As well as being lot of fun, Water Babies classes, get babies moving and exercising those muscles from an early age. Rowan from Water Babies writes about the benefits of being in water for both parent and child int his article.
Healthy habits for your whole family
It’s never too early to begin regular exercise. For babies who have spent 9 months cocooned in it, water is the most natural place to start. Swimming is a wonderful form of exercise for lots of reasons, and a weekly Water Babies class will help build good exercise habits into your family life.
Supporting babies’ bodies to move freely, water gives resistance for strengthening muscles, improving coordination, and gently easing any stiffness or discomfort. And the bonding experience of splashing around together, skin-on-skin is truly wonderful.
Swimming is a great leveller – an activity you can enjoy regardless of age or physical ability. It gives people young and old a wonderful cardio-vascular workout that they couldn’t otherwise get on land. It’s also fun, widely available and not dependent on good weather, which is a bonus in the country!
Sadly, obesity in adults and children is on the increase. This partly due to richer diets, but also because more sedentary lifestyles mean less exercise.
Our milky babies need high calories from their food, so we don’t need to worry about their weight just yet. But fostering a love of such a complete form of exercise will make it easier to keep them active in the future.
Your baby can start swimming pretty much from birth – you don’t have to wait for immunisations. It’s wonderful to see tiny babies totally relaxed in our lovely, warm hydrotherapy pools. We have even had babies who have slept through entire classes, and those others who kick and splash for the entire lesson certainly sleep well afterwards!
Supported by years of research, Water Babies courses are carefully structured to give you and your baby a gentle and positive introduction to the water. Our beginner baby classes are for babies from birth to under 1 year.
We can take you right up to pre-school age, tailoring our classes to your child’s stage of development, so you’ll both leave us with confidence, safety skills and swimming skills for a lifetime of healthy, happy splashing!
Water Babies classes take place in warm, private pools across Bristol Bath and Weston-Super-Mare.
Call us to find out more – 0117 946 6919. We run 4 terms per year starting in September, November, February and May.
Or visit www.waterbabies.co.uk for a class near where you live.
This is a guest blog from Water Babies Bristol
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