JOYFUL DOLPHIN SWIM

The benefits of early swimming are numerous, and helping babies along the way to swimming can be one of the parents’ most enjoyable experiences.

Infants make an easy transition from their early swimming reflexes to conscious movements if you swim with them, showing the child how to find their buoyancy in the water with minimal support. The emphasis is on encouraging free movement in water that is conducive to swimming at such a time when your baby is both physically and emotionally ready.
However, it is not a case of just playing in the water with your baby; it is a carefully designed progression of skills gleaned from many years of experience with a wide range of babies in on our courses.

Parental closeness and involvement - it is the interaction of parents with their babies in the water underlies all the short-term and long-term benefits.
Focus on mutual enjoyment - the more that babies take pleasure in early swimming, the more delighted are their parents and the babies thrive.
It may help you overcome an intrinsic fear of water.
Building on your confidence and sense of freedom - It may also help you recover a playfulness you have not experienced since childhood.
Going swimming helps you to get to know your baby and may consolidate bonding.
Physiological benefits - babies can exercise more muscles in the weightless environment, as they are not restricted by their incapacity to sit or stand up.
Babies that take part in baby swimming programmes are often thought to be happier and healthier. Research shows that early swimmers perform better on tests measuring social, academic, motor and personality developments.
Water offers a heightened multi-sensory stimulation involving touch, hearing, sight, taste and smell The intense physical contact and eye contact with parents also offer quality stimulation. This can be especially valuable for premature or special needs babies.
Psychological development - early swimming helps to develop babies’ personalities harmoniously;