Isaac heads to his 4th swimming lesson tonight… We are going to the University for lessons--closer to the house, but there are alot of lessons at the same time = lots of commotion, I suppose same is true at the Y. The first night he nervously went under water about 4 times… now he goes 4 in a row! His wide open eyes, as he peeps out of the water for his next breath, still portray the nerves, but you can tell he is ecstatic about getting into the water. He is in and out …sitting on the ledge... all too often in my opinion. He told me he was cold after Tuesday’s class…I told him he needed to stay in the water! There is only one other kid in his class. So I was hoping for a bit more pushing from the lifeguard. But the class is good for him – I will admit that. I am sure that I am critiquing a little more than most—but we are on day 4…encourage more of something else-floating, jumping in… not just underwater!!! Ha…not that I am telling anyone what to do… I am behaving myself. Since I was a lifeguard and Joe too, I didn’t find the sessions necessary—it was Joe’s decision – a push from his dad—to put him in lessons. We honestly just needed to find more time for him to be at a “pool” vs. the lake… where it takes more courage to “walk” into the deeper water, I think. But it is just letting my little boy enjoy “his” time, so that is worth it… Trevor is not in swimming lessons yet (next year!?). He would love it too, but this “Isaac” time is needed for him. One of the bigger reasons why we joined Gearing Up for Kindergarten too! He deserves our one on one attention as well. I am not so called, “worried” about Isaac transitioning into a mature boy and entering school, but he deserves my attention and alone time with his parents too!!! Now he is getting more of that – Isaac time—and I am quite sure he LOVES it! I stayed home for the one on one time with Trevor last night and Joe brought the camcorder to record the proof of progress... really all we got was a memory that is full of noise and motion sickness... ha... the pool area is noisy...and the 12 minute clips are a bit much for a 3rd session of hopping in and out of the water...Maybe a steadier hand on the last night of lessons will prove more progress for Isaac! ...so far, Dad has provided 12 minutes of proof for a 5 year old's love of the water! Dizzying! ha ha... he knows he isn't a camera man! --all in all a good memory on record!
Fish Oil = miracle drug????? Maybe so… I am already a believer…No Trevor’s words aren’t clearer, but there are sure more of them = already? He was starting to head out of the plateau just prior to starting the mineral, but I trust that it is a supporting factor in the big increase of vocabulary. These are words we have heard before, but normally those words go into hiding for a while…I hope they stick around!! That would be HUGE progress! A cause for welcomed COMMOTION in the house!
He attended his 3rd speech session on Wednesday. He already started “playing” !!!!!!! When Joe got to daycare to pick him up for his speech session, he started crying…telling “Daddy, no eech…no eech.” So, Joe was thinking it wasn’t going to be a successful ½ hour. But he (and myself) were pleasantly surprised with the outcome and his courage already! Of course starting on this good track – Trevor won’t have speech due to Veteran’s Day and school being out on Friday… hope next Wednesday isn’t too far away to stay on track… but for now…more fish oil in applesauce…FYI don’t but it in Mac-n-Cheese...they didn’t eat it. Not sure why it would “flavor” that vs the applesauce differently. Need to go grocery shopping tonight –Need to get yogurt and give that a try too. Thank goodness they both LOVE applesauce! They have been getting a lot of it!
Progress for everyone – helps relieve this mommy’s mind for now!!!
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