http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnDS1uowamY


Anyone tried the Arab's swimming lesson??

very sick parents, obviously they've never heard of dry drowning

why no just let ur baby play/swim in a balloon pool or bath tub... much more safer and hygiene then public pool^^ can control water temp oso... usually public pool veli cold. i myself oso knot tahan... wat abt de babies~~

This post has been edited by huangpl89: Apr 13 2011, 07:38 AM

How is dry drowning related to drowning in a swimming pool filled with water ( wet ) ??

water goes into the lung while playing in the pool, then hours later develop complications or even drowning.

The parent in the Youtube video above obvious arent very responsible and good parents. You dont push your kid into the pool like that even if they are not babies but toddlers.

You introduce them to something gently and slowly with patience and brains!

Anyway, after the water get into their lungs, they can developed dry drowning at night. I read this somewhere, I think here and Google for more information, scary thought.

Yes, we intend to introduce our babies to our blow-up pool since we do not live in condos, so we dont have swimming pool facilities. We are trying to find the biggest we can to accommodate our son and our future children!

Thats normal drowning ler...I thought dry drowning is caused with toxic gas etc??

normal drowning is when you're still in the water la, dry drowning is you die after you go home.

Ok didnt know that. Sorry. Basically just drowning la. All drowning can lead to death so no need to classify dry, wet, moist , hot, cold drowning.

my son enjoys his bath time, later on i started introducing the pool at my parent's place...
he has 2 floaties on, i started training him to not be afraid of the floating by himself by having stand on the stairs (water level at his chest), then calling him to jump on to me.. i would then take a few step backs so he lands on the water instead of me..

it took about 2 sessions to get him confident... and now he doesn't like people holding him when he has his "swimming / floating" time.

hihi all,


i put my bb into those pool we bought when he was 1 y, he really love it n after playing , the nite itself he sleep really well, so i guess it's good exercise, the one i bought is not deep one, more for playing water than swimming hehe

I am desperately looking for a baby pool. I want it as big as possible for my 5 months+ son. I want it big because so it can be used with other siblings in the future. If weather is hot, even I can sit in it with him.

Where can I find a big pool that has air at the bottom (so he doesnt hit his head) and comes with a electrical pump and a neck float for my son to keep his head above the water?

I saw a nice one that is RM49.90 in a baby shop nearby but it does not come with any pump. The shop said will sell me a manual pump for RM20 but have to pump 10,000 times to get it inflated. Setting up the pool will kill me in the process... 10,000x!

Please help on where I can find such a pool with inflated bottom (optional).

try this Mybbhouse

i've always wanted to bring my daughter to a pool, but never got a chance. maybe will bring her to that klcc children pool. early morning on weekdays should be okay right? no ppl coming. haha

I took my son swimming when he was 3 months old at my condo pool and we swim at least once a week since then. I submerged him underwater from that age and when he was 14 months he can swim by himself underwater for a few feet. He is now 3 and can swim a few meters taking his head above water to breathe. My older boy, 6 yo can swim all 4 strokes fairly well already. I myself am a good swimmer and for me it's definately am important skill to have.

Downdog,

Submerge in water as in fully? Even the head also in the water? Will that not scare them? How can they breathe? It is all very tempting but at the same time, a very scary experience for a woman like myself. My husband is so keen on trying but I have repeatedly told him not to submerge our baby boy under water. He has agreed to keep the head above the water.

Yesterday, we tried 'swimming' with our baby boy of 6 months. We fill up the bath tub and I showered first before stepping in, then my hubby put our baby to sit with me. Not sure if water too hot or he is afraid of the volume of water.

How do you introduce baby to swimming? We bought a pool but due to the experience yesterday, we have not pump the pool yet.

merchant9, u can always try again we oso tried to introduce cold water to him (like swimming pool) during his bath... obviously he's not happy we dripped cold water at him

will the baby's hearing system (ears, etc) will infect by germs due to shared public swimming pool?
bcos baby still dont have enough antibiotic to overcome different germs...

My practice when it comes to swimming pool...I always see the colour of the water...if the water is clear which usually means the pool is in good working condition and the chlorine is also doing its work in killing most of the germs.

If u are worried as to when shd u introduce the pool, I'll suggest introducing at abt 6mo, after your baby has the important jabs.

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Added on May 22, 2011, 3:16 pmLast week, I introduced my son to seawater. He wasn't afraid of the sand but of course doesn't like the taste of the water.

This post has been edited by phythia79: May 22 2011, 03:16 PM