A month ago, an incredible baby started swimming, accompanied of course by his parents, who were both quite stressed. The result was of course that the baby was quite upset, so I approached the mother sitting outside to explain to her how normal what was happening was. He could have been hungry, sleepy, had taken a hot shower before entering the pool and was thus cold, or it could simply be that the parents "passed" their stress on to the child, without wanting to, which happens very often. The dad was trying to succeed in the exercises and had forgotten the best thing: to enjoy the moment with his daughter. We talked about it for a long time, we agreed on it and in the next lesson the dad was incredibly relaxed, the mom was laughing out loud and the child was simply having a fantastic time. Last week, a new child started in the same setting. So I went to reassure his mother, but snip! the "old" mom caught up with me and grabbed the new one and with a "leave it to me" kind of nod, she took over the new family...
The new parents left with a huge smile even though the child was crying during the lesson. I still haven't decided which was the best. The fact that they immediately understood what was wrong, the fact that good things spread quickly, the fact that everyone had a great time, I don't know, probably everything!
But even more perfect was that the day before yesterday the new baby "broke it"!
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