She is now PADI certified and we did 7 dives in Jamaica for Christmas Thank you everyone for all of your advice and comments. She is tiny, but lugged all that gear around no problem, set up both of our gear for each dive (yes I checked it LOL), did 5 boat dives with giant stride entries, and the last 2 with a roll back entry. She is beyond comfortable in the water, knows her signals, has pretty darned decent buoyancy, and I couldn't be more proud!
It was absolutely amazing!!!!!! She truly is a tiny powerhouse as I had mentioned in my original post asking for advice and the last 2 dives for her were free because the DMs were truly impressed. I know all kids are different and ready at different times to attempt becoming certified ..BUT my munchkin was more than ready and we are now looking for vacation number 2 in 48 days to go diving again.
OMG it was fantastic.
It was absolutely amazing!!!!!! She truly is a tiny powerhouse as I had mentioned in my original post asking for advice and the last 2 dives for her were free because the DMs were truly impressed. I know all kids are different and ready at different times to attempt becoming certified ..BUT my munchkin was more than ready and we are now looking for vacation number 2 in 48 days to go diving again.
OMG it was fantastic.