tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post4323250377364791799..comments2023-06-29T04:55:38.985-04:00Comments on Hydrangeas are pretty: Pool help?Shellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159550437519461534noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-12210441610529421702007-08-19T17:15:00.000-04:002007-08-19T17:15:00.000-04:00When Mitch was little we usually hosed him down be...When Mitch was little we usually hosed him down before he came in the house... what, not an option? *grin*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-72776232033750053832007-08-19T16:42:00.000-04:002007-08-19T16:42:00.000-04:00My daughter did the same thing. The pool really s...My daughter did the same thing. The pool really scared her for some reason. Luckily for us, the YMCA teacher was great and just threw Sabi on her back to float while she instructed the rest of the group. I had to enroll Sabi in the 4 week class 3 times until she finally got over her fear and started to attempt to swim on her own. <BR/><BR/>Now...she is a fish...she screams when I make her get out!Msabcmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873520963195947408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-44714910695665017572007-08-19T10:25:00.000-04:002007-08-19T10:25:00.000-04:00She may just need time, especially if she enjoys w...She may just need time, especially if she enjoys water sometimes.<BR/><BR/>I mostly stayed in the shallows as a small child and occasionally let an adult take me into deeper water. When I asked (much older than Malka), my dad taught me how to stick my head underwater. It was a big deal for me to feel confident with that. Then I learned to float, on my stomach and on my back. Finally, one day, when I was 6, I decided I was ready to "swim". My dad told me to float with my face in the water and then kick. I did. I was swimming. After that, my parents sent me to swimming lessons and I wasn't afraid. I learned to swim really well and soon they had to drag my blue-lipped self out of pools and oceans and lakes. I think I just needed to feel ready and confident. Maybe Malka will get there in her own time?Nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709961376174590317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-486161669249824482007-08-19T07:47:00.000-04:002007-08-19T07:47:00.000-04:00Do you have a pool that you can go to that has ste...Do you have a pool that you can go to that has steps or a wheelchair ramp in or something similar? Or maybe there is a pool somewhere that has water at a depth where she has to stand up, but her feet still touch? Maybe she could get used to the idea that water gets deeper if she does it in smaller increments?Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09538487290558465546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-42605580721614798312007-08-19T06:29:00.000-04:002007-08-19T06:29:00.000-04:00Noah is exactly the same way. Loves playing with w...Noah is exactly the same way. Loves playing with water, talking about water, 80-90% of the time loves the bath. (We also went through a screaming no period around the bath a few weeks ago.) But a pool? Forget it! Five minutes of complete barnacle like clinging and trying to climb out up my head.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a big picture theory, but for the bath issues, here's what I think. Toddlers get so little control over their lives, that sometimes when there seems to be any room for it, they can somehow tell and go for it. <BR/><BR/>Like you, we haven't generally felt like skipping the bath was a good option (hello southern humidity!), so we've sometimes had to make it a 2 mom job, over as fast as possible. <BR/><BR/>I just hope this phase passes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-2753348185627757892007-08-19T03:20:00.000-04:002007-08-19T03:20:00.000-04:00I would give it one more lesson and if she still i...I would give it one more lesson and if she still isn't comfortable, leave it for a few weeks and try again.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342071625881436631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-37519254611308100092007-08-18T22:52:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:52:00.000-04:00I just wrote a novel in response to this at mamaci...I just wrote a novel in response to this at mamacita. Hang in there.Caithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07448796077864278999noreply@blogger.com