At what age did you take Your Children to swim in a pool?
How old was your child the first time they went into a Swimming Pool and at what age did they actually learn to swim on their own? i want to teach my son to swim without using floaties.
I think our son was about 10 months old the first time that we took him in a pool. It wasn’t anything like we were worried about taking him in the water, but more of a matter of timing… he was born in late August and we live in Michigan so by the time it was warm enough for a pool again here, he was older. We now have a membership at a fitness club that has a very nice indoor pool with family swim times. We will be taking baby #2 (due in July) probably after a few months. Our son is now 33 months old. While he is taking swim lessons now, he can not swim on his own yet, but he is fearless in the water.
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One Weird Old Tip To Get Your Child Swimming
Teaching a very young child to swim can be extremely challenging. Toddlers often develop totally irrational fears – they’re learning how to control and manipulate their environment and the most effective way they can do this is by kicking and screaming if they don’t want to do something! The one place they are likely to feel most out of control is in the swimming pool – they can’t float, they can’t breathe underwater, they lose contact with the ground and are continually being forced to do things they don’t want to do by you – their parent! The trick is to get the child familiarised with water from a very early age so that they don’t feel nervous or out of control. A confident child will learn to swim far faster than a nervous child.
So how do you get a very young child (less than a Year Old) to be more confidant in the water? Babies have a little known and not very well understood reflex. When you blow on their face they take a small breath in. This is your passport to swimming nirvana! Cradle your child in one arm and try to maintain eye contact. Count them down from 3 and then blow on their face. When you see them inhale (make sure they do, this doesn’t work with all babies) submerge them just up to the top of their nose in the water. As they have just inhaled their natural reaction will be to breathe out and blow bubbles. Bring them straight back out again. They will probably look a bit startled at this point but should not be choking or swallowing any water. Over time and repetition you can increase the depth to which you are submerging them. This will build water confidence and familiarity so that when they start having proper private swimming lessons (www.activeunlimited.com/swimming) they should be much more receptive and manageable in the pool.
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