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inamra
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Infant Swimming Resource (ISR)?
inamra
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Have you guys ever heard of it? I was just googling "infant swimming" to see at what age are swim lessons offered for babies and found ISR (Infant Swimming Resource). I never heard of it until now and at first, I was really interested but I was wondering how the heck they get 6 month old babies to hold their breath and turn over on their backs, so I started googling more. Seems like it's a pretty controversial thing...after I read on some msg boards about it (https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=625624, https://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=836237), I'm beginning to get a sense that it's kinda like CIO but in the water? But I still don't really know much about it IMO. Any thoughts? Has anyone tried it, heard of it, or know ppl who did it?
Sept 2008 Wedding | May 2010 & Mar 2012 Babies
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Re: Infant Swimming Resource (ISR)?
interesting. not really for me but before i clicked on the site I thought it might have to do with newborn swimming.
we watched it in this video:
"Birth Into Being: The Russian Waterbirth Experience"
"Five totally natural waterbirths, including families birthing in the Black Sea and home births in a hand-made clear birthing pool are combined with the haunting music of Paul Winter. Barbara Harper, world waterbirth expert, along with Russian-born visionary, Elena Tonetti, went to Russia and brought back the footage to produce into this amazing video. "Incredible" says Midwifery Today Magazine. "Outstanding" says author Roberta Scaer (A Good Birth a Safe Birth) This is a fund-raising effort by Global Maternal/Child Health Association, as 50% of the profits will go back to Russia to aid with the home birth and waterbirth movement. Do your part to help support the Russian midwives. Order a copy today." You have seen nothing like this: women birthing in the open sea, infants swimming with wild dolphins! It will blow your mind! (Quoted from the Waterbirth International website, where the video can be ordered).
It was amazing - the babies had their eyes open and were making swimming motions at birth and by a few weeks or months old they were actually swimming and diving.
I wonder what it would have been like if we would have started swimming with Jack much earlier. He LOVES the water but has not been able to grasp any notion of holding his breath so we mostly just put a noodle under his arms although I'm pretty sure he would be able to float and swim without it as soon as he can figure out not to take in a breath of water. He gets brave and puts his face under but probably shouldn't. He can float on his back but usually starts to squirm so bad that it messes up his form. We definitely don't practice any sort of tough love but we do give him quite a bit of freedom to explore.