It is important getting babies accustomed to water young so they can be familiar and at home with water from the get go. Otherwise you will spend lots of wasted hours coaxing and encouraging a young child into water once external factors of fear sets in. A good age to start would be 4-6 months of age.

T2 started at 8 months only because we were lazy ass parents. T1 started a lot earlier at 4 months.

Having said that, we still hardly take T2 swimming and really should do it a lot more. The poor baby has only ever been in the pool all of five times?

If it is your baby’s first time in a pool, make sure you go at a time when the water’s not too cold. Ease her into the water, no big splashing! Wet her body and tap the water gently. It would be great if you could bring some toys (cups!) to let her have some pouring fun.

Once baby is used to the water, you could take her for a walk. Hold her underarms and walk backwards so baby gets to feel motion going forward. Encourage her to kick behind. Play games with her whilst you move backward, for example, when you are moving backwards, say, “Swim-swim-swim-swim-swim……..STOP!!!” and stop. Repeat.

That will be Mamapumpkin’s First Swiming Class for the month. Go practise.

By the way, finally at 22 months old, T2 SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!! For a whole 10 hours. OMG! This is a cause for CELEBRATION!!!!

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