IS YOUR CHILD GRADUATING SOON?

This is how you survive the hell that is the swimming pool, style-wise

There are those things in life that no one warns you about. That after your delivery, you have to wear a Tena Lady for three weeks, for example. Or that you suddenly hear yourself talking in the third person ('Just give it to mommy'). But then there is also something like swimming lessons. Or actually: the graduation.

Those swimming lessons are fine (except that it’s 45 degrees there), but then there’s the phenomenon of graduation. And that is still a task style-wise.

Is it also 47 degrees in the graduation pool. But besides that, there are a lot of groups graduating at the same time and you stand there with four hundred (yes, yes, I’m exaggerating) other children and their excited mothers. So it’s hot and there’s no place to hang your coat.

First of all

Furthermore.

You are expected to enter the graduation area barefoot. Barefoot. I did receive a notice beforehand, but it didn’t say that I should have booked a pedicure. The last time I had my feet done was during New York Fashion Week and that is indeed always at the beginning of September.

What do you wear when your child goes swimming?.

So:

A pair of jeans

is always good, actually. On top, you wear a light top with a jacket that you can easily tie around your waist so it doesn’t bother you.

Flip-flops.

Bare feet and swimming pools remain a particularly bad idea. Bring your nice beach flip-flops and know that even those Adidas pool slippers can be very trendy again. But do give your toenails a quick polish. Yes, I’m mainly saying that to myself.

Crossbody bag.

A bag with handles is super inconvenient because you have to put it down and the floor in changing rooms and your designer bag are not good friends. So use a bag with a strap because believe me: you need your hands. To pull up the swimsuit so you don’t get a little nipple gate, but mainly to clap very hard when they dive through that hole in a flowing motion.

Hair up.

You don’t want any hassle. And you’re bending down and rummaging and searching in that changing room the whole time. Put your own hair in a nice ponytail (an asymmetrical parting makes it just a bit nicer and if you wrap a strand of hair around the elastic and secure it with a pin, you have a nice ponytail), then you won’t have to worry about it.

Waterproof makeup.

Because it’s wet in that pool. And did I mention that it’s boiling hot.

So you’re going to sweat. . And you’re going to cry. That’s for sure.. There are those things in life that no one warns you about. That after your delivery, you have to wear a Tena Lady for three weeks, for example. Or that you suddenly hear yourself talking in the third person ('Just give...