To take my 2 DSs swimming tomorrow ...

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By myself when they are both non-swimmers?

DS 1 is 4 and DS 2 is 20mo. They are both very water confident and love swimming.

I feel bad that they haven't been swimming for so long due to DH s new working hours, and DS1 asks me practically every day if we can go.

They are both good kids and I reckon I could
Cope if I set ground rules and have appropriate bouyancy aids but im not sure if it would be 100% safe.

AIBU to risk it and take them anyway?

What are the rules in your pool?

You'll need to check the pool's policy first

My local pool only allows one non swimmer per adult...whereas my friend's local pool allows 2 non swimmers per adult.

Some have an under 8's policy that doesn't even consider swimmers/non swimmers...it's just 1 or 2 per adult.

Will you be able to because every pool I've been to has said one child per adult unless the child is eight or older

Do your pool allow you to take both? My local pool insist on 1 adult per child if the children are under 6.

Can ds1 touch the bottom? In which case yes definitely go! I take my boys, 4.7 and 9mo, all the time, find it easy. Good luck!

Mind you 20mo might be more of a handful!

Gill it really does depend on the pool rules and not whether they can/can't touch the bottom.

I've done it a couple of times and tbh didn't really enjoy it - the younger one wanted to get out earlier than the older one, and getting showered and changed afterwards was logistically difficult.

But I don't think the op was asking us what her pool rules were, rather for our opinion based on experience... that's my experience.

Fair enough our pool has massive changing rooms, you can wheel buggy poolside, that makes a difference
Wouldn't fancy changing two in a cubicle!

Oh I see, yes you could be right Gill sorry.

I always did it, two or three times a week, both in arm bands. Bloody hard work though. Much easier now ds is a confident swimmer.

I used to take ours (18 months gap), no problem, with arm bands. (never had a problem re ratios)