Chapter 6: Swimming

Since we have a swimming pool (including kid’s pool) in our apartment and my husband know little bit of swimming, we bought a swimming dress, goggles and swimming cap for Amy.

Amy was excited ..:)

The next weekend we took her to swimming pool. While going to swimming pool, she was telling everyone passing by that she is going for swimming. She was sooo excited…After changing her dress and taking a shower, my husband took her to kids pool and I was watching. But once he made her stand in the water.. she became afraid and started crying.. L.

So I asked my husband not to keep her in water and both came off from swimming pool.I hugged her and asked her what happened …

For that she replied.. “The water is so cold. Please ask security uncle to pour some hot water”

Me: “:D..Wooww you need hot water in swimming pool also..”

Amy: “Yes mom..”

That was her first experience in swimming.

We didn’t stop by this first attempt. During second time,I asked my husband to let her get into water by herself so she won’t feel that cold. But my husband didn’t agree and took her to the middle of the kids pool and just made her to stand in water..

So again the same crying.. :)

And this is the third attempt.

This time I told my husband that I will take care of her in kid’s pool and suggested him that he can have swimming in other big pool. So he agreed..

What I did is just asked her to step down the first step of the kids pool, which she did reluctantly. But after few minutes she started enjoying standing in water. Then I asked her to step down to second step, now she did is happily.. Then I asked her to sit on the second step so that water will be there still her chest. Now she is sitting on the water and started playing. All the time she is holding my hand. She is excited. Now I tried an attempt to make her walk in water by holding her hand and asked her to walk through water…Which she did.. All the time I have to bend down and walk along the bank of the pool to hold her while she walk through water.

She is happy.. By the time my husband came and took her to the middle of the pool,by holding her hand.. She was happy walking in the water..

Now she is unwilling to get off from the pool.. She wants to play more.. J

Somehow we managed to take her home.

At night, on our usual video call to my mom, Amy told her.. : “Annammache, we went for swimming today. And I did some exercise in Water “.. J