Tuesday, May 5, 2009

baby swimmer


with Jillian in the changing room
singing songs and moving in a circle.
teaching her to hold on to the side of the pool if she falls into the pool by accident.

Today is the first time we went to the baby swimming class in ACAC. It is a 30-minute class and Ming Ming enjoyed every miunte of it. The instructor is great, we sang songs and tried different movements in the water together. Most of the babies are older than Ming Ming, and some of them are able to blow bubbles in water. When I tried it with Ming Ming, she opened her mouth to drink it. Apparently it tasted quite good and it was funny, she loved it. We also tried to let the babies jump into the pool, of course mums would catch them before they reached the water. Here is a vedio of Ming Ming trying to do it. It was her first time and she did not quite understand what was expected of her, and the teacher called her Claire, so she had no idea that she was being called. Anyway, it was a lot of fun, and Ming Ming was not afraid of going into the water at all. I said "plaf plaf plouf" (from the story "hipoppo va se baigner") and she could not stop splashing water with her hand.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bravo Zen Zen et bravo Miming... et merci à Suka l'opértrice qui nous permet de suivre cette première séance.
Miming semble vraiment à l'aise et heureuse dans l'eau.
des conseils de Jacques : bien garder Miming en situation verticale avec les épaules sous l'eau (c'est dans cette situation qu'elle peut mettre en action les mouvements de la marche, ce sera la première étape de l'autonomie) Ses bras serviront à s'équilibrer et les mouvements de jambes à se déplacer.
Quand elle est assise sur le bord de la piscine et qu'elle tombe dans l'eau la laisser s'immerger très brièvement.
Nous attendons avec impatience la prochaine séance !
Bisous.
mamicath et papou Jacques.