One of the things I regret from being younger is that I never had proper swimming lessons and as a result I’ve never been that confident in water. I’m not a strong swimmer and although I’ll go snorkeling etc when on holiday I’m never completely relaxed about it. So when I found out about waterbabies I really wanted to take Zara as I want her to love swimming as much as her dad does.

We’ve been going for about 6 weeks now and we are both loving it. From an early age Zara has loved bathtime and we first took her swimming when she was about 4 months old. Today I took my camera along and was kindly allowed to take some photos.









Today was a scarey day because we did an underwater swim combined with letting go and letting her swim to the surface by herself, you really have to fight your instincts when it comes to letting go, I was definitely more worried about it than Z who seemed to enjoy not being held back by her mum for a change:

Somewhere under that water is Z swimming by herself:

and up we go…

we were also learning to hold onto the side:

I love our swimming classes, they are expensive but I guess giving Zara confidence in the water is worth it – she won’t be able to swim by the time the course is finished as they need to be 2-3 to really understand how to swim, but she will be confident in water, know to hold her breath under water, know how to get back to the surface, know how to turn around and get back to the side and how to hold onto the side so if god forbid she ever falls into water she will at least have some basic life saving skills and won’t panic. I’m guessing that is what I am really paying for :)

For anybody who is considering waterbabies and is worried about the cost – I’d definitely recommend it :)