tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post953283139037314703..comments2024-01-24T05:26:00.039-08:00Comments on Whitterer on Autism: Define your termsMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-21148951936328696742007-06-09T07:07:00.000-07:002007-06-09T07:07:00.000-07:00Mine love the water!Junior is in his element in th...Mine love the water!<BR/>Junior is in his element in the pool. It is one activity we all do together. My kids would never make it in formal lessons.<BR/><BR/>I like the looks of that "chocolate cake" in that picture!!!!A Bishops Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614782576567905819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-77866589930625329102007-06-07T22:01:00.000-07:002007-06-07T22:01:00.000-07:00What I'm wondering is...whatever happened to the w...What I'm wondering is...whatever happened to the wetsuit which met such an unfortunate fate in your <BR/>earlier post??mjsuperfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430437202459251288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-48538881891066360172007-06-07T21:05:00.000-07:002007-06-07T21:05:00.000-07:00Is this an appropriate place to inject a little Do...Is this an appropriate place to inject a little Dorie 'just keep swimming' wisdom in? Just keep swimming! Finally the littlest Infidel, Melody, at 4, will get in the pool without clinging desperately to me like a Koala cub. She won't get her hair wet, though, but we're still making progress. Just keep swimming.elasticwaistbandladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643871078268503643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-63603870619532054832007-06-07T19:12:00.000-07:002007-06-07T19:12:00.000-07:00I wrote a little story about a pool experience and...I wrote a little story about a pool experience and got it published.<BR/><BR/>We have put <I>Ronn</I> in lessons. I have been thinking about putting him with a special ed class but guilt has prevented me. Seriously. He's so high functioning that I feel ridiculous asking.<BR/><BR/>The big thing for him is to put his face in the water.<BR/><BR/>Proud of him for remaining w/his head above water!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119718461267453386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-49096410507348998852007-06-07T12:24:00.000-07:002007-06-07T12:24:00.000-07:00I'm still not sure what to do about Little Bug and...I'm still not sure what to do about Little Bug and lessons... he is non verbal and while his receptive language is getting better, it isn't great. I think we will probably do the "swim as often as we can" approach. He'll figure it out... someday... right?Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908930035466483151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-87809811316820975162007-06-07T09:03:00.000-07:002007-06-07T09:03:00.000-07:00Had to get #2-Son lessons simply because he assume...<I>Had</I> to get #2-Son lessons simply because he assumed that if he got into the pool, he could swim, and was beyond astonished to find out that he couldn't. Since he had no concept of "danger" or "drowning," lessons were a necessity.<BR/> <BR/>He picked it up very quickly, although he cannot lap swim for real exercise (hypotonia, donchaknow) and we gave up the lessons when it was obvious he wasn't really interested in learning the correct form of the various strokes. He is quite as capable of moving through water as through air, if not more so (that silly gravity on land is such a bother). I've seen him twist and swirl in the water just like the videos of otters at play. He does get hypothermia rather easily, but will live with it unless you drag him out of the water.<BR/><BR/>He loves all things aquatic, and would probably prefer to live somewhere that had a superb public aquarium and a pool in his back yard (garden, I mean. Sorry, I'll speak Queen's English.)Camera Obscurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366304095952901048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-52200960588120992212007-06-07T08:41:00.000-07:002007-06-07T08:41:00.000-07:00several years ago we also gave up on lessons and t...several years ago we also gave up on lessons and took the "consistent exposure" approach to the pool for our, now 7 yo son. each summer he takes less time to reacquaint himself. this summer it took about 10 minutes and he's "swimming" further and actually treading water. we also marvel and how much energy he can expend. really enjoy your blog.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01627475496963927680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-56139906869424218412007-06-07T06:45:00.000-07:002007-06-07T06:45:00.000-07:00I figure if the boy gets from point a to point b, ...I figure if the boy gets from point a to point b, it is a successful swim.Jerry Grassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900836236599920524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-77652089785208146932007-06-07T06:24:00.000-07:002007-06-07T06:24:00.000-07:00Beauty desperately wants to swim, her best attempt...Beauty desperately wants to swim, her best attempt is a form of doggy paddle.We live 2 minutes walk from a leisure centre with a pool so I can see that being the main activity of our summer.MOTHER OF MANYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555514242369474271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-38576865350410092812007-06-07T05:46:00.000-07:002007-06-07T05:46:00.000-07:00I need to get going on swim lessons for Bugaboo. H...I need to get going on swim lessons for Bugaboo. He is 4.5 and dangersous around water. He nearly drowned in a pond with my mother just before his third birthday. This is the reason we had the pool taken DOWN when we moved in (it was an ugly above ground pool). I am petrified, however, because many neighbors have in-ground pools. It is only a matter of time before he finds them...Domestic Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034924702019610611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-30878317654943016172007-06-07T05:18:00.000-07:002007-06-07T05:18:00.000-07:00Mmmmmm... swiss rolls... I haven't ventured to the...Mmmmmm... swiss rolls... <BR/><BR/>I haven't ventured to the public pool. I can't figure out how I would watch both of the them at the same time in a sea of people, with possible drowning as the consequence of failure. :PJoeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-13603516339833752822007-06-07T04:45:00.000-07:002007-06-07T04:45:00.000-07:00As long as I can get the eldest in the water to hi...As long as I can get the eldest in the water to his waist and maybe to his chest.... I don't care what they call it... it's swimming.<BR/><BR/>The little one is my fish.<BR/><BR/>S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-16553838399367736262007-06-06T23:13:00.000-07:002007-06-06T23:13:00.000-07:00Well, at least he does remain afloat! I also try ...Well, at least he does remain afloat! I also try to swim totally upright, since I can't stand having my face wet, but it's like an uncoordinated dog paddle -- except it's more like a dog than like a person, which doesn't work. (Not from anyone failing to try to teach me; four or five people have, including a sea scout I was dating at the time.)Moggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478100266654459194noreply@blogger.com