Swimming Video

On Tuesday and today I captured some video of Rebekah swimming during her lessons. This gives a good idea of what she has learned to do over the course of two weeks. As you will see she is still very hesitant to put her face in the water. She will blow bubbles, but she doesn't like submerging her face. She has done it a few times, and she has even gone completely underwater, but she doesn't like it much. However, she really enjoys getting in the pool, and taking baths has become a non-existent battle lately. We are unsure if we will have Rebekah take another two-week round of lessons in July or if we will wait until next summer. We are seeing that she is very tired by the week's end since she has been swimming four days each week. For now we feel like she just needs some pool time to become more comfortable putting her face in the water before she will be able to really move forward.

It is really exciting to see how much Rebekah has progressed in two weeks of swimming training. She is kicking really well, and she's blowing bubbles well also. I have been extremely pleased with her coach Ms. Sandy. It's obvious she loves what she does, and she is so encouraging. From day 1 she was having Rebekah give her high five's for every little thing she did right. I'm so glad we found a place that is giving Rebekah the tools she needs but where they understand her fears as well.