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Updates...
The house is not being worked on at the moment. Our contractor had other obligations, so our house is still the same...
Carsten's tooth is fine. We went to a very nice pediatric dentist and she filed it down so it will be smooth. She was concerned that the part of the tooth that broke off could be in his lip since we never found it, but after x-rays and a consultation with an oral surgeon he was deemed okay. The pediatric dentist was very kind and they went out of their way to make Carsten comfortable. He laid on my lap and the dentist's lap to have the work done. He still cried, but not out of control.
Fiascos...
Swimming lessons. We thought we were quite brilliant in thinking the boys would like swimming lessons for their birthdays. Hmmm... tonight was the first class and Carsten screamed/cried the whole time. Reese clung tightly to Jim and cried for a bit as well. We are going to keep going and not give up, but getting Carsten in next week will be a challenge.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Updates and Fiascos
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3 comments:
Good idea to get them into the water early...difficult to get over the first fears of the water though. I think at this point it is just about them getting used to the water isn't it? So if they are too scared I maybe it would be easier to go on your own with them sometime and just play in the kiddie pool? (Hopefully it is warm enough?) This is something we need to continue with too...we started on it last year but then had to stop as life got too hectic and I have yet to pick it up agian. I was hoping they would just sort of get it on their own afterwhile but no such luck.
Dana, don't give up!! Chet was the same way when we started him in swimming, and it was very discouraging, but he got better, and used to the water! I suppose it is very scary to them in the beginning, but they come to love it so much, then you have a crazy indian jumping off of the side to you! It is so fun and very worth it! Keep it up! =)
Our youngest got NO good out of his first set of lessons, but the other boys were learning to swim. We would go other evenings on our own and the older boys would practice swimming and dad and #4 would play in the water...he had "water wings" on his arms and finally got over the scared feeling. The next summer, he did fine. As others have said, if you and dad go swimming with them outside of lessons, it might help.
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