I'm having so much fun participating in all of these baby enrichment classes! I'm not so sure about baby C, but I'm surely loving it. Last night we had our first of eight swimming lessons. I registered for the evening class so A could join us and assist with the drying and changing the baby at the end of the swimming session. I am sure you have heard someone, if it wasn't you yourself, say that they took their baby to swim class. Have you ever really sat and thought about what that actually involves?
Mistake number one - putting the baby in her "swim diaper" before we left the house. I knew this so I don't know why I made the mistake, but did you know that those special diapers are made to contain poop, not absorb pee? It makes sense because the diaper would hold ten pounds of pool water in a nanosecond. So picture it. I put the baby in her swim diaper thirty minutes before class. That means she peed on daddy, peed on me, and peed in her car seat on the way to swimming! Luckily I put a plastic bad and a towel on her car seat when I realized why we were all wet!
Mistake number two - Mommy wore a bathing suit with a full front zipper. That means that baby can pull the zipper down. It was nice to see that my post baby breasts float in the water giving them the appearance that they are ten years younger, but family swim lessons is not the place for this type of revelation. Next week I'll pin that sucker closed.
Success number one - bringing daddy along for the ride! It was so fun to have him there and although I know I looked like the mom that couldn't handle this so she brought along support - I couldn't give a rat's ass! If those people knew how I run this show solo, almost exclusively, they'd be cheering me on that I finally had some help! If I ever needed his set of hands, it was last night. Which brings me back to asking if you ever really thought about swim lessons with a baby. A soaking wet baby, a soaking wet mom, and a yucky wet floored locker room. How exactly do you pull this off alone? Hopefully daddy will come every week and I won't have to figure that one out.
Success number two - taking swimming lessons in the summer. This is upstate NY and it's cold in July. I did my best to dry us off but we were still damp. I could NEVER imagine doing this is the dead of the winter. They offer classes then! You won't see C or I there come snow season. Snow and swimming, no thank you.
Success number three - babies and swimming equal exhaustion (for both of us). It wasn't long before both of us were asleep after swimming. I'd love to report that it was for the whole night, but last night turned out to be a three time wake up night. Binky, diaper, and morning milk - mommy at your service...
We are all looking forward to next week's lesson. Who knows, maybe I can even hold the camera this time and daddy can take the plunge!
