Well this is a difficult post for me but I really felt I had to put it up.
Firstly let me say that I think teaching babies to swim is very important, and I took Ashley to classes when he was 6 months.
However.... My Nan's neighbour's 2 year old daughter drowned last year in a very small amount of water in a paddling pool on their back deck. The mother is a swimming instructor, they live on the beach in Australia, the child was very comfortable in the water. I guess the point that I am making is that NOTHING beats constant supervision when it comes to safety around water.
I believe that any skill that gives a child a better chance if they fall in the water is TOTALLY worth it. So I do think the swimming classes are a positive thing. BUT... if they give the caregivers a false sense of security, this could be a negative thing. A child can drown in literally a few inches of water.
Sorry if I to bring the conversation down but this was a subject close to my heart so.... please dont take offense.
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Thanks for the quick reply!
Yeah, I'm not sure what happened but it worked in the end so it's all good! Will wait 'til Technical Support (ie husband) gets in and will ask him what we have!
