BB has started swim lessons.  These aren’t your run-of-the-mill swim lessons where all they learn is how to blow bubbles in the water.  These are Infant Swim Resource lessons (ISR for short).  These lessons teach water survival skills.  In my opinion, these lessons should be taught at EVERY pool, and every child who can crawl/walk should take them.

This is what he has learned in just 2 WEEKS!  Before these lessons began, he would not leave the steps of the pool, much less go under the water.

I have been amazed by BB since he started these lessons.  Not only is he learning how to swim and save himself if he ever fell into water, but he is showing confidence in every part of his life!  Here is a list of things he has done since starting these lessons:

Rode his Big Wheel!

Rode the Tide Go Cart at Nick & Kathy’s!

Begged to play out in the rain/Ran through the Sprinkler (I know these are things all kids do, but not my kid!  He was too afraid of getting dirty!)

Rode every ride at the summer festivals by himself!

So a big KUDOS to Heather Jackson and the ISR program (And to Amanda for introducing us to the program!).  BB is a different kid, and by the end of this month, he will not only be able to swim, I will never be afraid of my child drowning because he will know how to SAVE himself if he happens to fall into water.