https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:09:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2565067 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:42:58 +0000 808love 2565067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started swim lessons at two (Mommy and me when she was a baby) and took to it like a mermaid. We took a break for a year, at 4 because there was no progress beyond one breath of swimming distance. . I think it was mainly because of coordination and swim school issues. LO is only now learning to take a breath and keep swimming and she is 5- and we taught her ourselves! I am putting her back in another swim school ASAP and she can go up to Stroke Development class, then has to reach 7 years old before she can advance beyond that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564971 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 06:39:55 +0000 looch 2564971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 5.5 and he doesn't know how to swim and I am okay with it. This is coming from a mom that is a former water safety instructor, knew how to swim from a very early age, we have a pool in our backyard, etc.</p> <p>I look at it this way, he'll learn when he's ready. In the meantime, it means my husband and I have to be vigilant when we're outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564969 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 06:37:47 +0000 Adira 2564969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dolphin: Yeah! I guess they were coming all the time ever since 6 months or something! It was nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564571 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:31:00 +0000 dolphin 2564571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: 2?? Wow!!! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564556 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:16:28 +0000 sandy 2564556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine started real swim classes (not just parent tot music class in a pool) around 3 years 10 months. Pretty quickly she could float on her front and back, dive down to retrieve things, and was swimming assisted across a short pool (meaning she was in the proper position and the swim instructor was next to her holding her hands out in front to guide her - so LO is supporting her own body in the water and kicking). Now she's 4 years 6 months and can swim independently across the short end of the pool on her front and also on her back. Now that she's passed those levels she will move on to learning to swim with different strokes and proper breathing technique so she can swim long distances - the first stroke they learn is freestyle I believe. </p> <p>I wouldn't worry too much about starting early bc it's mostly for fun in the beginning. Kids that start later - closer to 5 - do really well and move through the skill levels quickly bc they are better at understanding the swim instructor and have better command of their body. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564545 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:49:32 +0000 Alba4 2564545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My almost 3 year old is in swim class and loves it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564543 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:48:30 +0000 Maysprout 2564543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The summer after she turned 3 she could a bit towards the end of the summer. At 4 she started out being scared again but could doggy paddle the length of the pool by the end of the summer. She just turned 5 last week and loves swimming under the water and can get herself around a good distance well but isn't doing the arm movements of freestyle yet. She's never been in lessons so I think we're going to have her do them this year Bc she's so close to being a pretty good lil swimmer. I'd say most of her 5 year old friends are at the same point, can get around but the arm movements aren't quite there. And then there's one girl who is 5.5 and looks like a professional perfectly coordinated swimmer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564520 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:21:08 +0000 rattles 2564520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3.5 year old is in semi private (2:1) lessons now but can't swim yet. She just started last month and can float to the side, dive for rings and that kind of thing, but she's still skittish in general. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564477 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:22:26 +0000 Adira 2564477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is also 3 (almost 3.5) and doesn't know how to swim. We're just taking group swimming lessons and working on it. We'll just keep going I think - I'm not trying to rush it.</p> <p>Though there were kids in his class last summer that were under 2 and pros at swimming! Crazy!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564476 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:22:24 +0000 Andrea 2564476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 was around 4.5 when she started private lessons and learned to swim. DD2 can't swim. She's 3.5 and hasn't had any swim lessons yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-know-how-to-swim#post-2564473 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:20:20 +0000 dolphin 2564473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 started taking group swim lessons when she was 2 but it was mostly for play and so she can get comfortable in the water. She's 3.5 now and still does not know how to swim and needs a floaty in the water. I will probably have to put her in individual swim lessons when she's a little older. When did your LO learn how to swim? </p>