Life has been busy!!! Berkley is taking swimming lessons through the program called ISR (Infant swimming resource) She is doing AWESOME!!!! Every day she is she is showing improvement in grabbing for the bar (the side if the pool to get out) swimming to her instructors, and floating on her back!!! This is her second week in and the instructors said she is doing REALLY good, and that we have a swimmer on our hands!! I can't wait to see her compete some day in high school and college if that is what she wants to do.
She is also a little reader!!!She LOVES books and learning!! We have her on a program called "Your baby can read" it amazing how much she knows!! These past few days she has been reading many of her flash cards to us (bow, turtle,ball, hat,cats, eyes,hi,sitting, horse, hands, and moon). She knows all of her colors, and mostly all of her ABC's, she recognizes a lot of her shapes and we are working on numbers 1-5.
I works two nights out of the week and Saturdays(any time). It has been tough for me with leaving, as she is with Neal. But I know that by me working part- time is helping us out in the long run (by paying off student loans and saving some). The nights that I don't put her down makes me a little sad but when the following day comes I want to spend every moment with her by teaching her and letting her know how much I love her. It is amazing how much your love grows for your children even when you are away for a short time.
We moved at the end of March to Mesa, and we are so happy to have a place of our own. It is a 3bdrm/2ba with a huge backyard. What is really exciting is that we planted a garden!! We have tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, red and green onions, carrots, kale, lettuce, basil, cilantro and potatoes growing!!!
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I want to get Miles in Swimming lessons how much is the program and where is it at?
The program is a little expensive but honestly it is worth it!!! Each child gets one on one training and they are very accomodating to the needs of each child!! It goes for 4-6 weeks ( depending on the childs progress) 10 minutes each day Monday-Friday. The swimming lessons are at the instructors swimming pole who is trained and certified. The thing is she only does her training in the morning. But there are many inscructors traind though ISR who can have different swimming lesson schedules.
How much does it cost? and does 10 mins really do alot?
It cost $85 a week. At first the I thought the 10min was really short but now thinking about it a childs attention spand is for a short period of time. So that is why they only do it for 10 min each day five in a row. Each day I have seen inprovement in Berkley... honestly!! :) The person who created the swim program is a doctor who is dedicated in preventing drownings. He has taken MANY psychology classes and has designed many techniques for children to learn ho to gerab for the side of the pool, float on their back until they get help, swim then turn over and float on their back when they are out of breath and need to float. They last week of their swim class they have the child swim in their pajamas and then in their winter clothes to reiterate that they can swim even in those clothes. And then they have the parent in the pool the last day, as the instructors tell them what to expect for the summer with their child. After that they do a refresher cource for a week the next year. The instructor said 1 and a half is a great time (developmentally for the child) to take the class but they can take it at any age.
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