Taking baby swimming

[Worzilgummidge]

Am I alone in thinking that you shouldn't take a 8 week old swimming at this time of year.

We've been going every week from 6 weeks old..... and it was only 6 weeks because he was waiting for me!! He loves swimming and is so confident around water. He's never caught a chill or anything from swimming. We did find a pool that was warmer than the normal pools which we went to for lessons if you were worried about being cold. But he's been in normal pools too and been absolutely fine

Once they have had their jabs, if they aren't ill, cuddled in close in the water and wrap them up well afterwards.

I couldn't take ds as a baby because he had problems regulating his temperature, but this was a very specific circumstance.

IsItThatTimeAgain
We must be lucky parents and toddlers/babies here is cheaper than normal price and you get a teacher for the toddler and even better it's often 1 to 1 because people don't go, bargain!

Babies are not puppies you can take them before their jabs. They can go as soon as their tummy button has healed.

If it's a warm pool, it's grand. If it's a normal pool they recommend a baby wetsuit (splash around?/about? website does "warm in one" suits) for those under 4 months as they can get cold quickly.

I think I have been daft because babies are sometimes born in water.

You are missing out if you wait until six months because it's a really lovely fun thing to do with your baby and babies love the water. I was told by our swimming insructor that babies take more naturally to water when they are younger because they are less likely to fearful. The first time you go you won't be able to stay in long because they will get cold. To help you could take a towel to the poolside and wrap baby in it as soon as you get out.

Ah, when the dds were babies (12 years ago) the HV definitely said to wait for first jabs....if it's changed, then fair enough!

You are really missing out! Swimming with DS was easily my best mat leave activity with him. Loved it. Yes you are cold as you prioritise getting the baby dressed asap, but I started his at the end of September and just wrapped him up. We did it until May when we left where we were living. Only just restarted it now and sadly starting from the beginning again. He never got ill from being in the pool.

Those pools are so full of germs - no way would I have taken mine.

It's a good excuse not to, taking a tiny baby into the pool for 3 minutes before they turn blue is an almighty pain in the ass.
Just stay at home until the baby actually has a clue what's happening.

In a baby wet suit for warmth, baby will be fine.

Babies love swimming. My oldest went from a young age but my youngest has yet to go because I can't take two under 5s on my own

I plan on starting dd soon, she’s 4 months. Btw you don’t catch a cold from being cold...

Babies love swimming......not all of them., dd1 blimming hated it!!

No you are not over protective, but sensible. 3-4 months is a much better age for several reasons. The first and most important is that the baby does not yet have much body fat and would chill very quickly even in a warm pool. Secondly, the water is full of urine, skin, sweat snot etc and in order to keep infection levels acceptable, it is pumped full of chlorine which is an unpleasant chemical and very irritating. I would not want this soup in my babies ears, throat and eyes. The immunisations are not actually an issue because it is not proven that you are more likely to catch these diseases in a pool, but the age is. By 4 months the immune system is more developed. Lastly, I can't really see what a tiny baby would get out of it>

It was the only thing that made my DD nap when she was tiny. We would bring her in Saturday morning and then she would snooze for two or three hours afterwards. We have a hydrotherapy pool very close to us and it's great.