A look back - 6 months old

Even though I've been teaching lessons for years, I had a brand new experience teaching my own child to swim.  She is now two and a half, but here's a little glimpse of my little Julia when she was 6 months old.

We were living in a cool apartment complex in Austin, Texas at the time and the water was already unbelievably warm in May.  My focus for her that first summer was comfort in the water.  We had a lot of access to splash pads in the area, so she got to explore nice and slowly.

Aww, I miss those chubby cheeks. 

Moms of the under-1 crowd.  Expose your kids to the water.  Get in there with them.  Let them get splashed.  The more they are in the water, the less scary it will seem to them as they grow.