Alternative to armbands for a toddler?

[Tory79]

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

Could anyone recommend a good alternative?

[TippiShagpile]

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

[Stoneysilence]

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]

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]

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]

Noodles and woggles I think are the same kinds.

[Swannykazoo]

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.....