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Drowning Prevention

crizz13crizz13 member
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A little PSA for our mamas with older kiddos and FTMs as well. 

I follow a woman named Nicole Hughes on social media (@nicolehughes8 on Instagram) who's 3 year old son died in June 2018. She has since become an outspoken advocate of Drowning Prevention and she is a FORCE. She is an excellent writer and SO relatable. My eyes have been opened to the reality of drowning (the number one killer of children ages 1-4) which can happen in 30 seconds for a toddler. 

She published her most recent article on Today's Parenting series about survival swim lessons, but she's also a strong voice AGAINST using the popular Puddle Jumpers. 

Please take a minute to read some of her stuff...it's heartbreaking and raw, but such an important message. 

https://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/how-do-we-save-our-toddlers-from-the-number-1-threat-to-their-lives



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  • lurvleybunchococonutslurvleybunchococonuts member
    edited July 2020
    @crizz13 thank you for sharing ❤ we had a Nov '18 mom in my group lose her toddler son to drowning earlier this summer. It is absolutely heart breaking 😞 

    The thoughts regarding the life vest/puddle jumper were exceptionally interesting I thought. We do use a puddle jumper with DD, but that's primarily because I haven't been able to get her into a water survival class yet due to the pandemic.
    Eta: I wonder if we should stop using the puddle jumper while swimming so she doesn't get a false sense of security around water or what 🤔

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    @lurvleybunchococonuts So sad/scary. Right when I first read her story, DD1 was 3.5 and we immediately stopped using the Puddle Jumper. It was more work/ more of a pain when we were around water, but I didn't want to promote the false sense of security. Just our own personal choice.



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  • babywiikbabywiik member
    Wow! Thank you so much for sharing @crizz13! I had never considered the false sense of security the a life jacket gives kids but definitely will do something for this baby regarding water/learning to find air and float.
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    Also, this is not to say that you shouldn't use a lifejacket in/around natural water. 



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  • Ecat504Ecat504 member
    We did a swim class with DD1 and she could probably out swim me, (but I also can't swim at all). So I'm just a nervous wreck around any water - like even the bathtub. That being said, I still make them wear life jackets. And if we're around any type of water they're closely supervised.
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