my little fishy

I have figured out the water dilemma! Well, Jason and I figured it out together.

I think I have mentioned before that Cruz hasn’t really like the water. I didn’t really know what to make of it because he loves baths. But whenever we could put him into a pool of any kind, he would just cry and cry and cry.

Great, I would think, I have the only kid in history that is not going to like to swim.

I am aware that that is an exaggeration, but I really hope that he likes to be around water! We live in the desert and the only thing to do in the summer is go to water parks and BBQ’s- all of which involve water.

So we started to try new things. We would inch, and I mean inch, him into the water slowly because we thought it was a temperature thing. We brought bath toys because we thought maybe he’d associate it with bath time and realize that it is actually a lot of fun! We tried making sure that he wasn’t scared in the water because I thought maybe the pool was just so gigantic to him that it was overwhelming.

Then- then, a friend of mine gave me a couple of her swim diapers to try. I have been avoiding purchasing them because it is a rip off. They are so expensive and you get approximately 4 diapers for thirty bucks.

I am aware that that is an exaggeration as well, but you catch where I am going with this. They are expensive and we are trying to pay our bills. I didn’t think it would matter- you see kids all the time in their regular diapers in the pool and it’s not a big deal. So I didn’t think it was either.

I thought I would try to put him in them since a couple were given to us and just see if it made a difference.

And it made ALL the difference!

He LOVES the pool. We take him all the time now and he is happy as a clam in the pool and even tries to blow bubbles with his face in the water! So I had to cave and go buy the diapers that are kind of a rip off, but it’s worth it because now we don’t have to stay indoors for the entire summer.

I actually found a good deal on them. I bought Huggies brand at Walmart and I had a coupon. It only cost me $8.

I can afford that if it’s going to get my little man outside and enjoying life!