{"id":92,"date":"2005-10-31T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-31T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=92"},"modified":"2005-10-31T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-31T19:00:00","slug":"learning-to-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Learning to swim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zara loves the water, be it in her bath, in a shower, or just playing with the running tap. She loves a dip in the pool<\/a> too.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, since it wasn’t raining in the evening, we brought Zara swimming in my sister’s apartment.<\/p>\n

I wanted to teach Zara how to float, a bit too eager, I say. At one point, I actually took out her float, let go off my hand, and see if she could float, but she just sank, and then when I took her out of the water, she was coughing out water. Daddy, who was taking photos was giving me the killer look “Why did you EVEN do THAT?” I felt so bad afterwards, kept apologising to Zara. Zara was very brave, didn’t’ even cry, not a tear, just coughed and coughed, and then wanted to get back into the water. *bad mummy*<\/p>\n

*Her float is a gift from a friend from Beijing. I think it’s a very useful float, leaving the kid’s hands free to paddle. Can’t find it here though.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nZara warming up
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\nMummy trying to teach her to lie on the water, and float.
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\nBut, Zara seemed to be interested in something that’s up in the sky.
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\nAfter dipping her in the pool without float and my hands holding on to her, she was still eager to continue.<\/p>\n

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\nLet’s see if I can try to teach her breast stroke.
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\n“Mummy, don’t let go off your hand”
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“Hopeless mummy, I think I better hang on to the side of the pool. At least it won’t try to drown me”<\/p>\n

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