Monday, February 8, 2010
Afraid of the water
All of a sudden, Alayna has become really afraid of water. She cries the whole time I try to give her baths. I tried getting her some fun new bath toys and even have tried getting in the bathtub and playing with her, but nothing seems to help. I thought if we took her to the swimming pool and showed her that water is fun she would like it, but she just screamed and shook and clung onto me in the pool. I have no idea what triggered this fear, but I read online that it's fairly common for toddlers her age. So, does anyone have any suggestions? Should I keep taking her to the pool hoping that she'll start to like it, or will forcing her to get in the water when she's petrified just make things worse? There are toddler swimming lessons starting in two weeks that I was thinking about signing her up for. Or should I wait on the swimming and just give her sponge baths until she grows out of the fear?
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Andrew went through that at about the same age. I have no idea why his started either. I would still offer a bath, but not force it. I also think waiting on the lessons would be good, but going to an open swim to watch with you might help. Andrew still doesn't like to put his head under water, but he will do it and he does love swimming now.
Thanks for the advice Christa. Do you remember how long it lasted with Andrew? I think we'll try taking her to an open swim this weekend so she can see the other kids having fun.
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