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 When Michael called and told me he was on the way to deliver to me some fish he just caught on the sea, I was filling our bath tub with hot water. Then when he arrived with lots of black seabass and lynn, and asked how Tom was doing, I told him that Tom was swimming. Tom is swimming? Michael seemed surprised and without invitation, he went straight upstairs to see how Tom was swimming. Yes, the little 40-day old Thomas was swimming in our bathtub, and he was not just floating in the water, he was literally swimming! :-)
Tom's grandparents brought with them a portable swimming pool and some life rings when they came from China. They told us that it is an excellent way to help the baby develp some balancing skills and some interest playing with the water. So when Tom was 5 weeks old, we started to put him in the water to see how he reacts. Since he was small enough to fit into our bathtub we did not use the portal swimming pool.
The first time Tom got into the water, he barely moved himself but it was obviously he was very comfortable staying there. Then the second time he started to kick around and when his legs reached the bottom of the tub, he stepped on it so that his body could rebound and sometimes his head and neck would be a lot above the water. Slowly, he learned to balance his body so that he could easily adjust himself to a position so as to step on the bottom or the side of the bathtub and make himself rebound. So when Michael came to watch Tom swimming, Tom was fully capable to "swimming" and suprised uncel Mike a big time!
Salute grandparents for bringing such a wonderful excercise to the baby.
Gallery - Tom swims.
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