Swimming along.
We took our daughter, Ana Isabel, to the beach on Sunday morning. She, of course, loved playing in the sand.
I chased her around for a while. And then, I wanted to take her into the ocean. She balked. I persisted. She cried. I relented, for a bit.
So she played in the sand again, getting it all over her. Just as it was time to leave, my wife packing up, I said: "Let me take her in the water again, at least to wash her off."
Again, Ana resisted. But she seemed to get more comfortable as I jumped up and down in the water. Finally, I got a big smile out of her and a "wheeee." A couple of day's later she asked to go to "papi's beach." A small victory.
So I guess it's time to get her, at 22 months old, some swimming lessons. What kind of experinces have you had with toddlers and swimming?
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