swimming lessons for babies
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Topic: swimming lessons for babies
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: swimming lessons for babies
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 2:26pm
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anyone know at what age you can take a baby to swimming lessons.
I'm wanting to get Megan started on swimming lessons well not so much lessons but just getting her used to water and so that when she is older she is confident in the water. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 2:42pm
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3 months is the minimum to take her to a public pool for swimming lessons although we didn't start Samantha until she was closer to 5 months. Under 3 months they can't regulate their own body temperatures.
Good idea though, Samantha loves swimming lessons and has just started learning how to do dolphin dives underwater. It amazes me how confident she is in the water already!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 3:20pm
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I've asked my local pool about swimming lessons and they won't do lessons til 6 months.
But we started taking Daniel to the pool at about 5 months when his body was able to deal with temps better. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 9:40pm
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It depends on the pool, I found one in christchurch that did from three months cos the baby pool was really warm but all the others have said 6. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 9:42pm
It definitley depends on the pool. Sam goes to a private swim school and they are ok from 3 months, although the pool is usually pretty warm. We have a 4 month old in our class that swims like a fish already! Spent half the last lesson under the water ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 11:30pm
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we go to one of the non chlorine ones....safe for bubbas...
but we got ella started in our HUGE spa bath...she loves the water....and seems to be enjoying lessons...we do need to go with her maybe once a week for a play at the other pools tho to get her to play etc as our lessons are at pool where strictly in for lessons and then out... BTW i was thrown in and learnt to swim from 6 weeks old..mum was a coach back then... |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 9:07am
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Public swimming pools here start lessons for babies at six months, but do take them from about five months if you ask about it (just won't put their heads under water I think). Not sure about private swim schools.
If you have a bath, that will be enough for Megan while she is still little, to get her used to the feel of the water and having it over her head etc. and it won't have the yucky chlorine or heaps of noise from other kids etc. that might not be a great first experience for her. Get her enjoying bath times (and put her in the water at other times too if you want), or in the hot summer months a paddling pool in the back yard is a good option too - I love sitting in the paddling pool with DD, cools me off too! ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 8:29pm
| I thought it was more to do with thier immune system and all the bugs in the public pools so wasnt recommended till about 6mths, well thats what i thought anyway. we paid a fortune for lessons for kobe when he was that age and what a waste. I would just go swimming with them, there isnt much they do that you cant do, just watch a lesson and copy it. |