Love of water

One of Kit Cat's greatest loves is water. She is the happiest when she is in the water, splashing around, without a care in the world.  From the moment of her first sponge bath after birth when she was the only baby in the nursery who didn't cry when being washed through today when we went to Maumee Bay State Park to play in the lake, she experiences 100% pure joy.  I think its a great sensory experience for her and its one of the times that she is not overwhelmed with everything around her and she feels connected to her body.

She began swimming lessons at 6 months of age at our local YMCA and took to the water like a fish.  She has a good doggy paddle going on when she has her life jacket on or when her Dad or I are holding her.  She also tries to swim in the bath tub as well.  She splashes so much in the tub that I probably should invest in a wet suit so that I am not completely soaked when its over with.

The water is also one of the times that we can engage her pretty easily with silly games and songs as well. It is how we taught her some of the body parts and some of the songs that she loves.  Water is also one of the only ways we can calm her down if she is having a major meltdown too. When the meltdown happens and we can't stop it, we fill the tub up with water and put her in and this instantly calms her down.  I am so grateful for something so simple that she can connect with and to us.