Would you do swimming lessons?

SaraSmile

My son will be 4 this coming July.  We go to the shore a handful of times over the summer - maybe 4 times if we are lucky (plus it's the ocean so it's not like he is really swimming in the surf).  We are going to Myrtle Beach this June for a week and there will be a few opportunities to swim in a pool.  We don't have a pool in our yard or have access to one any other time (it's rare)

They offer swimming lessons at the Y and it's parent/child classes.  We already signed him up for T-Ball in April which is on Saturdays so fitting in swimming lessons is going to be crazy, and cost more obviously.  We both work full-time jobs, plus I have a daughter turning 2 in May so the class would have to be when my DH is home to be with her since I would have to get in the pool too.

Do you think it's necessary or ridiculous to do swim classes?  Should I wait until he is 5 ... next year?  I feel like waiting but I also feel like he needs to learn how to swim.

EliseB0323

My son is 4 and is now terrified of the water. We are trying to get him to just go in a wading pool now. I kind of wish we had taken him to swimming lessons earlier, and maybe he wouldn't be so afraid of the pool. I'd do the lessons if you can.

stacynikki

We just signed DS up for lessons at the Y.  He'll be going on Saturdays for 30 mins and it only cost $36. 

neesernicole

I would do it.  They were really fun for us but I was doing them with her b/c she was 18 mo.

hmd

DS will turn 2 in April, and he loves the "swimming pool at the Y."  He and DH go there on Fridays.  He took a mommy and me swim class last fall, but for now we take him on our own.  We will definitely put him in a real swim class as early as possibly, which is age 3 at our Y.

I would say it is something you should make a priority for his safety and enjoyment.

SaraSmile

At the Y by us it's a 8 weeks session for $110.00.  We just paid $125 for T-Ball. 

veloelle

I'm huge into early swimming lessons. DD started lessons last year at 2 and will have lessons every year. We live in CA, so lots of people have pools, we have a spa and we go to a college pool in the summer.  I definitely would not wait at all. And those parent and me swim classes sound like so much fun.

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DD has been taking them since 8 months..she loves it!

katie277s

My son is 3.5 and we plan on putting him in swimming lessons this summer.  My IL's have a house on Lake Huron, and we spend a lot of time at the beach in the summers, plus there is a pool at our apartment complex. 

The decision is totally yours, but I would do it if you can afford it. 

SaraSmile

I just don't want to get in the pool too, LOL!  I am too fat!

Amanda&Chris

I started swimming lessons with DS at 6 months and with DD at 9 months.  I think swimming lessons are SO important.  Our Y starts individual swim lessons at 3 years old.   Are you sure you need to get in the pool with him?