https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:34:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624679 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:22:45 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 624679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was around 8 or 9. I'd like to teach my kids when they are younger than that. We go to the neighborhood pool fairly often in the summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624656 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:18:32 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 624656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>without help? I was in lessons from a baby but I remember thinking I was swimming for real at probably 5? I have the memory but I don't know how old I was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624644 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:16:28 +0000 LuLu Mom 624644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>started lessons when I was in kindergarden (can't remember if it was before it started or after) but I was scared because I was the only one who couldn't touch, all the other kids were taller and could. I eventually got over it and loved to swim and became a lifeguard myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624637 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:15:03 +0000 Mrs Checkers 624637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow I'm surprised by how many learned to swim as toddlers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624555 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:58:46 +0000 yoursilverlining 624555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: oh thank godness, I was beginning to think I was the only person here who can't swim! ;-) Yeah, I'm afraid of water too; I mean, I like to interact with it like being on a boat or going to the beach, but I don't like to get in it, haha. I really hope my LO isn't afraid of water too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624451 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:31:40 +0000 luckypenny 624451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 2 or 3. I grew up in Florida so we were little water babies, always at the beach or in the pool </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624437 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:30:01 +0000 purrpletulips 624437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandparents had a swimming pool so we were in the water by around 6months, I don't really know when I officially learned to swim. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624418 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:25:16 +0000 yin 624418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: I don't know how to swim either!</p> <p>I took a swimming class at the YMCA when I was 12, but they put me in a class with 3-4 year old kids. It was beyond embarrassing, and I was pretty much ignored. I kind of figured it out by the end of the class but have since forgotten. I have a huge fear of water, and I don't want my LO to be like me. Hopefully I'll have him enrolled in a class this summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624200 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:16:38 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 624200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was like, 2 or 3? I don't really remember. My parents had all of us kids learn how to swim really early, which was great. I love the water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624106 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:43:22 +0000 cheert16 624106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted 2- but I took lessons as a baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624099 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:40:56 +0000 avivoca 624099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 14. My parents aren't big water people, but we pushed for swimming lessons. I'm still not comfortable in deep water, so LO will for sure be getting swim lessons at an early age and I am planning on taking adult lessons to increase my confidence. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624097 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:40:10 +0000 Dandelion 624097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember taking swimming lessons when I was 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1/page/2#post-624049 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:23:41 +0000 Alivoo01 624049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pretty young, and my aunt had a pool so we went there all the time in the summer. I always loved the water, and I learned to swim by my parents throwing me in the deeper end one day and letting myself "figure it out". That was frightening, but I learned to swim! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-624033 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:18:58 +0000 blackbird 624033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was very young--3 years old or so. The earlier, the better, IMO. I was a lifeguard and it's really unsettling how many people do not know how to swim. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-624031 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:17:11 +0000 ShootingStar 624031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was around 2-3. My mom took me for lessons at the Y and I LOVED it. I was always the kid they had do things first because I had no fear of the water. When I was 5 my parents bought a house with a pool and I was so anxious all of moving day because I could not wait to get into the pool. Growing up with a pool made me a really good swimmer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623999 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:05:47 +0000 yoursilverlining 623999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how to swim!! (bad, I know!). The water makes me uncomfortable (though, I do like going boating and don't mind wearing a life jacket, and I've gone snorkling and LOVED that, and just wore a little floater thingy). </p> <p>I do want LO to learn how to swim when she is little.</p> <p>ETA: I can float, so I'm not totally helpless in the water, just mostly helpless! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623968 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:54:07 +0000 littlek 623968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I learned as a baby. LO started swim lessons at 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623803 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:28:07 +0000 KissMeCait 623803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 5 or 6. I was actually taught by an Olympian! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623779 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:58:23 +0000 illumina 623779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 8 and it was with the school. Neither of my parents really swum so I didn't learn beforehand. I want to make sure my kids start early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623565 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:04:07 +0000 HLK208 623565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 4...I was only really affraid of the diving board. I remember crying before the instructor made me jump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623543 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:55:13 +0000 anonysquire 623543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was pretty young. We've always been a beach or water sports family so we all learned young. But at 12 I drowned and haven't been the same about water since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623477 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:25:54 +0000 sandy 623477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SAHM0811: @chopsuey119: me too! I'm a terrible swimmer! I can basically doggy paddle across the pool...it is not cute </p> <p>I want to enroll LO in classes when she's 3-4 so she learns at an early age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623473 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:23:25 +0000 Pepper 623473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SAHM0811: Ugh, I agree - terrible memory! It can happen so quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623459 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:17:01 +0000 Reese 623459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Same! one of my moms worst memories was when I was in trouble once (carried by current) and she couldn't jump in to get me (she is also the WORST person in emergency situations). Needless to say I was fine but it was really important to her that we grew up as strong swimmers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623441 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:34 +0000 prettylizy 623441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents had us in swimming lessons from age 3 on every summer. Water safety was super important to my dad. They put in a pool when I 10is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623415 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:39:40 +0000 SAHM0811 623415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: ok we'll have to share stories this summer... gonna sign up DD for the first time ever! I think I'm more nervous than her though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623403 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:36:50 +0000 wheres_c 623403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to say younger than 2. I never remember not being able to swim. My mom was a swim teacher and had me in the pool at 6mo. I plan to do the same with LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623376 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:25:59 +0000 SAHM0811 623376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: OMG scary!! I remember almost drowning too.... it is the worst memory. I agree... younger is better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623374 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:25:49 +0000 T-Mom 623374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started around 5 at the Y and moved through their levels. I am definitely registering DD for classes this summer! Last summer she was pretty scared in the water and separating from me in the pool but I think this summer she will be ready! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-learn-how-to-swim-1#post-623364 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:22:58 +0000 SAHM0811 623364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: oh man, that's me too! I blame my parents for not signing me up for lessons when I was younger :/</p> <p>@Cole: thanks for sharing your experience! I've often thought about taking private lessons as an adult... but just keep putting it off! I know they say you can't forget how to swim, but it's really been soooo long, and I barely practiced as a kid, so I think I did forget :/</p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: wow! crazy story! </p>