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Safely Introduce Your Newborn To The Pool
Newborns and water. How to introduce one to the other? As a parent, it’s a matter of how and when, because as they grow up, kids are going to be around water. How do you start a baby at the pool – safely? When should that happen? These are valid questions, which deserve some time…
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Be prepared… for swimming
Most pools are family and baby-friendly and the emphasis is firmly on fun. Saying that, the first experience of a pool can be frightening for a little one and it’s worthwhile taking some easy steps to prepare… Little water babies Babies generally like water, and splashing games in the bath will get them used to…
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Savvy swimming this summer
Summer is coming and the combination of holidays, sunshine, water and children is a seductive but potentially lethal mix. Tragically, drowning is still the third highest cause of accidental death among children in the UK. Water Babies is the world’s largest baby swimming company, teaching 28,000 babies to swim each week across the UK, Ireland…
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Win Huggies® Little Swimmers and other goodies
Make a splash not a plop this summer with Huggies® Little Swimmers. To celebrate Huggies® being the UK’s number one swim pant we are giving 2 babies and Mums the chance to win a selection of swimming goodies. The prize includes Huggies® Little Swimmers® swim nappies, a towel, underwater camera and branded bag worth £100!…
The benefits of baby swimming
Baby swimming has increased in popularity over the last decade with thousands of young children all over the world taking to the water each week. Paul Thompson, co-founder of the world’s largest baby swimming company Water Babies, talks about the benefits of taking the plunge with your little one. “Having spent nine months suspended in…
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Heidi and Jasmin share their swimming fun!
Mum of two, Heidi Speed, from Bridport in Dorset, believes that having water births and attending regular baby swimming classes have resulted in her children being more happy, confident and relaxed in the water. Heidi first took her daughter Jasmin to baby swimming classes when she was 7 months old. Now almost a year later…
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Win a baby swimming course with Water Babies
Babyworld is pleased to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a free 10 week beginners baby swimming course with Water Babies, the world’s largest baby swim school. In addition to the course, the winner will receive some swimming essentials – a Happy Nappy and baby wetsuit to help your little one on their…
Win a 5-week swimming course by Aquababies
Aquababies – The Original & the Best! The original and the best baby swimming specialist in the UK ,teaching children from birth to four years of age to swim! Aquababies was founded by Miss Julie-Ann James who came over from Australia in 1993. Julie-Ann first taught her first lessons at 1 pool, which has now…
Teaching your baby to swim
Everyone knows how beneficial the water is to pregnant women, both before birth and during labour, but what about babies? Sam Pope spoke to Hank Starrs, baby swimming coach, about teaching babies to swim, underwater and on top! Why is swimming great for babies? It’s the only activity really where babies are completely independent, especially before…
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Tips on improving swimming confidence
Rebecca Adlington, double Olympic Gold Medallist, is passionate about getting more people swimming which is why she is the face of Speedo’s Learn to Swim campaign. Here she shares her top tips on developing your child’s confidence, technique and enjoyment of being in the water. Introduce your baby to the water at an early age. Babies and children who…
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