Colin chose to not go near the water. He has sensitive skin and the salt stings at first. He doesn't remember that once the initial sting is over, it doesn't bother him anymore. No matter what I encouraged, he refused. Even Lizzie asked over and over for him to come play in the water. She would "show you how" every time she asked but to no avail. He played by the water but not in. Before we all loaded up I brought a bucket of water to the cars for everyone to wash their feet and hands before loading up. Colin found that a good time. I was confused. He wanted to wash "again". Whatever! I told him he could've been playing with the water all day. He didn't care.
So when we got home I asked if he liked playing the bucket so much why didn't he want to get in the water. He said, "Its too salty."
Not sure how to overcome this. Any ideas you beach people?
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Move to SC. The water is warmer, less "salty," and gas is cheaper...
; )
GREAT things come in small packages. That ocean is rather intimidating. I am sure that the small bucket of water was much more his size.
Girl, I say enjoy the time he spends away from the water now because once he starts to love it, you'll be spending your days at the beach constantly watching him to make sure he's not too deep! Now, you can bring a book and actually read more than one page! :-)
P.S. The beach WAS great fun that day! Too bad it didn't put me into labor, though!
Jenn is right, enjoy his playing in the sand now because once he ventures into the ocean it is a whole new game.
Start with buckets of water on the sand. Fill the buckets and let him splash and play while on the beach. When my kids were really little, I used to bring a small (and i do mean small) inflatable baby pool to the beach, blow it up, and fill it with ocean water. May be just the transition Colin needs.
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