I know what you must be thinking, “She’s a trained pilot, experienced tractor driver and a phenomenal interior designer. What more can she accomplish in life?”
Well let me tell you what I have been working on for over 18 months! I’ve mastered the air, I’ve mastered the land and now I am mastering the sea. That’s right, I am a water baby!
Never heard of water babies classes? Well let me tell you a little bit about them. These classes are for the best of the best! They train you to master the art of deep water swimming, diving and survival skills. I have learned so many important survival skills for when you are a deep water swimmer. Therefore, I thought I would share my knowledge with you in this week’s diary…because sharing is caring.
Tip #1 – Do not try and breathe underwater.
I learned this the hard way. It turns out that when you go under water, it is significantly harder to breathe like you do when you are out of water. Therefore, it is really important that you DO NOT try to breathe under water!
If you find yourself in the position when you have tried to breathe under water, like I have done many times, you may find yourself coughing a lot or even being sick! I am not ashamed to say that I was a little bit sick once. My Daddy had to point me away from all the other water babies and pretend like nothing happened…I think we styled it out well.
My advice to you all, would be to save your breathing for outside of the water.
Tip #2 – If stranded out at sea, find the edge and cling on.
A big part of my water baby classes are survival skills. I need to be prepared for EVERY situation! One thing I have learned is how to survive if stranded in deep water. I am lucky that my water baby classes take place in extremely deep water. I can’t touch the bottom at all, so it is pretty much exactly the same as the sea.
If you find yourself stranded in deep water or out at sea, this is what you need to do. You need to swim over to the edge of the sea, you hold on to the edge of the sea and you sing “Monkey, monkey, monkeyyy”, and crawl along the edge until someone pulls you out.
Remember this piece of advice, it could save your life one day.
Tip #3 – Fluffy towels
One thing I can say about going swimming, is that more often than not you are going to get wet.
What I have found, is that sometimes surviving in the water is the easy bit. It is getting warm and cozy again which is the difficult part. I now always make sure that I have fluffy towels ready for when I finish swimming. As soon as I am out that pool, my swimming costume is off and I am wrapped up in my fluffy towel. Safe and sound.
I imagine a lot of people have never thought of this, so please make sure that when you are lost at sea or plan on being stranded in deep water, make sure you have prepared fluffy towels for after you escape.
Thank me later.
In summary, I love my water babies classes. As I said before, I have been going for 18 months now and I look forward to many more months of learning. I highly recommend them to anyone who is looking at joining the most elite baby swimming course of them all!
If you found my tips helpful, please let me know in the comments.
Evelyn x
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Hi Evelyn:
I found getting warm and cosy again after the water the hard part too.
Yes, I have learned that he fluffier the towel, the better! – Evelyn
Hi again Evelyn!
For me where the fluff comes in is in the dressing gown.
The more friction I have on my towel… the easier it is to be dried.