Swimmer Boys

Today was Jake's last day of swim lessons. This week was very hard on me. I was starting to doubt that Jake was ready for this. After about 2-3 days the kids usually stop the crying and enjoy the swim lessons. Well not Jake! After the weekend, we come back to the lesson on Monday and Jake is worse than he was the week before. He is now screaming his head off and is not really grabbing the side of the wall. I kinda felt sad and thought maybe he is too young still. The next day even worse, now he won't hold onto the side AT ALL, he would throw his head back, having a fit and screaming bloody murder, won't stand on the step without screaming "uppy" for Tom to hold him. At least he still wants to go to him. He would stop crying right before he would start to go in the water. Tom asked me if Jake was held a lot and I told him, umm not really. Well he is. He always wants to be held! Something about Tom, he is the child whisperer! Wednesday Jake was much better. He cried of coarse but not hardly as much. Some of the parents went in the pool, except me since I did last time with James, and every time Jake went to another parent he would cry and reach for Tom! So today was the last lesson and he started to cry when I put on his swim diaper, but James and Craig were going in too. When I handed Jake to Craig he was ok in the water. And when Tom took Jake for a swim and he didn't cry!! He even smiled a bit. It was like someone flipped a switch, I have no idea why, maybe because Craig was in with him. Who knows, because last weekend when we were swimming he wanted nothing to do with it! Whatever it was I am SO glad he is enjoying it and we will be able to have such a fun summer with both the boys in the pool!

Here is a video of Jake and how he was LOVING to swim. He wouldn't stay on the step. He immediately would go right back in to the water, he was having so much fun! AMAZING!


After swim we got some lunch, Jake must have worked up quite an appetite! He has never even eaten a hamburger like that!