August 23, 2004 - Monday
A little while ago I realized that this might have been the summer for Harry to start taking swimming lessons. Unfortunately, I realized it too late to do anything about it. Still, I've been talking to Harry about swimming and the need to learn to swim. At the beach two weeks ago I learned from Cyndi that at this age the main thing, if not the only real thing, they general try to teach young kids is simply getting them comfortable with putting their faces in the water. I showed Harry that by sticking my face in one of the ponds he and Jeremy built on the beach, but he wouldn't try it.

Tonight, so typical of Harry, he tried it on his own initiative in the bathtub. He'd probably been thinking about it since the beach and finally found the confidence to try it. Actually, what he did was simply to put his month under the water and blow bubbles, but that was part of what I did with my face under water. And, he did also try to put his eyes under water, but not with his month under water, too. Still, these are steps in the right direction, both in terms of eventually learning to swim and simply developing confidence.


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