baby in pool

[ghostspirit]

how long can 9 week old stay is the small pool he will have a warm suit on?my friend said she stayed for 20 mins but that was with normal swimming costume. could baby stay longer with a warm suit

[Peaceloveandhobnobs]

When your baby appears cold, take him out. All babies are different! My baby has always been chunky but could still only manage 20 minutes at 12 weeks.

[confusedandemployed]

When DD was about 9 weeks we often did over 30mins. Equally, we something mes only did 15mins. Just play it by ear

[confusedandemployed]

sometimes

[mcgiblets]

How can you tell baby is cold?

[MrsBB1982]

mcgiblets I found when my DS or DD went blue that was about the right time

On a more seious note. They often lasted up to about 40 minutes but some days only 20. They tend to get a bit grumpy and irritated at the splashing water when they want to come out

[BullshitS70]

Their feet/hands/lips start to go blue

[getbusyliving]

At 9 weeks surely the bath is big enough for them to swim in? Why risk your newborn getting a cold? They really won't know the difference between the two at that age and I personally hate seeing tiny babies in the pool looking cold.

[MrsHathaway]

It's very stimulating for them. After twenty minutes she'll be knackered. Mine always slept for ages after even looking at a pool.

You shouldn't swim if they've recently had the new norovirus/rota virus (can't remember) inoculation though. From memory it was in the 8 and 12 week sets.

[ghostspirit]

getbusy babys are fine in a small heated pools

[getbusyliving]

I just don't feel it's worth the risk. Bouncing babies yes, newborns no.

[kinkyfuckery]

Why are they more likely to catch a cold in a pool than out of it getbusy?

[ghostspirit]

mrs whats norovirus/rota im quite excited hopefully im going to have a baby that actually sleeps for a while so i can do some things at home :) :)

getbusy i think mums/dads only do what they are comfy/confident with so if they feel its risky wont do it. i feel quite happy with it.:)

[getbusyliving]

I just feel the getting changed, then in the water, and then dressing them. When you consider how warm maternity wards are, newborns like it cosy and I feel swimming just exposes them unnecessarily. I'm not here to judge but it really is one of my pet hates and I feel it's more for the parents benefit than the newborn.

[ghostspirit]

oh it said a cold thought it said getting cold. i thought a cold was from a virus not actually from being cold..not sure though...going to google.

my baby did get a cold though when he was a week old was horrible :(

[ghostspirit]

getbusy but in my case my baby is 9 weeks so not really a new born and he was born at home so no maternity ward. babys younger than mine go in pools yeah maternity wards are warm but few hours later and baby is in the world.

dont think your judging :) we are all different.

[confusedandemployed]

getbusy do you know why people catch colds? It's not because we get wet, or cold

My DD absolutely loved the water from day one. She was also very good at telling me when she didn't like something. You're projecting your own feelings on to those babies.

[MrsHathaway]

In my area they give a syrup with the 8 and 12 week jabs. I am now in front of a red book and it appears to say ROTARIX ORAL. I was warned not to take him swimming for a few weeks afterwards.

It may be particular to my trust, or the nurse may be particularly careful.

Fwiw I agree that swimming is more for the parent than the baby at that age. I disagree that that would make it not worth doing. At nine weeks I was desperate to do something more interesting than sitting on my own sofa and going to clinic occasionally.

[getbusyliving]

Being cold makes you susceptible to illness and I guess I do project my feeling as they have no voice

I don't want to derail OP thread as every parent knows what's best for their child and her questions are now not being answered. Sorry about that ????

[getbusyliving]

By her I mean GhostSpirit, sorry phone wouldn't scroll and I couldn't read names

[Wideopenspace]

Being cold doesn't make you susceptible to illness...

Mine would last about 20 mins at that age. Then he would shriek the place down until I learned how to get dressed whilst breastfeeding

[backwardpossom]

I guess I do project my feeling as they have no voice

Apart from the screaming blue murder, you mean?

What a load of nonsense.

[ghostspirit]

mrs yes the pool is more for me to be honest. im sure he will like it (fingers crossed) but he can enjoy being in the bath. me chatting to him generally interacting with him. i want to take him in the morning. the plan is he sleeps we get home and i can actually get some stuff done. so yeah it is for me :)

[ghostspirit]

better not take my other children then. they would kill me if i said they only had 20 mins in pool

[lostscot]

Mine have both swam/splashed since weeks old and at 7&9 are water babies that swim really well. On the other hand I took our yr 1/2 class swimming this year and half can't swim at all and have never been, the rest vary from splashing with a float to 2 or 3 swimming 500m plus. I strongly belief it's one of the most important life skills to give them as early as possible!

[MiscellaneousAssortment]

I took my 11 wk old to baby swimming and he absolutely adored it! You could start from 9 wks in this particular class but I didn't realise that and was waiting til 12 wks.

He loved the freedom and all the stimulation, and lasted 45 mins easily - but it was a dive pool and therefore a bit warmer than a local council run pool. When I took him to the local pool to swim he was a bit older and had a wet suit thingy, and lasted 25 mins before lips and fingers went bluey-purple and he started to shiver when I took too long getting him out. As long as he was snuggled in a large towel he was happy in the changing room and actually I felt too hot as I dashed around trying to do a quick shower so he didn't eat chlorine breasts!