Rivermead swimming

General

Elliott was good for all the day except for when it was bath time. He procrastinated a lot, and then basically threw a huge strop which finished with him being really worked up. I stayed calm but firm that it was bath time and after he started really getting frustrated and crying and stepped out of the room for a bit but kept an eye on him. In the end I came back in and gave him some cuddles and after he calmed down he was totally fine and got on with things. 

Activities

More playing, reading and colouring in the house in the morning. More trains and a bit of Sonic, though he managed to delete his licence on my iPhone as well so was a bit frustrated at lack of car choice, but seemed to understand when I explained he needed to race more to be able to afford to unlock the cars again. Bit more Ben 10 as well, but managed to switch him to Octonauts in the evening (for my sanity more than anything!)

In the afternoon we went to Rivermead for swimming for a change. It was really good there, not sure if it was because it's half term but they had lots of floats out and some balls as well. He was a bit nervous at first as it was really busy, but once we got in he warmed up and he really enjoyed playing catch in the pool and was giggling loads and loads. They also had a little slide he went down loads. We did a little bit of "proper" swimming and he was trying breast stroke arms a little bit, but mainly doggy paddle.

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