Baby Swimming
Release time : 07/14/2025 09:30:03
Let's swim! -- taking a newborn baby swimming has become a trendy choice for many stylish parents.
This is a new type of nursing service, the principle is to let the little one can do independent movement in the like mother's sheep water, using water wave gentle love, promote the newborn's intelligence development and healthy growth.
Generally, parents choose to conduct baby swimming training in hospitals' swimming centers, baby swimming arcades or at home. Baby swimming can bring about positive effects on the baby's physical fitness, mental state and intelligence, which endear it to young parents.
Hey, did your little one go swimming? What is infant swimming? Infant swimming refers to a specific and staged human water early health care activity that can be performed by infants aged 0-12 months. It involves specialized personnel who are trained in safety measures, and it is carried out under the direction of these experts. The procedure includes three parts: systematically, orderly, and skillfully performing infant water massage, passive swimming exercises, and autonomous swimming.
Baby swimming is a kind of baby early health care activity according to the latest theory.
This early infant health care activity is suitable for cesarean section infants born at full term, natural delivery infants (the day of birth to 12 months after birth), premature infants born at 32-36 weeks of gestation, and low-weight infants.
Generally speaking, infants with premature birth or congenital anomalies are not suitable for swimming.
Baby swimming is a new baby care service, which is the principle of letting babies move in similar to mother's amniotic fluid, using water wave's gentle love and affection to promote the intelligence development and healthy growth of newborn.
The infancy is a critical period for the brain development and reaction ability to the outside world. Baby swimming can lay a good foundation for the intelligence and physical quality of the baby.
The benefits of infant swimming, babies are born with a natural talent for it. They swim in the "watery pool" during their mother's belly.
Many childbirth experts recommend that babies can be given swimming at the appropriate time after birth, which not only helps the baby adapt to the environment, but also benefits the healthy growth of the baby.
What are the benefits of infant swimming? 1. After a baby is born, it loses the feeling of being in amniotic fluid and swimming can help him feel like he's back in his mother's womb environment, thereby reducing "loneliness", "anxiety" and "fear".
2. In the growth and development of infants, there are not only "oral hunger" but also needs for skin, bones, joints, muscles, and emotions. These needs must be met. Modern baby swimming is precisely fulfilling these needs.
3. Through skin contact with water and large-scale active and passive swimming exercises of various joints, as well as gently natural stimulation of infant's visual, temperature, smell, tactile senses, especially the stimulation and adaptation to balance sense.
4. Baby swimming can provide active and passive stimulation to the baby's skin, limbs, joints, bones, and indirectly promote the development of the five viscera and various nervous systems.
Promote the digestion and absorption of newborn food, reduce stress response, and improve children's disease resistance.
5. Infant swimming can soothe the infant and induce a series of benign responses in the whole body (nervous, endocrine, digestive, and immune systems) to promote the health education of the infant's physical and mental development.
6. Swimming for infants can promote the establishment of a normal sleep rhythm in children and reduce the formation of poor sleep habits, as well as decrease crying.
Additionally, it may be beneficial for the early intellectual development and emotional intelligence of babies.
For infants swimming, the preparation typically includes items such as swimsuits, water goggles, towels, bathing supplies, and more. It is important to pay attention to the baby's physical condition during the swimming experience.
Infant swimming is no small matter, and parents must prepare everything and the equipment necessary for their baby beforehand, as well as ensure that someone is watching over them.
What preparations are needed for infant swimming? 1. Firstly, before the baby swims, parents need to observe whether the baby is suitable for swimming.
To determine if a baby is full, it is often advised to wait for 30 to 60 minutes after the baby has fed before conducting any water activities. Additionally, observe whether the baby is happy, whether they are just waking up from a nap, or if there is anything discomforting them. It is crucial to ensure that the baby is in a good mood before engaging in any water activities with the baby.
2. Prior to baby swimming, prepare the following items: a baby-specific bath towel (must be dry; it should not be too large and should be suitable for wrapping around the baby's entire body).
A small square towel and a dry towel.
Babies whose umbilical cord has not fallen off should also prepare 75% alcohol, disinfectant cotton swabs and other items used to clean their navel.
Baby shampoo, baby body wash, baby touch oil, baby powder.
The baby's clothes, diapers, and other items to be replaced.
Water temperature meter, 90% inflatable baby swimming ring, a toy that floats in the water.
3. The equipment environment for swimming must be prepared.
Choose a bathroom at home to facilitate water supply and drainage for infants while swimming.
Since some parents think that the air in the bathroom is not good, they can also choose the living room and balcony as a place for babies to swim.
However, parents are advised to mainly use the bathroom. First, the pool capacity is large, and second, the bathroom space is small, which is easier to protect the environmental temperature and prevent the baby from catching cold, especially in winter.
4. Caregivers should be ready.
When babies are swimming, parents should arrange for two people to assist and take care of the baby in swimming.
It is best for both parties to wash their hands in advance, trim fingernails, remove ornaments from the hands, etc., to avoid scratching the baby.
Infant Swimming Safety Precautions: Since infants lack the ability to protect themselves, parents must consider various aspects of safety when taking care of them.
Although baby swimming is beneficial for the health of babies, it is easy to let babies drown or catch cold in the process of baby swimming if parents do not take good care of them.
If parents want their baby to swim, here are some things they should pay attention to.
1. It is important to ensure that the baby's condition is suitable for swimming. The best time to swim with the baby is one hour after breastfeeding.
Before breastfeeding, the stomach and intestines are empty, and physical strength is insufficient. The high energy consumption during swimming by the baby can easily lead to exhaustion, so it is not suitable for swimming at this time.
Swimming immediately after breastfeeding will cause insufficient blood supply to the gastrointestinal and internal organs, which is not conducive to the digestion of food, and may even cause gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea, and vomiting. Therefore, it is not suitable for infants to swim after they are full.
Babies cannot swim during illness, and premature infants and babies who are too light are not suitable for starting swimming early.
2. Note that the temperature in the insulation room is best between 25°C and 28°C.
If the water temperature is 37°C, it should be controlled at about 38°C for babies under three months.
Regardless of whether it's at home or a swimming pool, the water temperature should be kept steady.
3. When it comes to safety in swimming pools, it's best to use specialized swimming gear instead of a bathtub.
The swimming pool needs to be cleaned regularly and fresh water needs to be injected into it.
The depth should be deep enough for the baby's feet to touch the bottom, but not too deep.
4. Pay attention to the waterproofing of the umbilical cord for newborns whose umbilical stumps have not yet fallen off, and routinely perform the waterproofing treatment before swimming with the baby.
The treatment method can be simple and economical, that is to use a common 3L medical glue patch to cover the residual end of the umbilical cord.
However, under principle, for a newborn who is born within the first 5 days, it is necessary to perform umbilical cord waterproofing before swimming.
5. Pay attention to the duration of infant swimming, and ensure that it is within 10-15 minutes.
For babies over 4 months old, if they are accustomed to swimming every day, it can be slightly extended to about half an hour.
Which infants are not suitable for swimming. Although babies are born with a natural inclination towards swimming, it is not always appropriate to exercise their bodies through swimming for all newborns.
Some babies may actually experience discomfort after swimming.
Therefore, mothers must understand whether their babies are suitable for swimming.
Which infants are not suitable for swimming? Let's learn more about this.
1. Preterm infants with a gestational age of less than 32 weeks, or neonates weighing less than 2000g at birth, are more appropriately suited for swimming after reaching full term (37-40 weeks, depending on the baby's health and developmental status).
2. Newborns with complications or requiring special treatment.
3. Newborns with an Apgar score of <8.
4. Infants with skin injuries or infections.
5. Infection, cold, fever, diarrhea, easy cramping in the feet, abnormal physical condition, immune system disorder, respiratory infection (contagious).
6. Children under 24 hours old after vaccination are not suitable for swimming, and can only be bathed or swimming after 24 hours.
7. For individuals with eczema, it is advisable to avoid swimming in the presence of infection or severe conditions that are not suitable for swimming.
*The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
If you experience discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on the examinations conducted by a face-to-face physician.