Hi All,

We often see Youtube videos where western baby born out not long, they will let them try to swim in a public / home swimming pool. It is very interesting but at the same time a little scary.

My husband and I are discussing at what age is it suitable for us to let our baby play in a pool of water? Of course, with adult supervision. We do not have a swimming pool at home but we intend to buy a baby pool that should at least fit 3 children at age of 5. Our baby is going 4 months old now. We do not intend for him to submerge in the water. We do not want to frightened him. We intend to let him use a float, keep his head above water and let his leg do some kicking.

My colleague advised us not to try too early as water has bacteria that causes polio? We have no idea what is that. We are very tempted, yet skeptical. Has anyone ever tried? At what age did you try it? Or do you disagree to it?

I think if a parent hold them is ok but then when i read from all the experience shared here, I think I will postpone it till 1 year old.

You see in the west, baby are equipped with those float on the neck and arms and let them kick their legs in the water. I think that's good exercise and the thought of them being close to how they were before (in the womb, with water, etc), thought will make them happy...???

I am sure if one GIant sells it, others would have it too. Thanks for sharing the information. We thought about it and might let him swim naked. I just need to figure out where to get the float and pool too. We dont live in a condo so we need our own inflatable pool.

The last time I went to a baby shop, a indian boy doing sales wanted to sell me a pool. Quite large, the picture show it can fit 3 young children, not babies. But when I asked if it comes with a pump, he said "guna mulut tiup boleh lah!"

I asked if he was crazy.

Hard to find good quality inflatable pool, especially the ones where the base of the pool if also inflatable. I dont want a flat base that is against the hard floor.

Where did you buy it, nicKit?

Moorish,

Where did u get that and for how much? not sure if it fit into a personal pool. We live in landed home, so no swimming facilities.

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!

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).

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.