At what age did you take your children to swim in a pool?

Question

How old was your child the first time they went into a swimming pool and at what age did they actually learn to swim on their own? i want to teach my son to swim without using floaties.

Answer 1

I think our son was about 10 months old the first time that we took him in a pool. It wasn't anything like we were worried about taking him in the water, but more of a matter of timing... he was born in late August and we live in Michigan so by the time it was warm enough for a pool again here, he was older. We now have a membership at a fitness club that has a very nice indoor pool with family swim times. We will be taking baby #2 (due in July) probably after a few months. Our son is now 33 months old. While he is taking swim lessons now, he can not swim on his own yet, but he is fearless in the water.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You may want to wait to go to a pool or lake with your child until he can hold his head up on his own (usually by 4 or 5 months). If your child is old enough to go into the water with you, follow these six water safety steps:

• Make sure the water is warm enough, preferably between 84 and 87 degrees.

• Pool water should be properly chlorinated, and natural bodies of water should be unpolluted and safe for wading.

• Don't put a baby less than 6 months old under the water. Although infants naturally hold their breath under water, they continue to swallow.

• Take an infant/child CPR course.

• If you have a plastic wading pool, drain it and store it in an upright position after each use. If you have a permanent pool, make sure it's enclosed with a fence that's at least 4 feet high, and lock the gate leading to the pool after each use. After swimming, remove any toys from the water and deck.

• Make sure the pool or lake is equipped with rescue equipment and a readily accessible phone for emergencies, or take a portable phone to the pool in case of emergency — and so you won't be tempted to run into the house to grab a call.

Answer 4

I learned when I was about 10 years old to swim without any help what so ever. My younger sister too learned at about the same age. So i'd say try to teach your kids how to swim atleast by the time they are 10.

Answer 5

The YMCA offers lessons starting at 6 months old. We took our second into the pool at 4 weeks old, but he is only 12 months now so cant swim on his own yet.

Answer 6

my son was 4 months old and loved it. hes a water baby, he is four now and can swim on in own with a life vest, he is learning later this year without it,

please use a life vest on any child in the pool under ten years of age they really so save lives

Answer 7

i took both of my kids into a pool at 5 months old, and i waited that long because they were born in january, but i cant swim well so they were late swimmers , around 5yrs

Answer 8

my mom took me swimming at 4 months...something like that. i plan to do the same for my 3 month old. I could swim before I could walk at 11months

Answer 9

1 day, all my children started there lessons at 6 months, very important to teach children to swim early, drowning is the number one cause of infant and toddler death in America, even in as little as one inch of water

Answer 10

i became allowed while i became approximately 11 or 12. yet definately not decrease than the age of 10. it quite is merely too risky. yet confident, at age 11 or 12 you ought to enable her be to blame. you could a minimum of circulate interior and save a watch on her contained in direction of the window, peeking out at her each and every each and every so often.