Should I put my 2yr old girl into swim lessons?

Answer 1

Absolutely! Especially if you live in an area where there is lots of water activities. The sooner they learn the better.

Answer 2

My mom put me in swim lessons when I was 6 months old. I grew up in the pool. I don't remember not knowing how to swim. My daughters are 3 and 4 and they have also been swimming for quite some time. If your toddler enjoys swimming I don't see why not.

Answer 3

YES absolutely.

At this age she'd likely be doing 'water confidence' stuff anyway, and that is really good!!

I can't remember when I started swim lessons, but I do remember as a 7yo doing squad training very early in the mornings. In truth we had started splashing around in the water from babies and I do remember learning to swim at the beach with my dad. Eventually my brother and I had to hold the sack in the water (tread water!) while he free dived for mussels!

I am a very good swimmer, have my kids in swim classes and wouldn't even think twice about it. The younger the better!

Answer 4

Yes, learning how to swim properly is important. So many people do not know how to swim and they fear water. Don't let your child be fearful of something that can be a childhood pleasure (like swimming a pool at a friends house)

Try one of those classes where you as the parent are in the water with them.

Hey, maybe she will like swimming so much, she'll take it up as a sport. I was a swimmer in high school and loved it.

Answer 5

Absolutely yes, especially if you have or are around swimming pools or ponds or lakes a great deal.

Very small children can learn to swim, and teaching them takes away some of their natural fear of the water, replacing it with survival skills so they can get themselves out of trouble. Most little kids who drown each year do so because they have no idea how to proceed once they fall into the water.

If you are going to have her around water, get her lessons so she knows what to do if she should fall in. Many places that offer lessons allow the parents to help out with lessons, meaning you will be in the pool with her for her comfort and security while she starts learning.

Good luck.

Answer 6

I did a "Mommy and Me" class with my 2-year-old last year, simply because her older brother and sister were in swim classes and we were at the pool anyway. Turned out to be a really good experience, and since I had her the whole time, there were no safety issues. She's on her own this year as a 3-year-old and having a great time.

Answer 7

obviously you as the parent is the only one who can decide what to do.
but i wanted to point out that the AAP suggests waiting until a child is 4 to start swimming lessons. they say:
"although water programs aimed at babies and toddlers are fun, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends waiting until after a child's fourth birthday. Before then, most children aren't developmentally ready to learn to swim and lessons may not decrease their risk of drowning"

Answer 8

my son began swimming instructions at 18 months, if it wasn't for my husband being a poo approximately it, i could have began him at 6 months, this is the youngest which you will start them. Do you have a close by YMCA? I take my son there and he loves it. There, you're interior the pool with them till they are around 3-4, then whilst they hit that mark, (and have had previous instructions of course) you could % for them to be interior the pool with out you and that's extra actually a "swimming lesson." We learn maximum of efficient protection instructions that i does not even think of that he could be ready to doing nor could I even think of approximately doing with him. this is a million million% nicely extremely worth the rigidity and the money!

Answer 9

Sure, but do a mommie & child class. It should just be to get your child used to water. Real swimming really shouldn't begin until your child is well coordinated, around 3 or 4 years of age.

Answer 10

I would. If you have lessons where you go with your baby it would be a great bonding activity, plus a little exercise and a safer child. I started late with my kids, but they love it so much, I'm definitely going to do it this time round much earlier.