my 2 year old shivers uncontrolably & lips go blue when we go swimming?? Normal?

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Please can you let me know if other toddlers do this too?? the water is NOT too cold..rather warm actually- & its the minute he gets in it starts & continues throughout the time we are in there?? hes just so cold bless him.. is this normal??
do u think maybe a baby wetsuit would help?
any advice greatly accepted..

DS was like this, but not right away. He was ok for the first 20 or 30 minutes then got really cold. Really depends on the pool, how warm it is.

I don't know if a baby wetsuit would help, are they not more a sun block than for warmth?

i think there are actual wesuits that keep them warm???

The fact the water is warm probably makes him colder when he gets out. Perfectly normal, my dd was the same and still shivers etc. I take a towel to the poolside with me to wrap her up as soon as she gets out

I think he might be getting too cold (even though it feels warm to you).

The lips turn blue when we're cold because oxygen is diverted to the vital organs so this is basically whats happening.

If it were my lo I'd stop taking him.

Sorry

My children do this, although dd1 (age 7) is less susceptibale now. DD2 though is 5 and goes very shivery and her lips purple when she is in the warm children's pool. I put it down to the fact she is so skinny. DS also gets very shivery, but they all love the pool, so we keep going and just keep them moving.

We have bought these for indoor pool use ; toddler wetsuits

and will buy thicker ones if/when we go in the sea in the summer.

Hth

my DD gets really cold at swimming she's 3yo, and I've noticed that when we get home her lips are blue. She's never really liked the cold.

I didn't think much of it but when I saw this thread I thought maybe I should be more worried

Mrscruffallo

its not when he gets out his shivers- its even when hes actually in the water- even if I keep him moving & keep his shoulders under?

nametaken- I think U may be right... such a shame though as apart from being cold- he loves it!! how annoying... can this do him harm?? i hope I havent hurt him

ds2's lips go blue when cold, he is super skinny, we get him wearing a neoprane wetsuit thing with floatation vest when he goes swimming, and keep him moving, that helps

Is he tiny thing jkb? My dd is and as I said, she shivered/ lips turned blue in and out of the water. I don't see how it could harm him

Btw, we also used to take a dressing gown with us for when they come out of the pool. Kept them nice and cosy.

I had a friend who was like this, she could not go swimming in the loch in Scotland with the rest of us. It was a really warm day and we all jumped in and cooled off, she just went blue. Her skin lost all colour. She said that she was always like that. Perhaps it is just that some people feel the cold more than others.

This still happens to me, even if I don't feel cold, and I'm certainly not skinny! Maybe some people just react this way?

yes he is rather on the slim side... that probaly dosent help!!?? as long as i know it wont harm him... I will maybe try the wetsuit.. have u seen that they make a difference?

I think the water in swimming baths could do with being warmer. I always find it too cold

i just felt so cruel leaving him in there with his teeth chattering & his whole body shaking! - I had a dressing gown & 2 towels round him afterwards- he then warmed up

My dd2 is like this - and she is quite chubby! She has got a bit better recently - is now 5 but at the age of 2 couldn't stay very long in pool at all.

well ihave just ordered him one of those splash wetsuits.. they are supposed to trap a layer of water between them & the skin whick keeps them warm??!! lets wait & see... we are off to center parcs next week... anyone else been there?? was it good..got any tips?? (we are going to the one in suffolk- elevden forest)

Could you try another swimming pool near you, you might find that its warmer. My dd (2.8) has never had this, but she's not skinny. I took her first when she was 6wks and was told by the HV to steer clear of one local pool as it was too cold but that another one would be fine. The wetsuit might help, dd wears one at the seaside and it does make a difference, keep him moving lots too, some frantic kicking of his legs etc!

When my DS was 2 he used to get this too, but it stopped as he got older. No idea if weight has anything to do with it, but he is slim too.

was going to suggest a try at a different pool. We went to a new one recently and was shocked at the warmth of the small pooL! Was sooooo nice!

TBH, i sometimes shiver uncontrolably in pools. Its as if the cold you feel as you get into the pool gets trapped with you under the water!!

Also, maybe avoid the foot wash thing that you go through as you enter the poolside...that is often FREEZING!

Is he very active? The Boy (20m) loves playing beside the pool, but after about 5 minutes he starts shivering. So I pick him up (or get him to jump in) and we get some exercise: kicking as I "swim" him round or a couple of independent swim-ettes. That warms him up enough for another five or ten minutes of lower activity.

It's still very variable, though. Sometimes he's in there for an hour and sometimes 15 minutes is clearly enough.

If he is shivering and lips turning blue, he's cold, despite what you think of the water temp. I would not continue to let him swim for any prolonged time, over 15 min. when they are shivering, it burns a lot of calories and oxygen.

It sounds like he's too cold. My 8mo wears one of these swimsuits and one of these vests over the top. That seems to have cracked it and he doesn't get cranky in the pool anymore!

Definitely get a wetsuit to try, children get colder a lot faster than we do in water.

Mine does this and also when it's snowy day. She just rushed to the GP by her nursery when this happened once. I have now put it on school information so they don't freak out.