We finally registered Summer in swimming lessons at the YMCA. It is a great deal, for $20 a month, she gets 4 lessons and access to the pool during any open swim time. That includes an accompanying parent for free. I think we will take advantage of this!
I called on Monday to register her and when Don picked her up at daycare and told her she did a big fist pump "YES!". And then on the way home, we discussed, for 30 minutes: what bathing suit she would wear, what bathing suit I would wear, which flip-flops, what colour of towel, what colour is your towel, where is her swim bag, do you have goggles, you can use my goggles, can I use your goggles, where are we going to have supper, what time will we get home, what colour is my towel again?
Her first lesson was on Tuesday at 5:30. She was very comfortable in the water and with her teacher. She was so pumped about it. It was great to see the excitement on her face.
We totally look like over protective parents… we have to walk with her on the pool deck because her balance is not good on slippery surfaces.(she almost totally wiped out in the shower area, but I had ahold of her hand and caught her just in time.) To someone who doesn't know Summer, you can't tell that she has CP just by looking at her in a bathing suit - no brace on her leg and we all walk tentatively on the slippery deck. If she bangs her head, it is not good – obviously… so she is the only kid in the group with a parent escort… she doesn’t seem to mind and actually seems to enjoy sharing the experience…
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