Baby Swimming
frombumps2babies works in partnership with Water babies to offer Baby swimming classes across the Midlands.
For further infomation contact Water Babies on 01283 814766
Health & Development Benefits
Swimming from birth is an amazing way to help your baby develop. They’ll exercise all four quarters of their bodies - half an hour in the pool for them is like a couple of hours in the gym for you!
Children who get into healthy habits below the age of 2 are five times more likely to have healthy habits as they grow up, which is really important given that a third of under 4’s are overweight.
Recent studies have also shown that learning to swim as an infant improves balance, co-ordination and motor skills and reduces the likelihood and severity of asthma. Babies also benefit from better awareness and sleeping patterns.
It’s great for mental development too, as swimming activities stimulate the balance system, which improves connections within the brain, making babies more receptive to learning.
Water Safety
Drowning is the 3rd highest cause of babies and children dying. Someone drowns every 17 hours in the UK and in the case of children, 50% do so with a parent or adult less than 25m away.
Introducing babies to water early can mean that by 2 years old they are able to save themselves after falling into water - search for ‘Elizabeth Jelley’ on Google for an example.
A 2009 study in the US found that participation in formal swimming lessons was associated with an 88% reduction in the risk of drowning in 1 to 4 year old children.
The Benefits to You
Swimming is great for parents too. Classes help to improve your confidence with your baby, and have been proved to help post-natal depression. It’s great for bonding and gives additional skin to skin contact.
It’s also an activity dads can get involved in as classes run seven days a week and you’ll meet lots of other lovely new parents so it’s a real social occasion.
FromBumps2Babies Limited
Call : 07921 803863 or 07920 192881
enquiries@frombumps2babies.co.uk
Registered Company No.06707534
© FromBumps2Babies Limited 2011
Offering Baby Swimming classes in Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield and Coventry
