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We arrived at Hua Xia store in Harbour Front at 2pm. While one lady was preparing the water, the other helped baby Zach to do warm up exercise. Zach was happily smiling and playing witht the lady. Told the lady that we ever brought Zach to public pool to dip in water before. The lady said public pool is too cold for baby and also it's best to do some light exercise before letting baby swim. Makes sense...
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At 2.15pm, the water was ready and I undressed baby Zach to get him ready to go for his swim. He looked happy and excited for his first ever formal swim. After which, the lady put the swimming float on his neck. He started to get stiff and uncomfortable not knowing the unknown...
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At 2.20pm, Zach started his first dip into the water. At this moment, he looked slightly apprehensive and scared. I thought it was only the warming up stage and started to take pictures of him in the tub.
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At 2.22pm, baby Zach started to look frightened and begin to look up to us for help. I still thought that he was alright except needed more time to warm up to the water and being naked in front of so many people...
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At 2.25pm, baby Zach cried and began to kick vigorously to display his unhappiness.The lady tried to soothe him and I also tried to play with him to distract his attention. He cried even louder and I was told to carry him up to calm him down before trying again. The lady commented that we must have traumatised him when we brought him to the public pool to dip and that it's why he is fearful of water now. Nonsense... (Baby Zach has always enjoyed bathing and never fails to kick the water whenever I bathed him)
At 2.28pm, we put Zach to the tub to try out the water again. Once again, he cried the moment we put him in the water. JS and I decided that we will call it a day for him and decided to dress him up in case he is really traumatised. Within 10 minutes, the swimming lesson has turned into a crying session.
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