To ask 16yo to take his baby brother swimming? How strict are pools?

[Swimmin]

Hi everyone, baby is only 8 weeks so a while yet but just thinking of the future.

If someone were to take him swimming he needs supervised by a person 16+ how strict are they on that? Do they ask to see ID? Some under 16s look older than their age…

i have 16, 14, 10 and 5 year old also. younger 2 need me

would it be U to give money to my 16 to take him to the baby pool? but i’d say my 16 year old looks younger than his age

I personally wouldn't take a baby swimming full-stop.

But if I did, I certainly wouldn't be palming the baby off on a teenager to take.

Just the fact you've paid for lessons doesn't mean a baby can't drown.

Op I wouldn’t because I used to go on holiday to this pool where a child drowned while being supervised by teens who got distracted

www.thewirh.com/blog/kaimen-ward

Exactly. It's like having a semi-floppy, semi-wriggling wet sausage to manage.

Our paediatrician told us to wait till at least a year anyway as the water can cause ear infections and have germs that are not good for babies to have to tackle when new to this world.

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This is utterly tragic but a very different scenario. Those teenagers had, it appears from the report, been drinking, they were not with the child and they werent paying him any attention at all.

The reality is that becoming a parent, enduring 9 months of pregnancy and all the attendant maternal hormones is totally different from being handed someone else's wet and alippery baby to manage.

I just really don't get why people put such young children in pools. I mean what if you dropped them and they just sank? We waited until ours had proper strength in their muscles, could sit, walk, etc and they managed to learn to swim just fine.

@DairyMilkFreeZone the fundamental issue was that as the coroner said the teens were “lax and irresponsible”. They shouldn’t have been with him at all. He needed to be supervised by an adult.

Not all the teens were found to have been drinking and his twin survived the trip. The reason he died was that he couldn’t swim and he didn’t have a responsible adult caring for him.

Please tell me this is a spoof post. Who in their right mind would want a 16 year old to take an 8 week old baby swimming?

Totally agree. But just because those teenagers were lazy and irresponsible doesn't mean OPs son is.

Try actually reading ops post properly!

Totally agree with this. YABVU asking 16 yr old plus why rush baby swimming at 8 weeks, its much too early imo

Op is not asking him to take a 8 week old , read ops post properly

@DeadSpace3
Nobody. But in your rush to judgement of the OP you didn't even bother reading her posts properly.

That’s so sad.

It would be enormously helpful if the OP had suggested an age for the baby when she thought about this being a possibility.

Personally I would find it less stressful asking someone to take a baby of a few months swimming rather than a moving but non swimming young child.

@DairyMilkFreeZone
She did. She said 4+ months.

No way!

Oh I'm sorry I missed that. Thanks x

My DC had been a swim teacher at 16 and a lifeguard. Plenty of their friends doing A levels and pre uni are swim teachers and are very good.

Your children are not responsible for your children !

Babies don’t need to go swimming

@chateauneufdupapa
Swimming is hugely beneficial for babies.

Absolutely not.