And great...all of this drowning/pool talk and

Jodi&Joe

I'm going to be a freaking paranoid mess for the next month every time we are in the pool/ocean!

I didn't sleep a couple of nights last summer when the whole "dry drowning" stuff was going around here.  We would swim all day and all night I would paranoid that I would wake up to a dead child! 

Knowledge is a great thing but not when you have anxiety to begin with.  Phew-eee!

belle204

I know. I was thinking of going to the waterpark today but idk if my nerves can take it.

DandelionMom

Seriously. I've gotten so that I watch them like a hawk when they're in the water and forget to watch them when they come back out.  I'm going to lose Gracie one of these days. 

Zenya

didn't that dry drowning thing turn out to be BS?  Or at least misrepresented?  

 

eta:

https://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/drydrowning.asp 

Jodi&Joe

Zenya:

didn't that dry drowning thing turn out to be BS?  Or at least misrepresented?  

 

eta:

https://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/drydrowning.asp 

Oh God I hope so!!!  Because seriously, I had HORRIBLE anxiety over that!  Wait, is that a snopes link I see!?  This would make my day if it was false.  ***off to read link***

AggieCouple

Jodi&Joe:

Zenya:

didn't that dry drowning thing turn out to be BS?  Or at least misrepresented?  

 

eta:

https://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/drydrowning.asp 

Oh God I hope so!!!  Because seriously, I had HORRIBLE anxiety over that!  Wait, is that a snopes link I see!?  This would make my day if it was false.  ***off to read link***

Dude.  That article makes it worse because there are apparently 3 ways to drown. 

Jodi&Joe

Ok, the link made me feel worse.  Cam is CONSTANTLY swallowing the damn water!  She has puked at least 5 times from swallowing too much water (once in a Vegas pool, that was then shut down for 6 hours -- yea, that was fun!  LOL!).

Good Lord - not looking forward to our next beach/pool visit! 

belle204

Delayed drowning, dry drowning, I'm-at-the-bottom-of-the-pool-and-noone-saw-me drowing ... it's all scary.

Zenya

ShitI hadn't read it!  

Ciarrai

Ok, I know this sounds awful, but I haven't been reading all the drowning stories and warnings.  I just can't.  I've read the article that's always circulating about what drowning looks like and have made DH and my sitter read it, but I can't read all these stories.  We love love love having a pool now but it still terrifies me.  We take as many precautions as we reasonably can, but these stories just make me sick with worry.  My kids love the pool and the water and I want them to continue to do that.  Both the girls can swim and swim well (seriously amazing) and DS is even starting to learn.  My biggest fear at this point is DS (of course) or one of the girls getting into trouble without us noticing because they are such strong swimmers. Obviously, we are *always* out there swimming with them or sitting right on the side (with legs in) if it's just the girls.  I have a "no electronics by the pool" rule except to have the phone and monitor outside but not within reach.

superslug

That dry drowning stuff messed with my head! It's still in the back of my mind once the boys go to sleep after a day in the water! I'm super vigilant when they're in the pool, but all these horror stories are not good for the paranoid mama I have a tendency to be!