Saturday, June 26, 2010

Hot Pool

We have been enjoying our neighborhood pool a lot so far this summer. It helps that it's three doors down so we can easily make it there and back. The kids love it. Tripp swims on his own and is now enjoying back/forward flips and diving for various toys. Jack's working on swimming by himself. He can do it but has trouble coming up for a breath and going back under. I now have Charlotte "bubble proof" so she's enjoying "swimming" by herself, and even jumping in. She LOVES swimming. William hangs out with me. He tolerates his flotation devices quite well.





Something strange I cannot figure out- Tripp Jack and Charlotte all have blisters on the bottom of every single toe. Tripp's have bled on several occasions- started bleeding once when he got out of the pool last week and by the time we got home his entire shoe was full of blood. No they don't walk there or back barefoot! No, they're not hanging out on the hot pavement for long (or short) periods of time. For the most part they're in the pool unless they're jumping in. All three wear different kids of shoes so I don't think it's their shoes. I'm at a loss- no clue how they got the blisters (and why they're getting worse).





4 comments:

Gracie and Bryan Gaspard said...

I used to get those when I was little and I think it was just from the bottom of the pool. Poor things! Maybe you could try some water shoes! Looks like you guys are having a blast this summer!

Allison Sapp said...

Catherine, I used to get those too when I was little and swimming in the pool for a long time. I think the bottom of the toes get weak under water and they blister when the kids walk on the bottom of the pool especially if they push off hard from one spot of the pool to another.

Lindsay Weneck said...

I think it's from their skin getting soft and the bottom of the pool. I've started putting zoe in swim shoes so they don't do that

anna said...

EWWWWWW nasty.