Big Fish Little Fish – Our No. 1 baby class
Our Number One Baby Class
When you first think about having a little one you’ll quickly realise that there are many classes avalible, from baby massage to baby sensory. However, taking cost and (more importantly) your precious time into account on top of the multitude of free classes you want to attend its hard to get to everything you want to do. Believe me, even on parental leave I struggled to balance the classes we carefully chose to attend.
So here is my number one class. It had to be baby swimming.
People without children always get surprised when I say we are taking Munchkin for his swimming lesson at the weekend. It seems unbelievable to them that you can take them at 19 months, even though you can actually start at 6 weeks with baby classes.
Our swimming class (Babybliss, Cambridgeshire) consists of splashing songs, fetch the toy games as well as core swimming skills. At 19 months we have already dipped our toes into independant swimming.
From six months old, the classes teach water confidence and aids their development and reflexes. But more importantly than that its also for safety. It teaches the little ones what to do if they swallow water, to spit rather than swallowing firstly, and how to hold on to the side and climb out. Useful skills if they ever accidentally enter water.
With swimming being part of the national curriculum and a pivotal part of any family holiday it was a no brainer to start swimming lessons so young, especially knowing he will be safe with his water skills in the future.
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