--- title: Michael Phelps' Baby Son Boomer Is Already Learning To Swim description: Michael Phelps' baby, Boomer, might be just eight weeks old, but he's already spending time in the pool with his Olympic swimmer father. canonical: https://time.com/4396589/michael-phelps-son-boomer-swimming/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-07T17:57:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:10.654Z og:title: Michael Phelps' 2-Month-Old Son Is Already Learning To Swim og:description: Like father, like son og:url: https://time.com/4396589/michael-phelps-son-boomer-swimming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4ef0b58eb030cf5/69889b05e20a8743ffa9183b/michael-phelps-son-swims.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials - Day 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michael Phelps' 2-Month-Old Son Is Already Learning To Swim twitter:description: Like father, like son twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4ef0b58eb030cf5/69889b05e20a8743ffa9183b/michael-phelps-son-swims.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michael Phelps' Adorable 2-Month-Old Son Boomer Is Already Taking Swim Lessons  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 7, 2016 5:57 PM UTC  Michael Phelps of the United States celebrates with his fiancee Nicole Johnson and their son Boomer after finishing first in the final heat for the Men's 200 Meter Individual Medley during Day Six of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at CenturyLink Center on July 1, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) Michael Phelps of the United States celebrates with his fiancee Nicole Johnson and their son Boomer after finishing first in the final heat for the Men's 200 Meter Individual Medley during Day Six of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at CenturyLink Center on July 1, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)Al Bello—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 7, 2016 5:57 PM UTC [Michael Phelps’](http://time.com/4383084/katie-ledecky-michael-phelps/) 2-month-old son, Boomer, might only be 2 months old, but he’s already following in his[ Olympic champ dad’s footsteps](http://time.com/4309230/michael-phelps-2012-olympics/?iid=sr-link2). The baby (Phelps’ son with fiancee Nicole Johnson) joined his father in the pool for the first time on Wednesday, according to a deluge of Instagram posts shared on Phelps’ and Johnson’s accounts, as well as [Boomer’s personal account, which has an astounding 40,000 followers](http://time.com/4390479/michael-phelps-baby-instagram-olympics/). According to Phelp’s post, Boomer “loved the water;” this isn’t the baby’s first time near a pool, however. Johnson and Boomer were on deck in June to congratulate Phelps at the USA swimming trials, [where Phelps qualified for this year’s games](http://time.com/4388909/michael-phelps-qualifies-swimming-rio-olympics-record/). Phelps is currently the most decorated Olympian of all time and looks to bring home even more medals this summer in Rio. 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