ISR Swimming Lessons for Norah

Our family recently had a big scare, my cousin's 2 1/2 year old daughter almost drowned last week at their club pool. She was only out of sight for a minute or so. They found her in the bottom of the pool and had to give her CPR and she was admitted to the hospital overnight, Praise God she is alive and well, keep them in your prayers during this difficult time. 

I am sharing this story with you because of this happening so close to home for our family it really woke me up. I did some research and learned about Infant Self Rescue or ISR. I have been told about teaching infants to back float if they were ever to fall in the water for awhile now, but haven't taken it seriously enough. Now I'm not waiting any longer. If they are under 2 years old Norah's instructor said they can just teach them back floating if you want, but if they are older than 2 they can go ahead and teach them the full ISR, Infant self rescue swim class, which teaches them to swim, float, swim. I did some research and their is a certified instructor moving to our area in July and she will be teaching out of her home, she will be Norah's instructor. She sent me a fact sheet about drowning and I was amazed by the statistics, 58% of people don't think it will happen to them, but it's the leading cause of death for children under 4 years old and 70% of drownings occur while in the care of one or both parents. I don't bring this attention to scare you I just want to bring it to your attention so if one baby's life is saved, then its all worth it. I know I never thought it would happen to me, but after what happen to our family I can't say or think that anymore so its now my job to be prepared and spread the word about the reality of drowning in children under 4. You can go to the ISR website here and you can enter your zip code to see if their is a certified instructor in your area teaching this course. It is a little pricey compared to regular swim classes through the city, gym, etc., but it is totally worth it because it is a course like no other, it doesn't just get your baby used to water, it saves your baby's life if they were ever in a situation that they fell in when no one saw. You can look up videos on YouTube, they have tons to show u how it works. I just looked up "back floating." 
It is $105 to register and $85 a week, its 5 days a week and the lessons are 10 minutes (Norah's Instructor said any longer and they get burned out). Teaching a child to back float usually takes only about 3-4 weeks, if teaching ISR, its 6 weeks. 
I also encourage you to take a CPR class if you haven't already, CPR saved my cousin's daughter's life. You can find where your local CPR classes are taught here.