My Little Fishy

Aidyn LOVES his bath time! He loves to sit, splash, and just relax. Sometimes when he gets fussy in the evenings (if he won't sleep, eat, or play)...then we'll fill his bathtub up and let him play. It always makes him relax. So...when we got an invitation to a swim birthday party for last Saturday, I wanted to try swimming before then.

Ben's parents have a swimming pool, but its in the shade most of the day and stays quite cool. I knew if I was going to be getting in the water with Aidyn, I didn't want to be freezing. So, we went to some friends of ours from church. They also have a pool and its in the backyard with no surrounding trees. It's in the sun ALL day, as long as the sun is out.

I just new Aidyn would love it since he loves his bath so much. Wroooooong! He didn't hate it, but he didn't like it either. It wasn't cold, but just not warm like his bath. They have a solar cover and it's supposed to be really hot this week, so hopefully (if it doesn't rain) we can try again soon.


Getting his "swimmy" diaper on. Nemo! I bought the smallest diapers they make, 16 - 20 lbs I think is what it said. Aidyn was 15lbs 5oz last week, so they weren't too extremely big on him.

Don't you just love his swimming trunks?!?! How cute! Poor kid, almost looks like parachute pants...except they're shorts, haha.

Now he's ready! We bought him a surfer shirt so he wouldn't get sun burnt.

In the water...he didn't fuss or cry, but he just kinda moaned and whined. He would do ok until the water got up to his chest and then he decided he didn't like it too well.

We ended up sitting him on the first step. He liked it there and was content for quite a while. I told him he was a boring swimming buddy, haha. j/k I was really hoping he would love it and splash around like he does in the bath tub. Oh well.

He must have worn himself out though...here he is when Ben was trying to put dry clothes on him. He looks like he's just relaxing and trying to get a good tan, hahaha. This picture cracks me up!

When we got home, which was like a 5 minute drive, it was already 30 minutes past his feeding time. He ended up sleeping 45 minutes in his car seat (after we got home). He was exhausted.

Hopefully the water will be a little warmer and he'll enjoy it more next time. I bought him a new float for 6 month olds at Big Lots the other day. We'll have to try it out soon!