Will try for treats!

Bribery is an awesome tool to have in your arsenal.  I do not use it often and it doesn't always work, but if the situation is right and I know it will motivate, it works wonders.  Liam let me hold him in the 2 ft. pool today.  Only after I told him I would get him a pretzel at the snack bar (which I was going to do anyway) He agreed, on the condition that I was not to get any part of him wet, which was fine by me.  Just getting him to hover above water was a BIG step.  It only lasted about 10 seconds before he wanted to have his feet back on the pavement, but I'll take it.  He got a pretzel.  Later that day, I was swimming with Thomas in the 3ft. while Liam voluntarily sat in a chair on the side baking in the sun.  How wonderful convenient it would be, if all three of us would swim in the same pool and be happy.  I tried bribery again.  After negotiating, he decided that I could hold him in the three foot and get some of his body wet for a ring pop- SOLD!  I proceeded cautiously and had great success by playing the Motor Boat game with him.  He was laughing and getting wetter than I thought he would.  It lasted about two minutes and he got a ring pop :)  Successful day!