Taking Care of Swimmer Skin and Hair

Taking Care of Swimmer Skin and Hair

Chlorine protects us from the harmful bacteria that can grow in our pool, but it can have an averse effect on our body, leaving our skin dry and itchy and our hair dry and brittle. SwimWest Swim Instructor and Mom of 2, Amy Horvath, gives us some tips on how to...
Parenting is HARD

Parenting is HARD

SwimWest’s own, Amy Horvath, is this months guest blogger with some parenting tips and a little commiseration on the headaches of parenting: “The first thing I figured out when my second child was born was that being a mommy to my baby was relatively easy...
Tips for Swimming in the Winter Months

Tips for Swimming in the Winter Months

While it might seem easier to take a break from swim lessons during the school year, and particularly the winter months, we have found swimming year round helps our kiddos keep up their skills and their love for the pool. Anytime we’ve taken “breaks” our kids...
Car Seat Ponchos

Car Seat Ponchos

For the last couple weeks it had been negative degrees outside with the wind chill.  Today it is close to 40 degrees, but have you been outside?  It’s the bone-chilling kind of cold that makes it hard to get warm again.  I’ve been trying to decide if I’m a ‘really...