I am writing this post to warn parents out there to ALWAYS watch your children when you are in and around pools/water. While at a backyard pool, I was sitting in a lounge chair at the end of the deep end so that I could keep and eye on my kids while they were playing on the grass area a few feet away from me. A 2 1/2 ft wall is between the pool and the grass and I was sitting right next to the wall, about a foot was between me and the wall and the pool was to my side. After the kids got excited about getting Popsicles, Taelor ran up to my right, and Ethan, thinking he would go to the other side, squeezed his way between the chair and the wall, and water at his side, without me knowing. (Remember this all happened within seconds, Ethan is almost 2 1/2 and does not know how to swim yet!) Next thing I could hear was a little bit of splashing and there Ethan was, already in the water with his little hands splashing the surface, had I not looked down to see him, I would not have heard him, I did not hear a big splash, he just fell right in! I jumped in the pool and got him up, he was OK, THANK GOD! He was a bit shaken up but the main thing was that he was safe.
Yes ,I was watching them and yes I was in arms length of him, but seconds was all it took. I dwelled on this incident for the next few days, but I realized this can happen to any of us. I will take this as a learning lesson and I hope whoever is reading this that they will too. Swim lessons are a must and both kids will be getting them soon!
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