Getting Babies Used to Water
This exercise introduces your child to the experience of water resistance. Hold your child with both hands under their armpits, placing your thumbs on their chest and your other fingers on their shoulder blades. Slowly sway your child three times from left to right. Next, walk 5 meters backward while maintaining eye contact at all times. Finally, walk the 5 meters forward again. Throughout the exercise, make an effort to exude positive energy to create a reassuring and enjoyable atmosphere.
Preparation Exercises
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Under the shower
Hold your child in the armpit grip (just like in the core exercise). Maintain eye contact and make a few funny faces and sounds. Occasionally, try a gentle nose boop. You know best what brings joy to your child. Through this playful interaction, the goal is to help your child feel comfortable in the water and even enjoy this new environment.
Bubbling
Hold your child in the armpit grip (just like in the core exercise). After making a few silly faces and if the child reacts positively to a nose boop, you can try bubbling. Blow into the water with your mouth to create bubbles. Start by bubbling near yourself, and in the next step, move closer to the child. Always observe how the child reacts. If they seem to enjoy the bubbling, you can even blow bubbles on the child’s belly. This exercise also focuses on playful interaction in the water, with the main goal being to help the child feel comfortable and happy in the water.
Nose boop
Hold your child in the armpit grip (just like in the core exercise). Make some funny faces and sounds while maintaining eye contact at all times. Occasionally, try a gentle nose boop. You know best what makes your child happy. This playful interaction aims to help the child feel comfortable in the water and even enjoy being in this new environment.
Häufige Fehler
Grip too close to the armpits
Make sure not to hold your child too close to the armpits, as this can reduce blood flow to the arms. The grip should sit gently just below the armpits, staying loose and comfortable. Also, regularly check your child’s skin. If it appears significantly paler than usual, it’s a sign to end the swimming session to prevent hypothermia.
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