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Safety should always be a concern around a body of water, be it at 6 months or at 6 years old. If there are parents out there who thinks that their infant is all of a sudden able to swim after an infant swimming class, it is a great mistake and a very bad lapse in judgement. But this kind of thinking also happens at 3,4,5 years old - so be warned. It is the same bad lapse of judgment to think that a 4 year old who has had a swimming lesson can be trusted alone in the water without supervision.
I lived in the Southwestern part of the U.S. for a couple of years where the temperature reaches up to 120 F (48.8 C) between the months of June to Sept, so most houses have their own pools. And every summer, I hear on the news about kids drowning (kids, not infants).
Anyway, my point is.... always, always be careful with children and water. Infants can drown in only inches of water, but it should never mean that we stop becoming vigilant when they get older.
My son enjoyed his "parent & me" swim class at 6 months, and he enjoyed it even more at 14 months. It was a great time for him, and a great bonding time for him and his daddy.
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I fully agree, that all child drownings are at the fault of their carer/s not being concious and vigilent enough, though it has been said that "they thought the child could swim because it had done well in the classes." I believe they really believe this and that's why I don't like the term "Baby swim Classes" they should be called "Infant water familiarisation" or soemthing without using the word swim as it is miss-leading.
I take my own daughter into the pool but I don't PAY anyone for the privelidge of swooshing Ailish about, smiling at her, splashing and having fun.....I do it free of charge and that is my main point. You bath with your kids, you play with your kids, I simply don't understand why you lack the confidence to just do it for free yourself. It's not rocket science, it's making a baby feel safe in a new environment, and lets face it, at 3-6 months of age they can probably stil remember what it was like floating about in the womb full of water, so it's not a big stretch.
It's a huge big, rip off Izzy. They play on the fact that you are first time parents who "don't know what your doing". Did Hubby "learn" anything he had never thought of doing with Matthew in the pool environment??
I don't doubt they bonded, I'm sure they did, I'm sure it was a great daddy and son time for them. My objections come from the names they call it that give some parents a false sense of security and the fact that it is something any caring, careful loving person parent or otherwise could do.
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I'm sorry you took offence Lucy, I was merely voicing my opinion and the only part that was directed at your written account of your experience, not you as a person, was the fact that you wasted your hard earned money by paying somone to do what you could have done for free. Can you honestly say that you wittnessed them doing something with your child that you could not have 1. Done Yourself & 2. Thought of (eventually) Yourself?????
I am not saying that you would not do everything in your power to prevent any harm of any kind drowning or otherwise happening to your child. What I said was too many parents believe their child/ren are water proof after "swimming lessons." I did not say YOU thought that & I appologise if you took it that way, it was not at all that way intended. I was refferring to the factual evidents of tradgic child drownings in Australia in MY lifetime alone. (I say MY life time asthe "Baby swimming" craze began in Victoria Australia when I was about 6 months old, I know this because I have photo's of my Grand Mother experimenting with me in the capacity of Baby Swimming, she decided after several years of thorough research that it was only useful as "water familiarisation" not swimming, and that to pose it as a "swimming class" was a danger, she has been proved correct in this time and unfortunate time again.
Again this was nit a slight on you or your parental choices, this is a subject I was brought up with, whch was conversed about with much passion for as long as I can remember.
I just googled Baby Swimming & without going into the articles these are samples of the information that is being promoted.
Learn How to Swim - Swimming Lessons - Swim AustraliaV1, How to Teach your Baby to Swim – Claire Timmermans, $30.00. This trail-blazing work with babies is now available on video. Highly relevant. ..
Note what it says?? How else can this be construed???
Swim and Survive Endorsed Swim Schools Directory—Royal Life Saving WASwim and Survive. An initiative of the Royal Life Saving Saving Society Australia. ... WA Baby Swim, Mount Lawley, (08) 9271 9422, Infant Aquatics ...
This program is entitled swim and survive & is run by a well respected Australian organisation & Icon, yet it is sooo incredibly miss-leading.
These are just 2 examples I quickly obtained. That's what I am talking about.
Have fun WITH your kids in the water until they ARE old enough to be properly taught, save your money and do it all yourself, bond, familiarise for free.
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