Baby swimming HELP

[ellie1878]

Hi all, I have a 10 week old who we will be taking swimming for the first time. Can someone please advise on which float/ring will be the best for him?? He has very good head strength if that makes a difference. We are due to go on Thursday!

Thanks in advance! 😊

Don't use a ring or float. You want them to get used to the water going on their face and they hold them out of the water too much. Also, at 10 weeks they will want to be held close to you.

Ps. I first took both of mine at 5 weeks and a major tip is to pull their swimmers off in the water, wrap them up warm on the floor of the changing room and dress yourself first!

We didn't ever use anything like that, we just held ours as it felt much safer.

No floats or rings are needed at this age.

At that age they will be in your arms, they will feel much more secure that way.

Just hold them, much easier. Even with a float you’d need to hold them upright but it’ll be harder. At that age you’ll want to keep hold of them anyway.

I after with PP. DS has been going to swimming lessons and just to the pool (with us of course) since the same age. No ring, no float, they need to get used to their body in the water, swimming teacher used to do almost a rugby pass with him under the water to me, he's now 2.5 and can doggy paddle and is very confident in the water and floats well. They do sometimes use arm rings (foam not inflatable) in toddler swimming class when they are learning to swim and starting to jump in on their own but not as babies. Also avoid water babies, DN is the same age and is nowhere near swimming at all, DSs teacher also teaches the diving club, he's great.

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Just hold him and be prepared for the swimming session to he very short, they get cold very very quickly.