Sling for swimming?

[Wallace]

Might sound like a daft idea, but...

I love taking the kids swimming and I thought one way to carry on doing this when dc4 arrives is to put the baby in a sling. Ds1 and dd are 11 and 9 so independant in the water. Ds2 is just 4 and can swim almost 5m without armbands but still obviously very much needs me in the water with him.

I have done a quick googling and such slings do seem to exist but I can't actually find any for sale.

Anyone done this, or am I mad and will forget I have a baby on my front and end up dunking it?

I bought one from ebay but, to be honest, never used it.

The main reason I didn't use it is I was worried what the old biddies in the swimming pool would say about it as they comment on every other aspect of my parenting.
I managed fine holding baby while my daughter swam with float/armbands.
If you want to try one out I would be happy to send you mine for P+P only.
It is one of these:
www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/WaterTot-Infant-Water-Carrier/1945049/product.html

Why not get a float seat instead? Not the round ones (they are quite unstable and can flip) but the sort with long fore-and-aft sides.

Conecta Solarweave?

Wow thanks, toffeemum, that would be fantastic. You can email me on s j mackintosh at hotmail dot com.

Ds2 doesn't use armbands so I often need two hands. I am sort of worried what people will say...

I will get a float seat when baby gets bigger :)

I've got a Dooker ring sling which I rarely used. keep meaning to pass it onto someone!

Remember that your baby will get cold quite quickly so swim sessions will have to be short

Never thought about that, SD.

get a neoprene baby wrap, they are ace and keep them v warm

I had a Sachi water carrier, which was a UV protective solarweave mei tai. It was fab. I used to bung DD in a hip carry, and it'd give me 2 free hands to deal with (then 2yo) DS. Nobody batted an eye.

Bumping this for toffeemum :)