Summer Babies

jjordannicolee · March 2016

We are all having our little ones right in the middle of summer. I was wondering if anyone plans on taking them to the beach or pool. I have a 2 year old and I plan on taking him until birth. If i stop taking him after the baby is here I'm scared he'll blame it on the baby and be upset, but then I'm worried about baby going.

oneliloaktree13 · March 2016

I'm doing it, I bought a rash guard and shorts yesterday for my son. We can buy season passes to the beaches up here so we're going to get one to our favorite.
Eta* If you're going to go shade and keeping your nb cool is a big thing, also something about not being able to put sunscreen on a baby before their 6m(but that's dr.Google so who knows how much that holds up), if you have really any concerns I would talk to your dr. they would give you better information on this topic then us.
https://www.babycentre.co.uk/x542046/how-soon-can-i-take-my-new-baby-swimming
^babycenter link.

melodramatic26 · March 2016

No. It's not recommended for a baby under 2 months to be in a pool or around pool water. After 2 months, we'll be in September.

And not to mention the sun and heat. Not even worth it.

LDSJM123 · March 2016

My daughter goes back to school a few weeks after my due date, so I anticipate just maxing out pool/lake time pre baby. I'm not above paying our sitter to take her if I'm not up for it after baby, if she's really wanting to go.

I'm curious how long we have to wait after birth to be able to get into a pool/lake/ocean? Between the postpartum bleeding and chance of infection, I imagine there has to be a wait period right? I live in Ohio, so by Sept 1, summer is done for us for the most part.

PinkLady2015 · March 2016

Vegas in July, August and September means 110-115 degrees so I will be a hermit til roughly mid October...

ButterMyBiscuit · March 2016

Get a baby pool and fill it up at home for your son once baby gets here. Make it all about him and I doubt he'll even question it.

Kellyj103 · March 2016

I'm not sure if our baby is gonna get a chance to go to the beach or pool in the summer but our local pool does free classes for babies who are 2 to 5 months starting in September. I will most definitely plan on taking him to that!

noelietrex · March 2016

No beach nor the neighborhood (read: germy, pee-pee, constantly kid-filled) pool for us this summer. I am planning to buy a blow up pool and nice lounge chair for baby and I and a plastic cheapie pool for the dogs so we can all hang out in the back yard this summer though. Vitamin D and splashes sound good, though I'm weary of chlorine for infants. If any of you live near a beach, I am SO ENVIOUS of you! Maternity leave with trips to the beach with a LO under an umbrella sounds amaze-balls!

MrsRo731 · March 2016

I honestly can't imagine sitting on a beach postpartum - I remember feeling like a sweaty beached whale right after I had DD and that was in the dead of winter. I'm doing what @ButterMyBiscuit mentioned - blow up kiddie pool in the back yard for DD on the super hot days, but probably not outside for very long.

xc1148 · March 2016

I won't be taking the baby into the pool/sun until he is older; my parents' pool place has a large pagoda thing so we may take my daughter in the evening while my son sits in the shade. Babies are really bad at regulating their temperature; be careful either way!

TattoosandLace · March 2016

melodramatic26 said:

No. It's not recommended for a baby under 2 months to be in a pool or around pool water. After 2 months, we'll be in September.

And not to mention the sun and heat. Not even worth it.

Depends on where you are. In September it's still balls hot where I live.

nopegoat · March 2016

I won't be going to the beach or pool because honestly that sounds miserable PP but I will be outside a ton in the Texas heat. I have three very rambunctious boys and don't have much of a choice. Shade, hydration, appropriate attire aka this kid will be in nothing but a diaper, breaks inside, and a fan or breeze of some sort and the baby will be fine.

stillcozy · March 2016

I will be at the beach and on the boat with my family and this baby at least a few times this summer after she is born. I will take appropriate precautions but babies don't need to be in bubbles and my OB already gave me the go ahead when I asked her about it. Never heard this two month rule and I personally will be going with my OB.

holly142 · March 2016

I've been fixing up our tiny backyard so that way we can spend lots of time back there after baby is born. I have an umbrella and shade shack to provide shade for baby (my pediatrician says no sunscreen before 6 months). I got a little plastic pool with a Tikes slide for DD to play in and DH made her a water table. DH can take DD to the beach or pool on the weekend! Also, I've been scoping out which parks have shade and plan on still going to those after baby is born. I don't think DD will realize that I'm not going in water as much as long as we have other fun things to do.

Here is the shade shack that I have and that I love! https://www.amazon.com/Shade-Shack-Instant-Family-Shelter/dp/B002KRZQMS

elenabrent · March 2016

I live at the beach. My sisters, stepmom, and niece (who will be 3 months) are coming the last week of July, and we will definitely be going to the ocean. Not in the height of the hot day, and not without proper protection for the babies, but we'll be going. I'm due the 2nd, so the baby will be about a month to two weeks, depending on when I blow. It won't be a big day at the beach schlepping items, but we might do a few beach picnic dinners. Who knows, we'll play it by ear. But, I plan on spending plenty of time in and around the water with my baby this summer, and since it's hot here until October/November, it's probable that by the end of the summer he'll be able to decently play in the water.

ETA: I know nothing about taking babies to pools (and don't really plan on it since I have the ocean/sound), but I think if you use common sense and follow your pediatrician's recommendations for regulating your baby's sun exposure and temperature, you'll be fine.

Nerdchild · March 2016

O.P. I'm not sure you will be feeling up to being super active in the first few months after the new baby arrives, but if you do your pediatrician can definitely recommend what precautions to take while you guys are out enjoying the summer. Please don't take the extreme recommendation of avoiding summer fun because your baby shouldn't be exposed to nature/heat/anything other than your sterile nursery setting for x months too seriously. We have been having and raising children as a species for approximately 200,000 years, most of that time in the oh so dangerous 'nature'. Not only are babies WAY more adept at letting us know they are uncomfortable (long before they are in crisis) than we give them credit for, but we are pretty naturally inclined to caring for our young.

jolydan · March 2016

We have a heated pool at home and we know the water quality and no one pee in our pool

it's all in the shade with tons of trees so I might take the baby in the pool late summer. OB said as long as the water is warm (we are wimp and kept it 86+ last summer) and baby is older than 1 month no problem! I'm not talking about spending all afternoon in direct sun! I'm talking about using good judgement!
I've traveled in central America in the middle of summer where most home don't have windows or AC and babies do go to the beach, spend the day on the back of their mom strapped and survive just fine.

DarkCat · March 2016

I don't have any issues with taking my baby to water but I live in Western Washington so my hot months don't last long and my only options are the cold beach or the public lake which can be gross. And I live in a apartment so I don't think getting a small kiddie pool will work. I'm hoping for next year maybe we could take her to a water theme park. They have a kiddie area.

soberkfell · March 2016

I think I'll be going the kiddie pool/water table in the backyard route. However, the biggest factor in my decision is that the pool I have access to is the one at my condo complex which is fondly referred to as "the meat market." Even though my only concern should be DS having a blast, likely my self image will be pretty poor for a while PP - I have no desire to be seen in a swim suit with a deflated balloon for a belly... especially while sitting next to a bunch of hot chicks in their skimpy bikinis. Nope!

mandyjulie · March 2016

We have a pool. You bet your ass I'll be get out there sometimes. We have a big umbrella. We have a carseat with visor for shade. There are sun hats. It's fine. Obviously I'm not going to be taking her in the water for a swim.

We are also going to go to the beach on a family trip in August. Again, we'll use an umbrella, shade and caution. It's a resort type of place where we stay, so there's a clubhouse we can duck into from the beach/pool area, and it's a short walk back to the air conditioned condo.

Again, it's just about common sense. No, you can't be out there all day long in the sun, but you can do it for short periods of time.

I had a winter baby last time, it was freezing out and going outside was not something we could do a lot, so ain't nobody gonna tell me to be a hermit this time around.

sboston06 · March 2016

I will definitely be talking to my doctor about this when the time gets closer. Last summer I spent a ton of time at the beach with my cousin and her daughter and I am hoping we can do the same thing this summer! We set up a big umbrella and I don't like the water too much anyways. I'd be happy just going and dipping my feet in every once in awhile. The hottest it usually gets here in the summer is in the mid-80's, but I wouldn't pick the hottest most humid day of the year to bring a newborn to the beach.

I am hoping I am able to make the most of my maternity leave and not sit at home the entire time!

PhoebeJune1984 · March 2016

jolydan said:

We have a heated pool at home and we know the water quality and no one pee in our pool it's all in the shade with tons of trees so I might take the baby in the pool late summer. OB said as long as the water is warm (we are wimp and kept it 86+ last summer) and baby is older than 1 month no problem! I'm not talking about spending all afternoon in direct sun! I'm talking about using good judgement!
I've traveled in central America in the middle of summer where most home don't have windows or AC and babies do go to the beach, spend the day on the back of their mom strapped and survive just fine.

Well, now that I know that....I am going to come to your house and piss in your pool!

PhoebeJune1984 · March 2016

I have already talked to my daughter's pediatrician about it, and its fine. I wouldn't put baby in the water until the umbilical cord has healed and fallen off (I can just picture it getting an infection after being in lake water), but as long as baby is still eating fine, kept in the shade, not crying because he/she is uncomfortable...there are no issues. If we still have our boat this summer, we will be on the boat as soon as I am feeling comfortable with the movement (since I am having a c-section). Being in SW WA, our summers are short, so we have to enjoy them while we have them. And it gets hot, but not like TX/AZ/NV-type hot.

jolydan · March 2016

PhoebeJune1984 said:

jolydan said:

We have a heated pool at home and we know the water quality and no one pee in our pool it's all in the shade with tons of trees so I might take the baby in the pool late summer. OB said as long as the water is warm (we are wimp and kept it 86+ last summer) and baby is older than 1 month no problem! I'm not talking about spending all afternoon in direct sun! I'm talking about using good judgement!
I've traveled in central America in the middle of summer where most home don't have windows or AC and babies do go to the beach, spend the day on the back of their mom strapped and survive just fine.

Well, now that I know that....I am going to come to your house and piss in your pool!

I'll keep an eye for you!!! When I was a kid my aunt said her pool had this product that change color to red when you pee in it and I got so traumatized (does it even exist???) that I use to ran out of the pool and go pee behind trees

elenabrent · March 2016

@jolydan I'm pretty sure that stuff doesn't exist, but I was terrified of it as a kid! As a former lifeguard I'll say this- I've backwashed man a hot summers day pool and pee is not the concern. Sunscreen is what makes the water really fucking gross, cloudy, and frothy. Unfortunately it's kind of important.

We always had boats growing up and I remember my youngest brother (born in early August) on the boat under the center bench in his car seat. He's a redhead with fair skin and he was perfectly fine in the Florida late summer heat. Frankly my biggest concern is how I'm going to feel PP, but I won't need to wear a bikini and lay in the sand all day. I can wear lightweight running shorts and a tank top and sit in the shade with my baby. And enjoy that fresh ocean air.

mamafox14 · March 2016

I have a blow up pool in my backyard that I will be living in before baby gets here. After he's born I'll play it by ear, if I feel up to being out there then I'll follow the safety advice of my midwife and bring baby. I am not a fan of public pools so I doubt I'll take him to one but definitely the beach! The oregon coast stays fairly cool most of the year so I wouldn't be worried about the heat. My mom has talked about renting a beach house for a week at the end of august and he'll be at least 6 weeks by then, I think it will be fine.

PhoebeJune1984 · March 2016

@elenabrent @jolydan I looked it up, and it is a fictional pool chemical.

elenabrent · March 2016

@PhoebeJune1984 @jolydanThere was an episode of Pete & Pete sometime in the early 90s that heavily influenced the amount that I peed in pools.

DominiqueU · March 2016

elenabrent said:

@PhoebeJune1984 @jolydanThere was an episode of Pete & Pete sometime in the early 90s that heavily influenced the amount that I peed in pools.

That is immediately where my mind goes when I think of peeing in pools.

elenabrent · March 2016

I mean, who can resist putting their babies in something this cute? And SPF 50 to boot! Now I just need a sun hat, but after my MIL's horror stories about my husband I think I'll wait and see how big this baby's head is when he comes. (RIP, my vagina)

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sboston06 · March 2016

Wow! Even as an adult I totally believed the pool dye/pee myth! Mind blown!

ellou05 · March 2016

I live in an apartment complex with a pool and will probably dip baby in pretty early. I'm from Hawaii and my first beach and pool occurred before I was a month.

oneliloaktree13 · March 2016

this conversation also makes me miss my hottub.
Also, this is the outfit I got the baby.

jolydan · March 2016

@oneliloaktree13 I think this onesie would look good with your adorable beach bum outfit!

team beach all the way!!

oneliloaktree13 · March 2016

Haha, that onesie comes in so many colors.

Nerdchild · March 2016

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/w9/z6uerniztfb1.jpg

This is what my summer baby will be rocking.

nopegoat · March 2016

And suddenly I feel my summer baby is going to be way underdressed lol!!! Just a diaper here.

Kellyj103 · March 2016

@elenabrent where did you get that? That is adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

elenabrent · March 2016

@Kellyj103 Old navy!!

Taymiller · March 2016

I have a toddler, we will totally be leaving the house this summer and may even go to the pool. I took Murph when he was little. He was fine.

jjtruffles · March 2016

My parents have a pool and they live next door soooo it's probably inevitable that the baby and I will spend a good bit of time there before his arrival and PP. Just planning to follow my OB & pedi's advice and take the necessary precautions.

I can't handle the cuteness of all the baby pool/beach gear. Aahhh

Also, though I've never actually seen it IRL, I still don't think I'll ever be fully convinced that the water-color-changing-if-you-pee-in-the-pool chemical doesn't exist...

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