Swim Spencer Swim

Today was Spencer's first swimming class at Cerritos' very impressive Olympic Swim Center. I think I was the least nervous and was looking forward to it. For Spencer's first lesson, he had just myself in the water but there was his mommy, Van, Quang & Debbie, and both sets of grandparents watching him near the pool. The class is just a half hour long and boy, they went through it like a speed reading class. We went through song after song, swishing our babies in and out of the water. (Apparently, you 're supposed to enroll over and over in this class so that the child doesn't lose his interest in being in water.) So Spencer was probably the youngest there (6 mo.-3 years) and there were probably a quarter of us who were new and trying to keep up. Spencer impressed everyone and he didn't cry. There were times he looked like he was about to, but then I'd put him on my stomach and he'd smile again. After a little bit, Spencer started to slowly kick in the water when we had our "free" time. I think it was very overwhelming for Spencer (and me!). Notice how I forgot to take my glasses off in all this excitement. Luckily, when we gave him a bath that evening, he didn't start to kick around in the sink.

Next week will be a little nerve-wrecking, as they will teach you how to dip your baby's head under water. The instructor (Linda) told us not to experiment with this (ha!). And maybe mommy will join us this time...