Le Xuan is almost 9 months now, and we decided to bring her for a swim... again. I could still remember very vividly that the first attempt, which was about 2 months ago, was a total failure. Le Xuan was so traumatized that she cried uncontrollably until her face went all purple and filled with tears. Coupled with her teething condition that time, she started having serious diarrhea the very next day which took almost 10 days to recover. This experience had left a very deep impression (or rather fear) in me.
However, we thought it was about time for Le Xuan to have a second attempt soon, and prayed really hard that history would not repeat itself again. So... off to Jiujiu's house! This time, I decided to go down to the pool with Le Xuan so as to give her a sense of security. Woah, it's been a long time since I wore my swimming costume, hehe.
I started off letting Le Xuan feel the water with her little feet while I carried her in my arms. It was a pleasant surprise when I saw her kicking the water happily. Given her positive response, I decided to let her go further down into the water but still hugging her closely so as to make sure that she was still fine. We proceed to the next step by letting Le Xuan try her new float. Initially we got the float's orientation wrong, and Le Xuan looked scared on the topsy turvy float. After getting the orientation right, Le Xuan looked happy kicking in the waters again. However, this was shortlived as Le Xuan began to feel tired.
Although the whole swimming experience took only about 10 - 15 minutes, I was very proud that Le Xuan had overcome her fear at her second swimming attempt. After a hot bath at Jiujiu's house, she drank her milk and concussed immediately. Haha guess it was quite a stressful experience for me that day, which explained why I was so tired after that =P Looking forward to the next swimming lesson! :)
