No Really.......

I do believe that Babers is going to be kicked out of his swim class. Not because he isn't ready to learn to swim, not because he isn't already demonstrating most of the skills listed to be completed in order to finish the class (jumping off the side into the instructors arms, kicking legs, blowing bubbles, dunking head under water and a few other things) - but because he scares the living daylights out of the instructor. Well, maybe scares isn't the right word - upsets, angers, makes mad, annoys....we will go with annoys the living daylights out of the instructor.

Today was our first class. There are three in his class (two cutie girls who didn't even want to get in the water). They all got in and hung on the side. I got in too foreseeing what might occur. Babers immediately pushed off the side and started to swim (in his random kicking around looking like he is drowning kinda way). The instructor grabbed him and told him to hang on to the side. She talked to them. Babers flung himself off the side again. She talked to them and then let Babers go first doing the floating in the noodle thing. All smiles. Put him on the wall hanging with the other two and took one of them out. Just as the instructor got out of reach Babers pushed off the wall and started his float swim thing. He did this a few other times. She finally decided to put them all sitting on the wall. To which he stood up and jumped in. At the end of the lesson she asked his age - I told her 2 1/2 years. She said the class is for 3yrs. I told her the booklet and the person running the water area said 2 1/2 and that she signed him up for the class instead of the H2O Exploration (which was going on at the time - all 6mth old babies crying because they didn't want the water in their faces). I comiserated with the instructor (who seemed totally uninterested in my interest to try again - heck it was only our first attempt at a class setting).

Later, while Babers and I spent some extra time splashing, I noticed that the instructor stopped her current class when the lady who ran the water area and signed us up for the class came in. The instructor pointed at us, said something and the director lady came over to see if we wanted to do the H2O class even though it was full. My fear (and BigGuy's) is his fearlessness about the water will get him drowned. The baby class isn't going to help us and he will just get bored and start acting out. I asked for a private instructor who could teach him some basics and work with him. She said she would look into it - looked at Babers jumping in off the side yet again - looked at the baby class - looked at the instructor who doesn't want him - and smiled at me. She said to try the class again next week and we will see what happens. I think we will get kicked out then and Babers will be wearing one of those giant floaty swimsuits next year. He can't be trusted around water.