Swimming Lessons

I started Adam in swimming lessons. They consisted of two week sessions for four days a week with one on one lessons. The first week was pretty tough. Not because he was afraid of the water, but because he has problems with complete strangers. Which I guess is not a bad thing I wouldn't want him to be comfortable spending time with strangers. I tried explaining to him what was going on and that I wasn't going to be leaving him and that it was important to know how to swim.

So the first day he was not happy at all. His swim instructor wasn't aware that he was already a pretty good swimmer. So when she helped to the edge of the pool to hang on to the side. With assuming he would not be able to climb out of the pool, he jumped out of the pool as fast as he could and started running. She climbed out, not near as fast as Adam, and took off after him. Well, Adam is pretty fast so they ran around the pool a couple of times with Adam screaming to go home. I was so embarrassed and upset with Adam after paying the money for his lessons and experiencing the first day. Luckily every day got better with a little bribe. We had to pick out some toys at the dollar store and put them in a basket above the fridge. Everyday he did good without crying and doing what his instructor said he could come home and pick out a toy. It worked pretty good. Toward the end I didn't have to bribe and now he asks to go back to swimming lessons almost every morning. All in all it was a goog experience and I feel a lot more comfortable with him around water.