Water Baby

Max & I enrolled in Mommy & Me swim lessons at the YMCA in LR. We had our last swimming lesson on Monday. This was his fourth week of lessons and Max has improved tremendously! We were in the 6 month-3 year old class at the YMCA Westside Branch. His teacher, Ms. Regina, was great. The class was geared toward water safety.

Swimming lessons are something that I highly recommend. Especially at this age when it is all about safety. At each lesson, Max would practice crawling out of the pool & jumping back in at my command. Although he cannot climb out all by himself or stand up & jump back in by himself, he does understand the concept. We will continue to practice these skills this summer at our neighborhood pool and we will hopefully continue swim lessons for the next few summers. Max also enjoyed the fun songs & activites we would do each class. His favorite thing was popping up out of the water on the song "Pop Goes the Weasel." He also enjoyed the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and the rain falling down on his head, as well as tipping his head into  the water during "I'm a Little Teapot."

He practiced riding the horse (the long noodle thingy) in the water for balance, and riding the boat (the flat boogy board). It was really a fun class!

Here are a few pictures Daniel took of us at one of our classes.

(Pardon my extremley sunburned shoulders. Apparently the UV rays were much stronger than I thought at Toad Suck!)

Unfortunately, we did not make it to the very last class yesterday because Max was not feeling well. Poor guy! He woke up with a fever of 101 degrees and a slight cough. His pediatrician said to monitor him overnight. So that is what we did. He slept great through the night, and woke up again this morning with a 101 degree temperature. We went to see his pediatrician, Dr. Thompson with the LR Pediatric's Clinic, and he determined that Max probably caught a virus that led to croup (a condition that causes inflammation of the airways and a nasty barklike cough). He also has some fluid in both of his ears, which could be the early signs of an ear infection, so he is taking antibiotics.

Max's fever broke before we went to see Dr. Thompson, and Max seems to be handling this nasty croup as well as he can. He is in good spirits. Especially when he sees his Daddy :) I just hate that my poor baby is sick! Please pray for his speedy healing.