Caleb Can Swim!

As I mentioned last week, Caleb is in swim lessons this month. He has continued to do really well in the lessons, but, up through this past Saturday, had only been able to swim alone for about six feet or so (as long as it took him to expel a lungful of air). On Saturday morning, we took him to the YMCA with some friends, and, totally out-of-the-blue, he could swim on his own. After a few practices runs from the pool side to one of us, Caleb spent more than an hour in the pool, swimming completely independently. It was the weirdest thing, seeing him chilling out in the water on his own. He was like a little fish, floating on his back, dog-paddling, doing full strokes and kicks to the side of the pool. I had no idea that swimming was such an on/off switch like riding a bike. I had figured that we would have gradual progress over a period of weeks and months. We didn't have the video camera with us on Saturday, but we took it to his Tuesday swim lesson. His teacher, Miss Liz, was very, very impressed with his dramatic improvement over the weekend.