- What is the difference between a baby course and ongoing lessons for babies?
- Why don't you have definite levels for baby-swimming like other institutions?
- Why can't my baby swim in the afternoon with their older sibling?
- Why don't you provide private lessons for babies?
- When is a good time to start baby swimming programmes?
- My baby is 8 months old - have they already lost their dive reflex?
- What are the benefits of baby swimming besides the obvious prevention from drowning?
- Are fathers allowed on the baby course?
- Will my baby forget how to swim?
Q1. What is the difference between a baby course and ongoing lessons for babies?
A. You are not required to rebook when enrolled for ongoing lessons. Baby courses are booked and must be rebooked every 8 weeks (depending on availability).
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Q2. Why don't you have definite levels for baby swimming like other institutions?
A. All babies are unique and develop at different rates. We have a guideline for development milestones, but do not place any stress and pressure on babies to conform to a particular level at a particular age. Our babies are given an opportunity to enjoy being in the water and are encouraged to increase their skills at their own level of development without coercion.
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Q3. Why can't my baby swim in the afternoon with their older sibling?
A. We do our best to offer convenient scheduling for busy parents with large families but are sometimes unable to offer baby classes in the afternoons as the busyness of the older children at these times may not be conducive to baby swimming. Noise and distraction are not conducive to baby swimming.
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Q4. Why don't you provide private lessons for babies?
A. One of the benefits of baby swimming lessons is social interaction – not only for babies, but also for new parents.
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Q5. When is a good time to start baby swimming programmes?
A. Babies can begin as early as 6 weeks, however, 3 or 4 months is the general age after all vaccinations, and when babies gain more head control.
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Q6. My baby is 8 months old - have they already lost their dive reflex?
A. No, it is never too late. In our opinion babies never lose the dive reflex ability to hold their breath underwater. As an adult, do you breath when you go under water?
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Q7. What are the benefits of baby swimming besides the obvious prevention from drowning?
A. Benefits are numerous but briefly, infants can perform movements in water that they cannot on land. Movement fosters healthy development physically, emotionally and mentally and socially sensory development is stimulated naturally by exposure to water.
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Q9. Will my baby forget how to swim?
A. No, your baby will not forget. Everything that happens to your baby as well as the emotion at the time is recorded. It may just take a little while for these memories to re-establish themselves.
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