Swimming with Amy

[pne]

This morning, Stella and I went swimming with Amy for the first time; the local swimming pool has a special time for swimming with babies, where there's someone present to conduct activities and the like. In our case, it was a young woman named Ina. She said she had studied sports at university and had had quite a bit of experience conducting baby swimming activities while she was there.

Besides Stella, Amy, and myself, there were two other women with their daughters (Emma and Annika). Since we were new, Ina explained the structure of each "meeting" and she also showed us some ways to hold Amy.

Amy seemed to enjoy everything we did there: moving her around in the water, playing with a little ball, going through a "tunnel" formed by hanging a mat over the water from a rope so that the area underneath looked a bit like a bell curve, pouring water from a little watering can on her arms and neck, and so on. She didn't even seem to mind getting water in her face or, what happened accidentally once or twice, getting her mouth or face into the water itself. We knew she liked water from when she takes a bath, but I was still pleasantly surprised at how well she took everything.

After about half an hour, though, it seemed that her patience was wearing thin (the activities usually take 45 minutes), so we left. Perhaps she was also simply hungry. But we had a good time there.

Comments

[ifeedformula.livejournal.com]

I wish I could take the Bug to our community pool. In our subdivision, there is an inground pool (with a 'baby pool') for use by the residents. However..I refuse to use the pool (even though it probably won't open for another couple of months). Even though WE as homeowners PAY for the pool with our HOA dues, the pool is not taken care of. It leaks. People pee/poop in the pool. People bring in their dogs who also pee/poop in the pool. People bring in glass bottles which break in/around the pool. The pool isn't cleaned often enough. It's just a mess. I wouldn't use that pool even if you PAID me to use it. Bleh.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Even though WE as homeowners PAY for the pool with our HOA dues

What's HOA?

People pee/poop in the pool. People bring in their dogs who also pee/poop in the pool.

Bleh. That's disgusting. What got into those people?

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

Neat! I'm planning to take Erika to something similar over the summer. I think it sounds like lots of fun!

[ifeedformula.livejournal.com]

When you move into the subdivision, you are forced to join something called the Home Owner's Association.You pay yearly dues *200 bucks or something..I have to go look to be certain* and that money to goes to pay for the upkeep of the pool, the two playground areas and the common grounds.

[subbes]

Baby gots short attention span.