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Originally Posted by jewels
Something similar is fairly common in South Florida, since so many homes have pools.
My oldest daughter was literally "thrown" in the pool when she was about three months old. We hired a respected professional to do it over several visits, as I was petrified at the time. After the initial throw, she begins to motion the child to her and the infant will swim. It's instinctual that an infant swim and float and despite mom's pain  my daughter was loving the water and swimming from the get-go. |
This is how my oma taught me to swim when I was a bit older than a few months old, probably about toddler age. She was a swim instructor in Miami for many, many years. I don't remember my first swimming lessons, but my mom says that watching Oma teach me scared the crap out of her, but I seemed to like it, so after Oma went home at the end of the summer, Mom enrolled me in regular lessons. I've been swimming ever since. I love it. I'm not an accomplished swimmer by any means, but I still love it.
And dlish, your story reminds me of the time my brother toddled into a friend's pool. He was probably 18 months old or so. Mom dove in right away while my dad--a former lifeguard--stood there and waited to see if he would try to swim. He was put into swimming lessons shortly thereafter.