Teach Baby to Swim

Swim, My Baby, Swim

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As a mother, perhaps your most important responsibility is to help your child develop into the best human being possible. There is no better time to provide this opportunity than now.

Dr. Philip Maffetone
Consultant to professional athletes,
Past president, The International College
of Applied Kinesiology

Research has shown, babies that swim, are far better developed socially, mentally and physically. Did you know that babies sleeping and eating patterns are improved by regular exercise? Many parents arrange their evenings out around the day they swim with their baby .

Medical experts say that getting babies and toddlers involved in exercise can lead to a healthy lifestyle in later years.

Getting your baby used to water early is important from a safety point of view and it's great fun too. "Your child won't be co-ordinated enough to learn to swim properly until he is two or three, but you can get him to feel confident and relaxed in the water and make swimming a fun way to exercise for both of you," says midwife and health visitor Julia Youll.

Swimming is a fantastic activity for babies. By attending the pool regularly, you could be:

Teaching your baby the basic safety skills which could one day save his life - jumping in, turning around, holding on, swimming back to the side and back floating
Enhancing his physical development - strength, fitness, co-ordination and early muscle formation
Improving his social and behavioural habits – stimulation and regulating eating and sleeping patterns

Source:
Huggies Little Swimmers

Have baby swimming in no time.

Teach baby to swim with you.

Use these easy, enjoyable teaching lessons.

Develop your bonding with baby in the water.

Baby Swimming also Prevents Drowning and instills confidence

The older kids get the more they develop fears and inhibitions. Sometimes these fears can already have taken hold by ten to fifteen months of age.

Not teaching a baby to swim early could easily lead to fears in future making it up to 12 times harder to figure out swimming.

Dear Parent,

Fact is, that the earlier we teach a child to swim, the less likeley it is that they're to drown at an older age. Children that don't learn to swim can also be socially odd when all their friends head to the pool.

You may face challenges when trying to fight with them to take a bath or have less confidence in boats... and also just miss out on a ton of fun!!!

All Babies are born able to swim,
Its part of their inherited memory.

Just as they know how to cling with their hands.

Is there anything more pleasurable than having a new born baby grip your finger?

The instinct to swim is primeval, and is part of our inherited memory, it dates back to the time before man, as we know him, walked the earth

We must be clear what we are talking about here. We are not saying that your new born baby can perform physical strokes like the Crawl, or the Butterfly, but they do know how to propel themselves forward, using their legs in a kicking motion, and they do know how to control their breath when their face is under water. This they know by instinct.

FACT: Babies who have learned to swim as an
infant are also more likely to walk
quicker than babies that didn't.

Your Baby's Development

During the time in the womb, your baby has been floating, and water is the most natural environment for them. It is usually one they love and there are few new babies who do not like bath time, unless they feel unsafe. That though, is more about their parent’s confidence, than their own.

Unfortunately, by the time a baby reaches their first birthday, this memory, and the instincts that go with it, will have faded, and by eighteen months, it will be gone altogether.

Fear of water could already slowly
begin growing within them....

A toddler may develop a fear of water, which could last their whole lives and deprive them of a healthy form of both exercise and pleasure.

The program outlined in this ebook will not only be a great beginning for your child’s overall development, but it will help you to recover from pregnancy and further strengthen the family bond.

Teaching your baby

Throughout the course you will accompany your child in the water – creating an excellent opportunity for the two of you to interact, bond and learn together. Don’t worry if you do not swim yourself, you will never be out of your depth and you can use the opportunity to increase your own confidence in the water.

The benefits for your baby

Swimming with your baby builds confidence, trust and communication skills, so that your baby can experience the positive health benefits of swimming such as improved stamina and breathing. It will strengthen your baby's heart, lung and respiratory system and improve your baby's mental outlook.

As well as water confidence and safety, your baby will benefit from the strength, co-ordination and cardiovascular exercises. The course also encourages language skills and a strong bond between parent and child develops, helping a baby to relax whilst stimulating the senses in a variety of ways.

Before your baby can walk, or even crawl, your baby can swim. They will be supported by the water and be free to exercise their limbs as much as they want. They love it!

It's also a great bonding experience for Dads and it's one of the few things Dad can do independently with his very young baby.
Baby swimming alone underwater

How soon should you start
teaching your baby to swim?

Most people agree that getting your baby used to water and starting baby swimming early is one of the best starts you can give your child. Parents used to be advised to wait until their baby had had their immunizations at two, three and four months before they took their babies swimming. But government health experts no longer believe this is necessary, so when you start is really up to you. The sooner the better!

Teach your baby the basic water safety skills which could one day save his life: - jumping in, turning around, holding on, swimming back to the side and back floating.

This e-book is in four sections, each based on the development of your baby. The ages quoted are merely for guidance as every baby is different.

Contents:

Newborn baby
(from birth to six months)

Your Baby is a 'Water Baby'

Don't leave it too late

How your baby 'feels'

Develop your baby's brain

Starting in the bath

Bathing together

Begin to Progress

Balancing baby

Blowing Bubbles

Teach them to fly

Baby's breath control

In the bath or a pool

Shallow baths

Strengthen baby's legs

At about three months

Bathing alone

Using a swimming pool

As your baby grows

Mixing with others.

Once your baby can stand
(from six to twelve months)

Create Oppotunities

Keep Cuddling

Blowing Bubbles

Jumping in

Floating

Submerging

Swimming toawards you

Pass the baby

Getting out of the pool

The importance of play

Structure of lessons

Water Safety

Chemicals in swimming pools

Eye protection

Inflatable Swimming Aids

Once your baby has started to walk
(from one to two years)

Holding on the edge

Holding on to the rail

Push out from the side

Using steps

Improve breath control

swimming in your wake

Getting out of the pool

Using pool ladders