Swim Lessons anyone?

bigbear

Have you done the infant swim lessons with your LO?

Likes/Dislikes.

I'm trying to find one, I'd love to do this with my DD. She loves water so I think it would be a lot of fun! Now to just find one that works for full time working parents. Not everyone can make the Monday 10am class pleasethankyou

bhead81

We did some free lessons from 6weeks until he was 4 months old. We need to get him back into some now that I have a job again and can afford them.

bigbear

LibraryChica:

We're trying to find one too but are running into the same problem. We're looking at getting a small group of working moms together on Sundays and hiring a private teacher. Luckily Florida is full of swim instructors. 

oh that's a great idea!

jnickers98

Let me know if you find one in the twin cities.  I'd be interested too.

bigbear

jnickers98:

Let me know if you find one in the twin cities.  I'd be interested too.

I just found one at Scott Highland Middle School! It's $55

Tue/Thu 10/16-11-20 5:35-6:05 pm

Age group 6-36 months!

 

jnickers98

bigbear:

jnickers98:

Let me know if you find one in the twin cities.  I'd be interested too.

I just found one at Scott Highland Middle School! It's $55

Tue/Thu 10/16-11-20 5:35-6:05 pm

Age group 6-36 months!

Would you be interested in the Saturday class?  Same price/location/age.  5:35 would be difficult for us twice a week. 

Sat 9/22-11/17 9:15-9:45, 9:50-10:20, or 11:15-11:45

PM me if you'd like to do this together with our DDs.

bigbear

jnickers98:

bigbear:

jnickers98:

Let me know if you find one in the twin cities.  I'd be interested too.

I just found one at Scott Highland Middle School! It's $55

Tue/Thu 10/16-11-20 5:35-6:05 pm

Age group 6-36 months!

Would you be interested in the Saturday class?  Same price/location/age.  5:35 would be difficult for us twice a week. 

Sat 9/22-11/17 9:15-9:45, 9:50-10:20, or 11:15-11:45

PM me if you'd like to do this together with our DDs.

PM sent

michaelaskedlauren

I did swim lessons with Z last month (we had to wait until he was 6 months old) and it was a lot of fun! The classes were mainly about introducing them to the water and getting them comfortable in it.

Just a heads up in advance -- youll probably have to dunk them under the water in your class eventually. The babies are fine, and instinctively know to hold their breath, but Im glad that my Mom mentioned it to me in advance.

Oh, and also if you can get your hands on a swim shirt try to have your LO wear it during class. Its not vital, but sometimes the water can be cold and I found it helped prevent Z's lips from turning blue immediately.

bigbear

michaelaskedlauren:

I did swim lessons with Z last month (we had to wait until he was 6 months old) and it was a lot of fun! The classes were mainly about introducing them to the water and getting them comfortable in it.

Just a heads up in advance -- youll probably have to dunk them under the water in your class eventually. The babies are fine, and instinctively know to hold their breath, but Im glad that my Mom mentioned it to me in advance.

Oh, and also if you can get your hands on a swim shirt try to have your LO wear it during class. Its not vital, but sometimes the water can be cold and I found it helped prevent Z's lips from turning blue immediately.

Cool! Yeah I read up on this and am prepared and aware of the dunking LOL I admit it, as much as I understand that they know to hold their breath etc it's still a bit nerve wrecking. Probably b/c I almost drowned as a kid. I still get a bit of anxhiety if I have to get my head under water Parents don't have to do it right?

and thanks for the tip on the shirt!

AMbaby

We love our swim lessons! Adela has been in them for the last 2.5 months and we go Saturday's from 11:30-12:00.  She did go under water the first time and cried like crazy and then the next time not so much and the time after not at all! She LOVES the water and is already kicking and learning to float.  We now dunk her under and then she swims back up underwater all on her own!! Pretty cool to see. I have video I will have to post here! These are specifically for smaller babies (no toddlers thank you) so they are very comfortable and they are in a special baby pool kept at just the right temp and with a mixture of very low chlorine and salt water.  Community pools can be way to cold for baby and WAY to over-chlorinated. They cost abot 78 bucks a month for four lessons but are totally worth it to me.

lorahbora

I enrolled DD when she was 4 months and our lessons are just wrapping up. Looking back, I thought it was a great way to get out of the house and meet other parents and have some fun with DD, but I don't know that I'd spend that money again (it was $130 for waterbabies, not sure if that's a national program, but it was spendy). We spent SO much time just holding our babies in the water singing songs and moving them back and forth, so not a whole lot more than youcould do on your own time in the pool. Learning how to blow on their face, give them warning cues, and dip them underwater was helpful and not something I'd know to do on my own, but it's something we got down in maybe 2 classes. Overall, swimming with baby is super fun, but I don't know if I'd invest in official lessons at that age if I were to do it again.