"I Fly by Myself"

Arwen Grace is a water baby ... well, water toddler that is. She is also an "i do myself" one too ... which makes it interesting at the pool when she wants to swim (which she calls "flying") by herself before she can actually swim!

She was apprehensive with jumping in ... and she didn't really "jump" (which doesn't overly surprise me, since she just learn to jump on "land.") ... she did more of tipping over, her feet never leaving their spot. ;) She likes for you to "help" her jump into the water, where she then wants to "fly" in the water ... yep, "by myself." she changes her mind if you let your hands barely off of her and she starts to go under, so fortunately we haven't had any fits over it ... yet. :)

She can go under but not to stay. She doesn't like to, but is happy when she does IF she doesn't get water in her nose or mouth ... but that makes sense to me. I still have a hard time swimming or going under the water without holding my nose and i'm 27 (i think!). Arwen Grace may be our little swimmer if she can grasp on to some techniques. I don't believe she will be swimming on her own yet ... but maybe enough were she won't be so scared next year. We are thinking about lessons for them both next year which will give me some one-on-one time with the baby in the pool. So we will see ...