I was lucky to sit next to a woman, (she was a teacher; not swimming teacher, though), who told me that if I let ds scream his way into not coming back tomorrow, that I would probably never get him back into a pool.

So we came home and I wrote him a schedule. He now has a blue sheet of construction paper on our fridge with the numbers 1-8 on it. I wrote "swimming lessons" at the top and "surprise!" at the bottom. In between he has the numbers to cross off as he finishes each lesson.

Since he's such a numbers guy, I'm hoping the appeal of crossing them off to get to the surprise will be a motivating factor when he's feeling less than brave.

I'll tell one of the instructors what he told me about the water not being safe and how I've talked to him about our river.

Last edited by Ametrine; 06/13/11 04:55 PM.