Look at the Baby!

I'm beginning to see a lot of my personality in the baby. She tends to be dramatic, which I won't solely take the credit for, but when we say she's dramatic everyone looks at me. It's beginning to be a bit of an annoyance really, but anyway. She is very skeptical of anyone who is overly goo goo-ing, or ga ga-ing at her. She looks at them in a way that says (at least to me) 'what is YOUR problem?'
And yesterday we were at babyswimming. The instructor, Steve, asked us to bring all the babies together facing each other in a close circle, so they can get to know one another (sure). The baby next to ours was splashing and grinning and basically going crazy over the water (this is our 5th time swimming) and our baby looked over at him with a look on her face of disdain, mixed with pity and a touch of superiority.
I was so proud.
She really looked as if she thought that baby was making too big a deal of something they had all done before. If she could talk, I could see her saying, 'get a hold of yourself man'. I understand that because their lives consist mainly of repetition right now, so nothing should really come as a surprise. Which seems boring to me. So, I do give her a routine, but it's a varied and flexible routine. Sometimes because I am too tired to keep up the routine, and the rest of the time because I think it's good for her.
I think she might be a bit sarcastic too. We have this video of her in the bathtub and we're saying, 'kick your legs!' She looks at us, puts her legs in the air, and ... holds them there. Completely still.

So, I think by the time swimming is over we're supposed to be comfortable and good at dunking her head under the water. I am not a fan of this, because I worry a lot. We did dunk her a few times, but the last time I tried it, I did it wrong and she inhaled a ton of water and was chokinjg on it. I freaked out and now am unwilling to try it again. She's fine with it, I'm the one who is no good. I can't get the timing right. You're supposed to blow in her eyes just before you dunk her quickly. I always pause after I blow in her eyes and then she inhales water.
Is this really a skill she needs at 4 months?
Am I going to be one of those mothers who won't let their kids do anything because I'm a chicken? I hope not. I'm really trying to fight that urge. Next week, I will try to dunk her at swimming. Maybe.