After five long weeks, Miss Lila Grace can swim.
Lila has been taking swim lessons throughout the school year without much progress. This summer, we enrolled her in the same program that taught Savannah to swim - granted, Savannah learned to swim last year so we recognized that we were pushing the envelope with Lila. All three of my girls were born fearful swimmers and resisted swim lessons. Luckily, Lila knew I meant business this year and, while she didn't want to, she put her face in the water and learned how to use her big arms.
At first, Lila thought that she would sink and clung to her swim teacher if he tried to move away from her. After going back and forth with him for four weeks, he gained her trust and got her over the hump. The last week, she swam with a new teacher. The change was positive. Lila didn't show signs of fear and in five days got her big arms out of the water (they are too straight and make her movements a bit jerky) and learned to swim independently. Here is a clip of Lila swimming 2/3 of a lap without assistance.
I am so proud of her. She believes she is a swimmer, is proud of her accomplishment and has hinted at wanting to take the test in the outdoor pool in order to go off the diving board.
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