Swimming

Ames had his first swim last Saturday at Uncle's place. As first timers, we packed our simming bag very diligently with new bottle of sunblock, 2 thick towels, 1 froggy hoodie, new bath gel, the inflatable float with the pump, watering can which he can play in the water and many shirts for just emergency uses. We ended up with a big bag each for the vain mom and the innocent baby Ames. Besides, it's mom first time putting on the swimmers ever since I had graduated from school. Luckily the spandex material still enabled me to squeeze in..

Guess what Ames wore? I was thinking if I should rush down to buy the special waterproof swimmer diapers. But come to think of it, why should I waste $ on the diapers when we may not be frequent swimmers. So, I got the pull-ups for Ames. Had stacked aside free samples of huggies pull up. Actually, the Huggies pull up diapers looked very good on Ames too. Maybe I can upgrade him to these on some special days. So off Ames went to swim in the pull-up and a pre-loved board shorts from Aarron and his surfer boy wet shirt.

There were some fear in me before we appoarched the pool. Thoughts such as " crying baby? sick baby? fearful of water?" all started flying in my mind. No try no gain, right. So as long as I try to take the optimal precaution, judging from our powerpacked bags, we should be ok.

Got Ames sit on the edge first to try the temperature of the water. The little fella started to get more excited and kicked hard at the water. Maybe he ain't afraid of the water as much as the mother. Babies have natural water instinct as I watched the videos on You-tube of the swimming babies. Grabbed Ames and started to flat him in water. He had so much fun. Laughed aloud and kicked the water. Loads of splashes of water. More fun came with the cousins joining in. Ames also enjoyed in the float by himself. Of course, the eagle-eyed mother must never lax in the supervision. Well, the experience today will sure propel us tohave more water fun the next family event.

Eventually, we did have a crying baby. A crying baby that refused to be out of the pool. Ames was so angry with father for getting him out of the pool. I became his favourite person as I had stayed longer in the pool. Sometimes Ames will play naughty boy by refusing me to carry him. I was the lovely person whom his arms kept reaching for me!

We end up with a sleepy baby once in the home. Utimately, I think he got tired out from the kicking and splashing of the water. For hyperkids, I think swimmng maybe a good choice to knock out.