.
I think that it is really important that she learns how to swim. What shall I do?
Topics: Tee, my little pumpkin |
7 Responses to “Toddler swimming skills”
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April 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I’m 38. I can’t swim.
Let’s hope Tee doesn’t get to the point where I am.
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
No worries lah.. she will learn later.. when she goes to school eh..
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 pm
LOL! Don’t worry..kids..they learn things fast.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:28 am
muy uncle threw my cousin into the pool when he was 7 months old. For me, i cannot do it. Better wait for them to learn themself so kesian seeing them struggle in water
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Not necessarily that you dunk her in at 6 months and she’ll be able to swim and lurve water. My S1 absolutely loved the water when he was 8 months to about 2 year old. Then suddenly, he refused to go into the pool, saying that he will drown and die!! Thus, had to wait till he was much older and understands that he can float and swim if he controls his limbs and body!
April 29th, 2008 at 3:56 am
I believe Tee has your swimmer genes… is just the matter of time
May 1st, 2008 at 3:44 am
i took brandon to swimming lesson, he didn’t like to be dunked inside the water. whenever i did that, he comes up choking. only signed up for 1 term … 5 lessons, Baby N Me swimming class … no progress and I asked if he wants to continue … he said NO! so we stopped.