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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a former swim teacher, I recommend working on more water acclimation at home - does he mind showers? Does he like baths? Work on getting him use to the water.

If you have a pool pass, take him when you can. Having a teacher that is understanding or a smaller class (I would say four or less kids per teacher tbh) will help immensely. I've had kids like this and usually it was a matter of time and consistency over a couple of months of twice a week lessons. I taught at a YMCA, I know that's less common in this area.[/quote]

OP here. He won't take showers!  I can try to start playing games in the bath. The problem is that we don't have a great dynamic for me teaching him -- I have a hard time not pushing him too much.  I'm fine just playing with him, but it's hard for me to cope with the screaming and dramatics he reserves for mommy ... He does much better with a nice, new adult that he is trying to impress.

One of my concerns with a group class is that he will be very far behind other 6-7 year olds. Do you think that's an issue?

And yeah, 2x/week seems like it would be necessary to get anywhere ... [/quote]

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