Swimming lessons

[zrus]

I've been taking my little one to swimming lessons since the last week of June. There's been the odd session where he's participated but overall he just wants to do his own thing. The last session we had, he protested through out as he didn't want to be involved and just wanted splash around and walk around on the block in the water.
Since we've started we've been so inconsistent with the sessions, not even attending 2 in row some weeks because we've been away or something's came up. The next 2 months we only have 2 sessions back to back, the rest we're in, not in, in etc.
I just wondered if anyone else has been or is in the same situation and can give some advice.
I'm unsure whether to keep persevering and hope that one day he'll start participating again or knock it on the head for the time being. I think being 2 next month and the age in which he has started to become very strong willed and stubborn doesn't help lol. I don't want to give up as he's such a water baby but I don't wnat to force him. I just thought it would help learning a bit of water safety because he's very confident in the water. He doesn't mind being dunked under, he's confident enough to walk and play/slide in to the water on holiday. He loves running at the waves at the beach but maybe because we're not consistent enough and usually when he's in water other than his swimming lessons that he doesn't understand it's a group thing when he goes.
Do I try and explain to him whilst we're there that he needs to be involved with the group and just put up with the protesting and him shouting no and hope it gets better or let him do his own thing and get him involved when he feels ready?

At only 2yrs old I'd give up with lessons and just take him to the pool yourself. My kids never started lessons until they were closer to 4y

Just turning two and not wanting to join in? (Which is totally normal at that age.) Save your money. If he likes water then just take him to public swimming sessions with you and don't worry about lessons for at least a couple of years.

Just take him to the pool when you can and let him play and be confident in the water, especially play games that involve putting his head under, blowing bubbles or pouring water over his head. Then when he is ready normally about 4/5 he can go back to lessons.

Thanks guys.
We were taking him every sunday and could tell he was getting bored in the water hence why we booked him in to lessons.
The lessons he has aren't just based around learning to swim. They do songs in the water, blow bubbles, play games etc. they are fun sessions and some lessons he will participate in more than others so you can see why I don't want to just decide to knock it on the head. He doesn't protest every session but I thought by now he will be more used to them.

Its supposed to be fun at that age.
Hrs showing he's not finding it fun.

What games did you play with him in the pool? Do you have a pool where you can walk in from the shallows? Plenty of opportunities for games and sitting playing with toys in the water. Have a Google for games you can play which will start to develop various swimming skills without actually being swimming.

I started taking my kids very young & tbh it didn't give them an advantage. I just felt like we wasted a lot of time & money & the the kids got bored of the lesson routine. I wished I'd waited until they were about four.

I've noticed kids who start later catch up very quickly so just take your child out until he's ready.

You're only wasting your time and money. He's too young. Keep taking him yourself in the meantime but there's no point in lessons of any kind at under 2!

Our local swimming club preferred to take 5+. Even at that, two of my three were very reluctant to participate and took ages to learn to swim!! They all became competent swimmers - I am nothing if not persistent!

We actually pay half the price of the 3 of us going by attending these sessions as they are parent and toddler classes, not official swimming lessons.
We were taking him to a swimming pool where he is able to walk around the pool himself and they have a shallow end gradually going in to a deep end with water spouts etc.
We also have a pool by us that we alternated that doesn't have anything in the pool but they put balls and toys in for them.
He has an attention span of a fish when it comes to anything we do with him. I will definately google some games to help though. Thank you!

My aim is not to get him to swim asap. We did it because it's cheaper and he was getting bored with us no matter what we did with him. He is very confident in the water and I understand that maybe you guys think that any child that age isn't ready for these lessons but i'm not ready to give up just yet when he's had some good sessions!
As previously stated they do fun sessions so it would be a shame to knock it on the head and was hoping some one would help with some advice to help him get more involved before I make the decision whether to quit.