The lesson started out great. I was expecting the crying to start when I handed her off to Sara. Malia loves the water but she's never been in it with a stranger. Surprisingly, she didn't fuss at all and looked at Sara with a befuddled "who ARE you?" look on her face. Sara got her to back float the first time without any problems and dunked her under the water without any problems. But as she repeated the exercises, Malia caught on to the game and started wailing. Then she really understood what was happening and only wailed when Sara counted because it's 1-2-3-DUNK. Malia was fine in between dunkings but when she heard the 1 count, she would starting wailing, arch her back and do the limp noodle act. It took Kael awhile to master the float without freaking out and it looks like Malia is the same. She only sucked in water the wrong way a couple of times and by the end of the 15 minute lesson, she knew to close her eyes and hold her breath.
Kael had his lesson at the same time and I could tell he was really bothered by her crying. I heard him tell Jamie his instructor "That's my baby sister Malia crying - I need to go help her. " It was so sweet. Hopefully she'll get used to the lessons in a couple of weeks and learn to love them as much as Kael.
The first back float.
1-2-3....
DUNK!
What the @#$% just happened?!
She's starting to get fussy with the floats. She's not wailing yet - just eh-eh-eh!
Another dunk. Her eyes are tightly closed.
Now we're full blown wailing.
Otherwise she's just fine and dandy in the water. You like her tie-dye swim suit? It's size 12m and so baggy on her!
So it's really really obvious she hates the back float. But look at her form - it's perfect!
And here's our brave little swimmer at the end of her first lesson.
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