We finally took Aaron swimming! We originally wanted to go on the Fourth of July, but Sammy got out of work early the day before and it was blazing hot and Aaron was bored so we went then. He was pretty hesitant at first and clung to my arm so tightly he was pinching it. I hate that he's scared in those moments, but it makes me feel so good that I can comfort him.
I walked around with him in the three foot section so that about half of him was submerged. He kept making funny faces and didn't really want to play in the water because he was busy holding onto me as tightly as possible. I sat on the steps with him so that he was only a little in the water and he still wasn't sure of that. There were a few kids in the pool and he watched them very intently. I had a hard time not laughing at them because there was a teenage girl hanging with some preteen boys and she was trying to appear as cool as possible. The kids were Latinx and she kept throwing random spanish phrases at them like suck my turtle. Then she would randomly sing the lyrics to Blink 182 songs and was complaining that her parents were sending her to church camp and how she'd be stuck with all those Jesus lovers. Isn't eavesdropping the best?
The kids started screaming and that made Aaron cry. He's very sensitive to when other people raise their voice and it makes me so sad that it scares him. He's my precious boy who should never be yelled at!
The kids left and we waded in the pool a bit longer. In total we were probably there twenty minutes.
We went swimming with Lexy at their apartment because they have a huge wading section. Aaron was pretty hesitant at first, but then he was okay sitting cross legged in my lap and started splashing the water. He didn't want to wear his hat that he usually wears though and threw it straight into the water. We were having so much fun that I accidentally forgot to feed him when I normally do. I felt so bad!
When we were changing out of his swim suit, Aaron refused to sit still for me because he wanted to look at their dog.
I'm hoping to get a lot more swimming time in before summer ends, but if not we'll just have to sign him up for swimming lessons.
I walked around with him in the three foot section so that about half of him was submerged. He kept making funny faces and didn't really want to play in the water because he was busy holding onto me as tightly as possible. I sat on the steps with him so that he was only a little in the water and he still wasn't sure of that. There were a few kids in the pool and he watched them very intently. I had a hard time not laughing at them because there was a teenage girl hanging with some preteen boys and she was trying to appear as cool as possible. The kids were Latinx and she kept throwing random spanish phrases at them like suck my turtle. Then she would randomly sing the lyrics to Blink 182 songs and was complaining that her parents were sending her to church camp and how she'd be stuck with all those Jesus lovers. Isn't eavesdropping the best?
The kids started screaming and that made Aaron cry. He's very sensitive to when other people raise their voice and it makes me so sad that it scares him. He's my precious boy who should never be yelled at!
The kids left and we waded in the pool a bit longer. In total we were probably there twenty minutes.
We went swimming with Lexy at their apartment because they have a huge wading section. Aaron was pretty hesitant at first, but then he was okay sitting cross legged in my lap and started splashing the water. He didn't want to wear his hat that he usually wears though and threw it straight into the water. We were having so much fun that I accidentally forgot to feed him when I normally do. I felt so bad!
When we were changing out of his swim suit, Aaron refused to sit still for me because he wanted to look at their dog.
I'm hoping to get a lot more swimming time in before summer ends, but if not we'll just have to sign him up for swimming lessons.
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