Infant Swim Research Lesson

Over the summer, Carter took survival swim lessons. Steve and I thought these lessons were important because of all the water in Florida, and my parents live on a boat in a marina surrounded by water. Carter took lessons Monday through Friday for 10 minutes each day for four weeks.


Carter started swim lessons at the end of June. Within the first week, we was able to float on his back alone. It was amazing! I couldn't believe that a little boy could learn and retain this concept so quickly.





Here is Carter during his first week of lessons. Michelle, his instructor, is supporting him very little in his back float. I didn't get in the water with him until the last lesson. Carter would whimper through lessons, but he never screamed.














In swim lessons, he learned how to get to air by floating in his back. He can get on his back if he fell straight up and down into water, fell forward into water, or flipped into the water. I can't tell you enough how amazing it is to see this little guy rolling over and floating all by himself. This was one of the best things we have done for him.




This is toward his last lessons. Again, he has very little to no support in his back float. We also wised up and put him in a regular swim suit instead of the Speedo that was sent with the ISR welcome kit. We don't want to start THAT habit.