https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:45:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214524 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:32:25 +0000 autumnlove 2214524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 months-private pools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214486 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 07:39:55 +0000 Bubbles 2214486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 months in a public, indoor pool and he's had weekly lessons since then. I do have to wash him off very thoroughly afterwards as the chlorine irritates his skin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214356 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:40:12 +0000 lemondrop 2214356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started swim school with both boys at 10 weeks old. We have a swim school that does free lessons until 6 months, and have just continued since then. My 1 and 3 year old can both climb out of pools on their own and are getting really good at floating on their backs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214332 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 18:26:58 +0000 MoonMoon 2214332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started swim class at the YMCA at around 7 or 8 months old. Some of his classmates seemed a little younger even! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214262 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:14:07 +0000 rattles 2214262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 months and 6 months - that's when I, personally, was comfortable with the chemicals and/or sunscreen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214259 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:02:52 +0000 lamariniere 2214259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months and 5 months. Private pool for the first, hotel pool for the second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214244 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:09:45 +0000 skipra 2214244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 was about 9 months when he went in my mom's pool the first time (September birthday). LO2 went in my sister's pool at around 3.5 months but it was for about 30 seconds. If that doesn't count, he went in a hotel pool a few weeks after he turned 1 (May birthday). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214242 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:04:58 +0000 Banana330 2214242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just took my 9 week old to a friends pool for her first swim. she loved it until I dunked her, then she screamed bloody murder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214232 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:37:55 +0000 HLK208 2214232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 months in a public pool - he loved it! It was 100 degrees out though so he was pretty comfortable </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214226 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:06:37 +0000 mrsrugbee 2214226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been going to Grandma and grandpa's pool since 4 mo last summer, and then we picked it up again at 16 mo this year! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214220 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:54:38 +0000 FaithFertility 2214220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: ohhh my gosh :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214213 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:42:20 +0000 Corduroy 2214213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Apartment pool at 6 months. We dipped her foot in and she immediately threw up. I'm pretty sure it was too cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214212 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:42:09 +0000 FaithFertility 2214212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 months......personal pool she LOVED IT! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214197 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 10:42:08 +0000 Grace 2214197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public pool, 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214196 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 10:38:32 +0000 birdofafeather 2214196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214165 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:49:03 +0000 youboots 2214165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First time was at 3 mo. We have been in a public pool at a resort and in my parents backyard. Per my Dr limit exposure to chlorine to 30 minutes and shower her after. I agree to watch body temp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214138 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:43:30 +0000 mrsjyw 2214138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8.5months hotel pool! Baby pools before that :silly: he loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214136 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:38:59 +0000 Mrs. J 2214136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 months? He's a late fall baby, so we didn't have a chance before then </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214133 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:24:43 +0000 Tanjowen 2214133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First opportunity when it was warm enough in my sister's pool. We are in Georgia too, so in May when he was 5 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2214118 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 06:45:02 +0000 Cherrybee 2214118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First time - 3 months. She didn't like it! We tried again every few months but she only started enjoying it very recently at almost 2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169829 Thu, 07 May 2015 05:26:50 +0000 ValentineMommy 2169829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A year and a half (it was a friends pool). He loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169819 Thu, 07 May 2015 04:50:48 +0000 Charm54 2169819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started going to mom and me at the public pool at 6 months. I would have taken her earlier but we live in Canada and it was fresking freezing before that, I felt bad getting her all wet then bringing her out to the car in -30 weather </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169801 Thu, 07 May 2015 02:48:40 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2169801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only time she's been was at a kiddie pool at a resort during last year's vacation. She was 1 yr 8 mon old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169800 Thu, 07 May 2015 02:45:32 +0000 Anagram 2169800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only concerns I've heard of are pool chemicals and the fact that infants can't regulate their body temperature. So a cold pool on a hot day might feel fine for an adult, but be too cold for an infant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169595 Wed, 06 May 2015 19:43:13 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2169595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months at a hotel and she loved it! It was hard to do stuff like that in the first year because she would get so cranky if we ever missed a nap. But I think it's safe earlier, definitely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169582 Wed, 06 May 2015 19:36:16 +0000 Foodnerd81 2169582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First time she went in a pool was 8 months- hotel pool. She loved it. </p> <p>We just didn't have an opportunity before that- New England, and she was born in late summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169579 Wed, 06 May 2015 19:34:55 +0000 LAZB 2169579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our two month visit the doctor said we could take dd in the pool (didn't ask before that). We have our own pool, I've read that with a public pool you should wait until they are older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-your-lo-first-go-to-the-pool#post-2169572 Wed, 06 May 2015 19:31:51 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2169572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our first LO should be here in June. DH and I belong to a swim and tennis club plus my parents have their own pool on their screened in lanai. So I expect that LO will be in a pool at some point this summer. Heck – my mom and sister have already bought her bathing suits! Plus – with being in Georgia – pool season lasts for a good long while.</p> <p>At what age did you first take your LO. to a pool? Was it a personal pool at someone's house or was it a public pool of some sort? </p>