I haven't given much thought to swim lessons for my kids yet. I have a 1 and 2 year old. They swim a couple times a week and love the water. But yesterday a 2yr old drowned at our gym pool (last I heard he was breathing again when they took him by life flight to the hospital) So now I'm wondering if I do need to start swim lessons right now? Here's a question that might be dumb: if I can't even get my kids to go under water or kick their legs or do anything besides splash and jump, will a stranger be able to? Not that I doubt the abilities of the swim teacher, just the abilities of my kids. When did you start lessons? And did you fee like the early lessons made a difference?

Side note: whenever my kids are in the water I am holding on to them or they are jumping to me off the edge. And we don't have a pool at home that they would fall into.