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Alternative to armbands for a toddler?

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Tory79 · 15/07/2014 20:46

Ds is 2.10, I bought him some armbands recently and he HATES them.

Could anyone recommend a good alternative?

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TippiShagpile · 15/07/2014 20:50

Have a look for kids' sharks fins. My two learned to swim really quickly with them and they barely noticed they were there.

Stoneysilence · 15/07/2014 20:51

I really want to know this too! Those floaty ring things where they sit 'in' it and bob about are only for under 1s.

addictedtosugar · 15/07/2014 20:54

Depending on the swimming pool, DS2 likes a woggle.
I've seen kids with a fin

If were in the toddler pool, DS2 goes boynancy-less - he can touch the bottom the whole time, and we are right next to him - its not very relaxing for the parent. He's 3.2.

Would he wear a swim vest or arm disks rather than bands??

museumum · 15/07/2014 20:54

If you're relatively confident and he's relatively sensible (as much as any 2.10yr old) and if you are with him 1:1 then a noodle is brilliant for learning to swim.

museumum · 15/07/2014 20:55

Noodles and woggles I think are the same kinds.

Swannykazoo · 15/07/2014 20:55

Tippi is right! Its actually quite tricky for kids to learn to swim with arm bands as they hold their bodies upright in the water, rather than in a swimming position. Also older siblings put them around ankles and then lifeguards have to get wet.....

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