We went out to Toys R Us and bought Jacob a couple of bathing suits (Chad wants me to call them boardshorts I guess) because we are excited to get Jacob in the pool. We weren't sure how long
we had to wait to take him in but we looked it up and after the umbilical cord falls out you can take them in. Well, we waited until he was 7 weeks and Dad came home early from work and said "let's go swimming!"We went to the pool and put him in the water and he loved it. He didn't cry at all. As he got used to the water, Chad just held the back of Jacob's head and the rest of Jacob's body just floated on the top of the water. Jacob just smiled and looked around. He
was sooo cute! Later, Chad said it is time for him to go under the water and he dunked him under and I said, I can't watch this and I went to the other side of the pool. But Jacob did so good and didn't even cry when he went under. So Grandpa B. and Chad passed him back and forth underwater. I guess really little babies have a natural thing where they hold their breath. Kinda weird and scary.Chad took him in the shower after and washed off all the clorine and moisturized his skin so it didn't dry out. The whole swim day was like a half hour.
Jacob loved the whole experience and hopefully he will be swimming like a little fish by the end of next summer.
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