Baby 2 Swimming Journey
Months 10 to 18
Watch Kaia, Cindy & Mark’s daughter, develop her water confidence and swimming skills during the Baby 2 stage of Cindy’s Swim School.
The first day in Baby 2
Pushing off wall on noodle, catch toy and bring back
Push to wall and hold wall
Safety jump into the pool
Push baby to wall and hold
Push baby to wall and hold
Nearly at the wall
Push baby to wall and hold
Spalsh splash splash
We love swimming!
Happy swimmers!
Row row, push off, swim to wall
Catching toys and returning them to wall
Push off wall, catching toys and returning them to wall
Whooshing, submersion into back float – Kaia not loving it!
Swimming at home with Daddy
Monkey walk, pick up sinkers, Speedboat to mommy
Push off wall, catching toys, returning back to wall
Catch toys, whilst holding noodle
Safety jump with Daddy
Safety jump with Daddy
Climbing out safely, ‘hands, elbows, knees’
Climbing out safely, body balance is forwards
Push off wall on noodle, to catch toys
Pushing off the wall on noodle
Catching toys on noodle
Getting better!
Catch the toy
Put the toy down!
Swimming with friends
Swimming together
Say ‘goodbye noodle’
Pushing off wall to Daddy
Pushing to wall and grabbing
Speedboat to wall and grabbing
Climbing on mat
Speedboat from mat to wall and grabbing
Speedboat from wall to mat
Loving Row, Row, Row!
Speedboat off mat to the wall
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom to the wall
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom back
Look Daddy, my foot!
Climbed out the pool safely!
Feet right here for safety
Getting ready for the sitting dive
Daddy kissing toes!
Humpty Dumpty
Back float 5 counts
‘High five’ our friends
Whooshing into submersion into back float
Float for 5 counts
Back kicking on noodle, push off the wall
Kicking on back, cheesy sandwich exercise
Kaia licking the wall whilst doing monkey walking
Submerge to sinker, then Speedboat to Daddy
Monkey walk to sinker
Speedboat with sinker
Speedboat to step, climb out the pool
Kaia rooting her friend on
Kaia riding on her Daddy
Faster Daddy!
Safety jump
Push off the wall
Allowing Kaia to breath a bit more
Going under the water to the wall
Push off wall, kick, push off wall, kick!
whooshes into back floats
Vertical submersion into back float, count to 5
Monkey walk
Pick up sinker, Speedboat all the way!
End of Baby 2!
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