More firsts!

It appears that my post about 'firsts' this week has missed out a few more 'firsts'...

Swimming

Claire took Jack for his first swimming lesson at Spring Common School on Wednesday. I was in trouble before they started, as I had Claire's car that day which meant I also had her sat-nav too! So, she got lost... on the Oxmoor..! Doh!

Claire was hoping that swimming would go as well as the baths that we've been giving Jack recently, as we've been bathing him in the proper 'grown-up' bath in the bathroom at home. From what I have been told, the pool is very warm, so it should be ideal for babies. Incidentally, when we bath Jack here, we have a floating thermometer that tells us that it needs to be near to body temperature... how does that work in a baby pool?

Claire suggested I take Jack next week as it is my 'work-life balance' day from work until she mentioned that there were 3 Jacks in the group! How did she know this? They has to 'sing' hello to each other..!!

How do you teach a baby a baby to swim when, blatantly, they don't have proper control of their arms, legs or even heads yet! Well, good question, especially as all 5 babies are under a year old! Well, they blew bubbles and learnt to float, as well as going around the pool to see the steps, the drains (different noises), pouring water near the baby, splashing them, etc.

So - what did Jack think? Claire said he loved it. Apparently, he only cried once (and for about 10 seconds) when the teacher got too close!

Luckily though, Jack decided to leave poo-ing in the pool for another day, which is a shame, as the nappies haven't had a full and thorough testing as yet!! Maybe next week.

When Jack and Claire got home just after me that day, he was well tired. Claire and I were trying to get food ready and Jack just cried as his routine had been upset AND it was after 6pm, so he cries anyway.

Which leads me onto our next 'first'...

Jack's first DVD box set!

A few weeks ago, Claire had been on the internet armed with a credit card (again) but this time bought Jack a DVD box set from Disney's Baby Einstein range. The DVDs are marked as being 3 months onwards, but we thought we'd jump the gun and try the youngest age DVD of 3 months, expecting that the older age DVDs were into quantum computing or something. So we put Jack in the bouncy-chair-thing in front of the TV in the lounge, during the biggest screaming session ever and, within seconds, not only had he stopped crying but he was watching the DVD and paying attention too! He loved it!

It's a bit weird though if normal 'grown-up' people watch it, as there's toys on the screen for about 10 seconds (to music) and then it changes to another toy, in bright colours and captivating movements. Some are executive toy-style objects, but some are bubbles , etc. It's really random, but it worked in keeping Jack's tantrums at bay. Might use them more often!