Babies and Swimming Pools

Okay, when I go to Auckland, I want to take Thomas with me to the pools where I used to live (and near where we'll be staying) They have a kids pool that they use for lessons and a normal big pool that I want to take him in. Whats the deal with nappies and water? Do I just get a plastic overcover thingee and put it over the top of the sposies to keep the poos in? Do they even make these in newborn size? Although i'm thinking he might be the next size up by the time we go - he's juuust about too big for newborn nappies now!
And secondly, do pools let you take little babies in? My MW has no problem with him going as long as he's had his shots first - they happen next week.

The disposable swim nappies are huge on newborns, but I used one on Lauren when she was just 2 months old (and she as very big baby) last summer in FIL's heated pool. I just put her little togs on over top so the nappy stayed tight against her. Without togs overtop the nappy would have just slipped right off her!

I just watched for her "I'm going to poo" face and would have quickly whipped her out as b/f poo is sooooo runny it probably would have run down her legs anyway!!

I bought the swimming nappies for my girl when she was about 7kgs the ones I got were for 7-11kgs (the smallest you can get in swimming nappies, this is probably because your average 6 month old is about 7kgs. and even then they were swimming on her.

I do agree with Stacey I wouldn't take a 1 month old to a swimming pool.

I agree about the young age thing too, I wouldn't have taken Lauren swimming at such a young age either, but FIL's pool is heated to 38oC and that was in the peak of summer so it was nice and warm when we got out too. It was a brand new pool so we just HAD to give it a whirl!!

The only thing about public pools I would be worried about is the germ aspect of them.

I took DS to a public spa pool complex when he was 6 weeks old. I just made sure I didnt let his face, head and ears go under the water to avoid the germs. He loved it and slept really well afterwards.

I used the smallest pair of Huggies little swimmers I could buy, which were way too big, they came up to his armpits! They collected a BM but as I lifted him out of the water, it proceeded to drain out too, onto me, luckily not in the pool itself.

I would check with the pool complex first to see what their policy is on ages of babies.

Levi loves the water now. We didnt take him to swimming lessons as a baby because we couldnt afford to pay for the use of the resort hot pools - $12 a lesson or similar! So we just waited till summer and took him to the river and lake, now when we go to swimming pools - he adores it and always grabs peoples attention with his squeals of delight. Favourite things are splashing us in the face and surfing on the body boards.