I'm not sure where to begin, as some of you know Michael started his first swimming lesson today...I was told to be at the pool by 9:15 and showed up right at 9:15 and the class was already in session...was a bit peeved with that...so I more or less had to push Michael right into the group instead of giving him time to warm up to everyone...He was not happy....I sat with him for a minute and he was becoming more argumentative so I asked the instructor if I should just leave...she told me it was up to me...I left...it was so darned hard...specially when you can hear your child crying and sobbing for you....I stayed in the wait area where he couldn't see me and watched....I was a little stunned as they basically at some point just throw the kids in the water, no warning or anything....Michael hated it!! Finally after about 20 minutes I quietly slid back in by the pool and sat down...He didn't see me for awhile and then when he did see me he wasn't to bad...He was still pissed about being dunked and I don't blame him....I kept my mouth shut...He didn't seem overly stressed out but he told me he did NOT want to go back tomorrow...sigh! Later he said he had fun but still didn't want to go back...I'll take him tomorrow and see what happens...When I took him to splashway last week he was putting his head under water on his own and was okay with it, I'm just wondering with these dunkings if this is going to make him afraid of the water....I know some of you have had experience with swimming lessons and little ones...do they normally dunk them? I just thought for the first day they were a bit aggressive with the kids instead of letting them take this first time to get used to the water and being in the big kid pool...and learning how to kick....I took a few photos but they aren't very good. The girl holding Michael is one of the teenage life guards helping out with the class. She had to hold Michael the whole time because if they had put him on the edge of the pool he would have ran....lol....I feel like a Momma bird pushing her fledgling out of the nest....ugh!
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Oh no! That is all I exclaimed out loud the whole time I read that blog entry. That is awful! Terrible! Gosh! ....I feel like running right over and dunking them! That is terrible! Poor little fella! How come he is going back tomorrow (well maybe LOL) - isn't it a weekly thing? I would have been way annoyed to be told the wrong time and then to have them to that! NO WAY! gosh - I just don't know what to say...it's way different here. Splashing on the face maybe .... oh no!
UGH! I've been there with my son too and that is the worst feeling!!!
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