https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:00:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-38064 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:12:17 +0000 mrsjyw 38064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No pool, but a hot tub -- it's locked with a cover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-36295 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:00:39 +0000 ecogirl 36295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chopsuey119 Yes I think an indoor gate might look silly haha! :) I guess I'll need a whole new door because right now there are french doors that lead to the pool room so I don't think I could put a code or lock on it at all. Maybe a heavy door with a code to lock and unlock won't be too unsightly. I'm glad you brought this topic up here as I wouldn't have thought about it yet otherwise. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-36175 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:15:01 +0000 Boogs 36175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No and we never want one. The danger &amp; cost make them so in unappealing to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-36070 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:45:48 +0000 Nskillet 36070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dont currently have one but in our state its a requirement for them to be gated. My husband and MIL are a huge swimming family though and my husband could swim by age 2. My MIL will teach our LO as an infant as she did her children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-36069 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:42:59 +0000 chopsuey 36069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ecogirl: I think the code idea is a good one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-36067 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:39:20 +0000 ecogirl 36067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spoke with the man who takes care of our pool about child proofing it and he seems stumped. He suggested a small fence but its an indoor pool! I think that would look very odd haha :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-36054 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:15:18 +0000 autumnlove 36054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a community pool as well. I think I would be too nervous to have a pool in my backyard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-36011 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:29:06 +0000 Mrs. D 36011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, and I've known few people here to have one, although there are a couple.<br /> We have so many lakes in our city, and are so near the ocean, that most people swim there instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35812 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:10:00 +0000 Rosie Girl 35812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Even after growing up with it all my life, it still freaks me out a little! I won't swim if there is seaweed though, or logs. You never know what is lurking in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35787 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:40:14 +0000 chopsuey 35787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: Pools are the most annoying things to maintain! So expensive and they actually decrease the value of your house! -.- I'm happy my parents have a pool though. HAHA. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35786 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:39:54 +0000 lavender 35786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't but my in-laws do, and it's always locked if there are no adults around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35785 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:39:10 +0000 chopsuey 35785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rosie Girl: I've never gone swimming in a lake or river! I'm too chicken. Plus I don't like the idea of swimming with who knows what. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35782 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:37:26 +0000 Rosie Girl 35782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No pool. We only get about 2 months of summer here. No one I know has a pool! We go to lakes and rivers to swim :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35737 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:07:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 35737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my parents have an in-ground, so I grew up with one - then I moved into the ILs duplex, and they have an above ground, but it's attached to the deck that's attached to our back door (confusing). FIL put up a gate when DN (dear nephew? lol!) was learning to climb the stairs to the pool level. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35729 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:51:37 +0000 heffalump 35729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We decided against a pool ...even though it's pretty hard to find a house without one in Florida! My parents have a pool and they just put a gate up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35709 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:03:31 +0000 BSB 35709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we don't have a pool. We do live in an apartment complex that has a community pool. It's a perfect kind of pool! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35652 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:57:53 +0000 tequiero21 35652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no, but i'd love one in our next permanent house. but the thought of losing my LOs to downing would most likely keep me from actually getting one. and the fact that it's so annoying to maintain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35623 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:49:27 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 35623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a pool and I don't think we ever will. Our neighborhood as a public pool so when we have a LO we will teach them how to swim there because there is always a lifeguard on duty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35616 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:29:26 +0000 ecogirl 35616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is such a tough issue for me. We have a pool but it is indoor so there is no way to gate it. We are looking into having an electronic code to open the door installed. That way I shouldn't have to worry about the kids getting in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-pool#post-35590 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:21:56 +0000 chopsuey 35590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know quite a few people (of all ages) who have drowned to death. SO sad. </p> <p>If you have a pool is it gated?<br /> My parents have a pool at their house. We're going to have to keep a close eye on our LO when we visit this summer! </p>