anyone use puddle jumper on LO less than 30 lbs?

groovygrl · May 2011

this is the only thing I can find that looks good for my 22 mo old kids for the pool this summer but they are both only around 26 pounds. DS is 50% for height & DD 25-50% so I'm more worried about her but from the reviews I cannot figure out if I should try it out. I'm ordering some stuff from one step ahead & can get free shipping & discount b/c of the amt I'm spending if I buy them but my worry is if I have to ship 2 of those things back again...

Thanks!

julienne37596 · May 2011

I used it when my daughter was under 30lbs last summer. I will never buy anything else. She loves this thing and I feel safer with this than the arm floaties or the vests/built in suits.

la79al · May 2011

DD used hers last summer when she was right around 26 pounds (26.2 I believe). It worked great.

groovygrl · May 2011

Oh yay thank you! I'm so excited, I hope they work out for us.

SeasideBride06 · May 2011

I know you are trying to get the discount on OneStepAhead, but just thought I would let you know they are cheaper on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00364E0LW/ref=ox_ya_os_product

or

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00364E1DE/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=15W5FJV330X74T21FRXX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

dbertagni · May 2011

Ditto PP, we tried it last summer as did a bunch of our friends, none of whose kids met the 30lb limit. Our swim teacher at the Y highly suggested them. We hopefully will get use out of it this summer now that she is finally 30lbs.

MommyNeedaTbox · May 2011

My DD has always been super small. She is 2.5 and only 25lbs. I, like you, was hesitant to buy it since she's under the reccommended weight. Well I went to Buy Buy Baby to just buy floaties or something and they totally had them there. I had DD with me so I tried it on her. The strap that goes around the back adjusts to very small so it was super snug on her. I have no worries now that I was able to try it on her however we haven't tried it out yet. The weather turned bad the day we planned to use it.

groovygrl · May 2011

SeasideBride06:
I know you are trying to get the discount on OneStepAhead, but just thought I would let you know they are cheaper on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00364E0LW/ref=ox_ya_os_product
or
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00364E1DE/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=15W5FJV330X74T21FRXX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

LOL! I actually bought them on amazon a couple hrs ago b/c I wanted the free shipping !!! Thanks though!

Smores730 · May 2011

We started using it this time last year and it looks like my DD is almost exactly 1 year older. My DD was just over 23lbs. at her birthday.

eris1995 · May 2011

I'm glad you asked. I want to get some for DS1 and he's about 27 lbs.

groovygrl · May 2011

OK not to beat this to death & I already ordered them anyway, but I saw a kid at the pool today wearing one & he was like between 3 & 4 years old & the arm things were all the way to his elbows. The dad said something like it was a bigger size but I thought there was only one size. Now I'm a little nervous about this thing....