So, we had a few seconds of excitement this morning in the Savant household. First of all, it was such a fun morning. It's been a long time since we've had a full morning at home without having anything going on - no school, no church, no MOPS, no play dates or trips to the park. So, we played. And played hard. We made a big breakfast together, all ate around the table, then made pretend breakfast in the playroom kitchen. We played hide and seek and chase and laughed lots. And then we got dressed and headed outside to the pool.
Hannah LOVES the pool. She just walks around on our sun shelf or around the bench portion of the spa. I would never think of leaving her out there, but she's remarkably safe and never tries to leave where she can't touch. She HATES her life jacket and actually throws herself backwards to get out of it, so it sometimes feels less safe to have her in that, especially if I'm already planning on being in the pool with them. So, Hannah is walking in the spa. Over and over and over. Every time she gets to the pool side, she stops and waves and smiles. Warren and Dean are playing with her. It's a glorious time. Then, Dean decides he wants to swim in the "big" pool. Without his puddle jumper. We're working on their swimming, but they're certainly not what I would consider "swimmers." So, I get in the big pool with Dean to help him, keeping my eye on Warren and Hannah in the attached hot tub aka "little pool." Everyone is having fun. And then Hannah goes under. I'm fairly sure that Warren helped create this situation, but I couldn't actually see that from my point of view. As quickly as my pregnant body will allow, I get to Hannah and pull her right out. She was completely fine - under for at most 10 seconds. She didn't seem scared, never coughed or was out of breath, just calmly sunk to the bottom with her big eyes wide open, staring straight up, waiting for someone to rescue her.
So, here's what struck me. I was never worried that Hannah was drowning, because I saw the point when she went under and was there quickly. But if my back had been turned? If Dean was needing more help in the big pool? If someone else was loud and distracting me? Here's the thing...Hannah was silent. No splashing, no noise. And Warren? Warren was literally inches away from her and wasn't alarmed in the slightest. No helping her, no calling out for Mommy. Just watching his baby sister sink. I stressed to him after this that Hannah couldn't swim, that he needed to help or yell or something if he ever saw someone under the water like that. His response? Blank stare. And a "but she was in my way" comment that got the initial suspicion going.
So, from now on, Hannah stays with me in whichever pool I'm in. Not convenient, but I'm only going to get slower. And if I miss the initial under the water moment, well, things can be very different. Any looking a bit more intensely at some swim lessons for her!
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