After going back and forth many times, we finally decided to do Julia's first swim lessons with the City of Austin. Julia was so excited and finally ready! We were lucky enough to be able to coordinate swim lessons with Julia's cousin, Nolan, who is a year older. They had fun together.
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| On our way to swim lessons... |
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| Hey mom! I'm at the pool!! |
Over the two weeks that Julia did swim lessons, she learned to blow bubbles in the water, float on her tummy (assisted), and float on her back (assisted), jumping off the side into the water, and even worked on kicking in the water and doggie paddling. What a great extension of her OT too! Julia LOVED being in the water! On the first day, she wanted to go into the deep end with the instructor. She had no fear of the water. Unfortunately they were short on actual instructors and Julia's class had lifeguards helping each day that didn't seem to know how to properly handle a child in the water, especially one with sensory issues who needed to feel secure when they were flipping her over from her front to back, in the water.
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| Julia showing her teacher how she can blow bubbles in the water. |
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| Floating on her tummy |
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| Blowing bubbles- she loved to do this while she waited for her turn in the water. |
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| Flipping over on her back |
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| Hanging with cousin Nolan before swim lessons |
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| So cute! |
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| Floating on her tummy |
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| CHEESE! |
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| Bright sun! Stretching out her body and RELAXING. |
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| Posing with her completion certificate after the two weeks! |
Lastly, here are two cute clips we got during swim lessons...
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