We got Hud ready, showered and into the pool. Our teacher was apparently out, so our sub introduced himself, then we began the welcome song. After the song we started with our first instructions. The teacher asked for a child volunteer then demonstrated that we would be doing multiple dolphin dips (dunking your kid under the water) then they would wall walk along the wall and repeat. My mouth dropped open as did most of the other parents. I tried to mutter that this was our first class. Sensing our reservations the teacher said we needed to just go for it. So we did. After that we did a back float. The teacher commented that kids usually like the back float, but when all the kids started crying and scrambling for their parents like cats in water I decided that they actually don't! One little girl in the class, cried hysterically the entire time. I'm not sure if it was because of her or the tension the kids could feel from the parents, but most of the kids were somewhat upset. Hudson did have a few moments of enjoyment, mostly splashing with dada, but overall, we thought it was a bit overwhelming and stressful for a first class!
The video is literally of the very first thing we did in the class! Talk about having the kids dive right in!! haha
I called the next day to explain my concerns to the Director and she immediately sounded horrified. Apparently the teacher didn't realize we were an infant survival class. He thought we were a Baby Swim class, which means he thought the kids had all been taking classes for weeks already! She apologized profusely, offered us a free class, and promised that our Wednesday class experience would be completely different.
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