when would you take your newborn swimming?

Question

my son is 1 month exactly. and i was wondering when you would take your newborn swimming. its our own personal clorine pool. what are your thought. when would you take your child swimming

Answer 1

I took my oldest when he was like 3 mths.. my youngest when he was 6 mths..

here are some sites to read up on and see waht you think is best.

Answer 2

I am 25 now. My mom first took me swimming when I was about 2 months old. I loved it. Infact, I could fully swim before most babies can walk. As an added bonus, my mom didn't have to worry as much about me near the water (we moved a few years later to a small lake town) because I was an excellent swimmer. And obviously, you should want to start teaching your child the basics so if (heaven forbid) your child managed to fall in the pool or something, they would know what to do. That is really important with you having a pool of your own.


I don't know why people are giving you such a hard time with your question. When you think it's time, go for it. The only concern I can think of (besides the sensitive skin already mentioned) is just avoid getting water in the ears so you don't have to worry about ear infections. Have fun and enjoy your pool with your baby.

Answer 3

I took my daughter swimming when she was a little over 2 months and she loved it. People are sooo paranoid these days. Did you know that you can give birth in a pool and nothing bad will happen?? You can give birth right next to dolphins in some places. Babies are in amniotic fluid for 9 months they are natural water lovers. My daughter is 15 months and we take her swimming all the time during the summer. She can even hold her breath under water. I do agree be cautious because the chlorine can irritate but other then that have fun with your baby. If you are really worried ask your ped.

Answer 4

If you're actually using chlorine in it, I would wait until at least 6mths. I took my daughter earlier into a pool but it was being treated with something much less harmful to your skin than chlorine. Baby's skin is so fragile! We always had to be very careful with my daughter as she had sensitive skin and any clothing that wasn't washed with a special detergent would give her a rash, we're always putting on lotion, etc. There are special pools for babies, at least where we were living. If the levels arent high in your own pool, then I suppose you could always go for a few minutes, a little dip, and see how it goes. Of course, dont let him swallow any of the water.

Answer 5

Ask your doctor. Once the cord has fallen off and completely healed, it is usually a non-problem, but your doctor knows more about the local situation. Babies may need a minimum temperature which may be easy to obtain in your area. In our area, we have hit algae bloom season and even in home pools, they don't recommend very young children to swim because they have to up the chlorine to combat the bloom. I don't have a pool, so I'm not really up on this subject widely.

By the way, be sure you have one of those safety covers over your pool intake and replace it periodically. There was a terrible pool accident at a country club last month near here.

Answer 6

I love the "No! Ur baby will die if you don't keep him confined to ur house!" answers these questions get...

"1] infants can't maintain a normal temp in air temp or room temp water.
2] can't put sunscreen on infants either
3] if by 'own personal pool' you mean a wading pool - no good either. The pool will either have too much chlorine or too much germs.
4] let him 'swim' in the bathtub - mine did, and they turned out to be good little swimmers [ although it did scare the **** out of me when I found my three year old doing the dead man's float! ]

Source(s):

RN "

This is why I'm frightened of getting advice from nurses.

1 Huh? This sounds like it's from the same school of thought that puts hats on babies in August.

2 This is no longer the current recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

3 "Too much germs." In a wading pool? The sort of thing that's refilled daily? What germs, causing what diseases?

4 So...so they can't maintain a normal temperature in water and a wading pool has "too much germs," but a bathtub -- go for it?

Weird...

"Once baby is comfortable with water in the shower and tub, it's time to graduate from to the pool. You can usually enter this stage between one and two months of age. Early exposure lessens the later fear of water. The other day I enjoyed holding our seven-week-old granddaughter, Ashton, for a short dip in our swimming pool..."

http://www.parenting.com/parenting/baby/article/0,19840,648130,00.html

Answer 7

I took my baby girl swimming when she was 3 weeks old. She's been a little fish ever since. I think the sooner the better, especially in your own pool since you know it's clean. Dip his feet in first for a little bit, so he can get used to the feeling, and also, it will give you a chance to see if his skin is super sensitive and is irritated in any way, then enjoy, he will love it!


Why are parents so super paranoid about things? "Can't wear sunblock until their 6 mos", "Chlorine can be harmful to their skin"??? Back in the day, nobody was so worried about these things. Obviously if your son's skin is bothered by it, you won't take him swimming again, you don't keep him out in the sun all day either. People, relax! She wants to take her boy swimming in his OWN pool!!!

Answer 8

I took my son at 8 months.

#1 Infants can not regulate their own body temp.

#2 You can not put sunblock on a child younger than 6 months

***READ THE BOTTLE OF SUNSCREEN most of them will recommend that you not use them if the child is younger than 6 months.

#3 Baby's skin is sensitive any chemicals or pollutants in the water can absorb through your baby's skin.

***A Bath tub were you can regulate the temperature and the cleanliness and chemical content is a lot different than a chlorinated swimming pool filled with bugs and bird feces.

I would wait til baby is older.

Answer 9

I read or heard somewhere that all babies can swim when they are new born. It is a not a defense mechanism I have no idea what the word is. But like they already have it in their brain it something that all babies have. You can see you put their feet in the water and they will start kicking their feet. Also if you put them underwater they will automatically hold their breath. I hope you understood me. LOL

Answer 10

See Silly Girl's answer!
1] infants can't maintain a normal temp in air temp or room temp water.
2] can't put sunscreen on infants either
3] if by 'own personal pool' you mean a wading pool - no good either. The pool will either have too much chlorine or too much germs.
4] let him 'swim' in the bathtub - mine did, and they turned out to be good little swimmers [ although it did scare the **** out of me when I found my three year old doing the dead man's float! ]

Answer 11

i'd take my newborn swimming while they were still an infant, maybe not 1 month old, but by 2 or 3.