Cameron's swim lessons

Cameron started swim lessons this past summer of 2008. We thought it was time because he kept insisting he already knew how to swim, and would refuse to let us help him in the water. Meanwhile, he'd be gurgling, spitting, and basically drowing right in front of us while he would yell at us not to touch him because he could swim! Lessons went really well for Cameron. His swim teacher told us that he is the best student she has ever seen! It seems to come very naturally for him, which is a shocker since he is a stout little man:-)



This was when he was first starting his lessons. We did private lessons because Cameron's hearing loss makes it very difficult to hear in the pool and one-on-one would be the best way to go for him.



Getting ready to take the plunge!



And backwards...

So now it's been around 6 months of swimming lessons and Cameron is really good at it! He can swim laps unassisted now, is working on diving into deep water, and can do many different strokes including: freestyle, breast stroke, back stroke, and even butterfly! His teacher has suggested the next step for Cameron is the swim team. I think it is great for Cameron to have something he is really good at:-)

These videos show Cameron in some of his more recent lessons...

This video shows Cameron swimming laps, and his awesome turns at the wall:-) He is so relaxed when he swims. He just plods along and defies all laws of gravity:-)