Spoilage?

Yesterday at swimming, one of the things the instructor was suggesting was to put a floating toy in the water and have baby grab it; then once that pattern is established, put the toy under water farther and farther until they accidentally put their face in the water without realizing it. A clever ruse. The problem is, Quinn doesn't reach for the toy - he just opens his mouth and steers his mouth towards the desired object and some nearby adoring adult sticks the desired object into it. No dummy, this kid. Methinks we need to rethink our approach to prevent spoilage though.

Another trick I've heard is blowing in their face to make them close their mouth before dunking them under water (this is for a more advanced stage than we're at with Quinn now...). That will be problematic too since he loves having his face blown on, and opens his mouth and laughs with glee. I can see we're going to have to be on our toes with this kid as the standard tricks won't always work.