Where can I get a 'tiny baby' size swimsuit?

[JDad2015]

JMum, JD and I are planning a trip to the local swimming pool.

JD is just over 2 weeks old and is officially a 'tiny baby' but we haven't found any swimwear smaller than 0-3 months size.

Do such things exist or do we need to fashion our own?

My baby days are long gone but is it okay to take a newborn into public swimming pool?

Have just had a quick look to satisfy my curiosity and apparently it could be more of an issue for the mother?

Yep. Too cold and to be honest too unhygienic for a very small baby who won't have had much chance to build up their immune system yet (and there are gentler ways to so than a public pool in winter...)
Plus, as PPs have said, 2 weeks postpartum and wanting to jump in a public swimming pool is very brave... Many (most) of us are still having some bleeding, not to mention potentially still recovering from birth -- even a straightforward delivery. Discount that last bit though if baby isn't a biological child, of course.

Maybe you can get in the bath with your newborn and have some nice skin on skin time instead? Much more relaxing.

Yes a bath ls big enough to feel like a pool to a little newborn. Also I think most pools would prefer at least the first set of injections to have been had.

Many pools want babies to start their imms before allowing babies in to swim. The pool is unlikely to be cold too !

There's a reason you can't find one...

Baby needs to learn to feed and grow, butterfly can wait.

sit down, eat a biscuit and have a snooze. You'll wear yourself out and give yourself galloping womb rot if you go swimming 2 weeks after having a baby.

I wouldn't bother - even if you find a swimsuit / baby wetsuit small enough you'll only be in there about 3 minutes before baby starts getting too cold. Your baby would probably get upset at the temperature, noise, lights, getting changed, etc and not enjoy it very much.

With a tiny baby I just wouldn't. Ours turned a fetching shade of purple very quickly and they weren't small and weren't as young. I would guess that you would be in there only 5 mins max, particularly in the winter. We tended to put ours in wetsuits to swim - once they were 3/4 months. The chlorine will begin to degrade the neoprene but it kept them pinker for longer. Don't worry though you have years of swimming trips ahead of you.

Baby at least 6 weeks old.
Mum 6 weeks and only if she isn't bleeding. Going before is a huge risk of infection for both.

When baby is old enough have a look at water babies. The pools are usually warmer for these sessions than general swimming.

Many years ago our health visitor advised us to wait till babies had started their injections so they had some immunity before swimming.

I'm going to buck the trend here. I did waterbabies with dd, we went in at 6.5 weeks, in a warmish pool and dd had a little wetsuit from Splashabout that the teacher lent us. There was a 5 day old baby in the class, in with his dad as mum in no fit state to be in a pool but she looked like she enjoyed watching. The baby seemed fine, if slightly oblivious to the whole thing. He was also in a Splashabout baby warmer thing. Have a look at their website, they might help. Advice about waiting til after injections is outdated now.

I think it would be unwise for your DW to swim that soon post-partum.

Babies do not need specific swimwear. Just a good swim nappy and a very warm pool.

What pool are you thinking of? Your own? Crank the heating up and you go in with her.

Waiting till immunisations is old advice, NHS now say anytime is fine for baby, but Mum needs to have stopped bleeding. Most public swimming pools though haven't caught up yet & insist on immunisations first. As long as baby has a wetsuit & you get out when they get cold-go for it! Babies love the water, the noise & your attention.

Although that doesn't answer your actual question! I'd put baby in a swim nappy, a happy swim nappy type thing & wetsuit - but don't worry if wetsuit is a little big as they grow so fast! Just wrap it around tight and get out of pool when cold.

Yes, the advice on need for immunisation changed when the (sheddable) polio immunisation was phased out in 2004 in favour of the (non-shedding) injectable.

Don't forget proper swim nappies to contain anything. Really unpleasant for everyone else when a pool has to be closed because a baby has pooed in it.

DD is 2.5 and I still put her in a wetsuit honestly, they're definitely the way to go. Even if the pool is really warm, they get cold really quickly when you get out.

Injections are irrelevant as they're not the kinds of diseases you can catch in pools. But body weight is important.
Our baby swimming requires them to be 14lbs for a normal public baby pool (around 31 degrees) and 12lbs for a warm pool such as a small hotel pool or a hydrotherapy pool.
My ds was just about 12lbs at 11 weeks which is when we started.

Enjoy! As baby swimming is lovely :)

This is one of the best sources of stuff www.splashabout.com/?gclid=COfwtLLsgskCFYU_GwodUqcFAg

You need an under nappy (often disposable but there is a reusable version but I would use disposable for a bf baby) then a "happy nappy" to contain leaks. Then a wrap for a tiny baby or wetsuit when they're bigger.

My 2yr old is still in a wetsuit in public pools as he loves to swim for 45mibs or so but without it he'd be shivering after 20mins.

at 2 weeks both mine still had their cord stump, so swimming would have been out of the question.

pools are minging, I would wait another couple if months.

www.tinytotshop.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/Toys/_SAHNNS/441310/Happy-Nappy-Navy-White?gclid=CNv8nMXtgskCFcFuGwodCNAD1Q#.VkBQSUaQGnM Do very tiny ones
We took DS swimming at 6wks. We just put him in the smallest disposable swim nappy we could get. We were staying at a hotel with a small quiet and warm poolso it was perfect. We had a towel on the side close to hand and only stayed in for a short time. It was lovely and when we returned home we went to the baby swim sessions at our local pool (warmer small pool) every week I was off on ML.