Water Babies

Pah to illness and colds.  It’s definitely the start of Autumn and with it seems to come the onslaught of winter colds.  So much for my vitamin C and zinc combination that worked well last year, but has failed in…

As well as hating swimming underwater, N has also never been keen on swimming on his back.  Our instructors always said from the start that babies can sometimes dislike it, so of course N has taken this to extremes.  All…

Who takes the baby swimming and what difference does it make to their learning?

*Ad – gifted lessons It’s all very well planning to take your toddler swimming throughout the summer holidays, but actually doing so proves harder. It started so well, with us making a trip to the local pool for the first…

Well, we’ve finished our final swimming lesson of the ‘school’ year. The toddlers got to choose their favourite activities, so cue lots of jumping off mats and the side, although I’m not sure N appreciated the choice from 2 of…

N did his second Tommy’s Splashathon at Water Babies at the weekend.  As I wrote here (link), it feels a bit silly trying to get sponsorship for a toddler, but the actual activities are always fun and built in to…

You’d not think that singing would go with swimming, but when it comes to taking babies and toddlers swimming, it’s the norm.  In fact most pre-school children’s activities involve singing at some stage, so I should really be that surprised…

This week was back and submersion week at swimming.  N’s not really that fussed about either one, especially when neither involved his favourite swimming float/mat activities. It must be strange for the toddlers being on their back.  It takes a…

Not just why start swimming, but why start so early? When I think back, although my mum took me to swimming pools when I was young, we probably didn’t start formal swimming lessons until just before or school age.  Nowadays…