Turn Your Baby into a Swimming Pro
Have you ever considered how you are going to introduce your baby to water to help them achieve swimming greatness? Learning to swim is one of the most important things that you can teach your child, and – particularly if you live near a large expanse of water – you can’t begin their lessons early enough. So if you want to turn your baby into a swimming pro, how can you get started?
The Surprising Truth about Babies and Water
If asked, the majority of mothers would probably say that babies are naturally terrified of water. The surprising truth is that babies are not born with any predisposed fears of water at all. The only real genetically-endowed fear is for heights!
Despite this fact, many babies become scared of water because of the (good-intentional) over-protectiveness of their mothers. Go here for more fascinating details on this issue. This is not really the fault of the parent; they are only trying to protect their child. So if kids are naturally fine with water, how can you bring them together safely?
Learning to Love Water
Your baby will be naturally apprehensive about experiencing water for the first time, so you will need to encourage them in the right way to make them enthused. The best way you can do this is with the following technique:
- You get in the water and sit your baby on the edge;
- Hold your baby’s hands and encourage them to splash their feet;
- Encourage them to jump in the water, still holding their hands;
- When they jump in, slowly start to submerge them deeper and deeper before bringing them up.
This technique will fully acclimatise your baby to being in and under water before they even begin to learn to swim. Once they are, how are you going to teach them to swim?
Give Your Baby Space to Swim
Having the confidence to let go of your baby for the first time can be very difficult for any loving mother. However, if you approach a professional baby swimming group such as Konfidence who also supply swimming buoyancy aids, you can feel safe in the knowledge that your baby is receiving expert training and in the safest environment.
Hopefully, by following the above advice, you’ll be able to turn your baby into a swimming pro in no time and in a safe manner – the best of both worlds for you and your baby.
