Early Gift for Dad and New Experience for Baby
Father’s Day is a couple of days away, but one evening this week my husband
received an early Father’s Day gift.
My parents have a swimming pool, but Greg couldn’t find his swimsuit. When Greg mentioned his interest in
swimming, my parents gave Greg his gift, a few days early – two pair of
swimsuits.
Both of us were eager to get into the pool, not just because
of the 90 plus degree heat and humidity, but because it would be a new first
experience to share with our son!
Gregory likes his nighttime baths, but that’s always with warm water.
Though the days have been very hot, the pool water was still
a little cool. Greg thought the
pool water was perfect, but I found it slightly chilly and was worried that our
son would start crying, scream or worse, catch a cold.
At the deep end of the pool, I can’t stand. Greg can stand in the deep end, but
instead opted for the seat that is in the deep end for my parents to lower our
son into the pool with us there.
Greg held our baby while I poured a little water on him at a time for
him to get used to the feeling.
Then we put Gregory in the floating device for babies under
25 pounds. It held our son well
and we drifted around the pool.
Our son didn’t cry or scream, but he only smiled once. He was wide-awake and I think he was
analyzing the situation. Not quite
sure if he liked it but he wasn’t ruling it out either.
I hope he likes to swim. My husband doesn’t care to swim, he likes to be in the water
to relax. Me, I love to swim.
Comments
I hope he enjoys the water as well. I used to teach swimming lessons for kids and it is really important that kids know how to swim. One never knows when knowing how to swim can save their life or someone elses,
Looks like fun for all! =)