lil swimmers

When I looked, I could never find any that fit smaller than 7kg.... have you thought about a reusable swimming nappy??? They might make small ones????

I've never seen them in small.  The pools here recommed you don't take them swimming until they're 6 months old, so maybe there's not enough of a market for them?  Hubby put Ella in a friend's pool in a normal nappy... nothing bad happened!  but I'd suggest looking for a re-usable one too.  That's what I'd do if I was brave enough to get into togs and take Ella swimming! 

I took Rhyley at 4 months - they are not so stricked here, good thing about small towns I guess.

You need to be careful that the baby is old enough to regulate their body temperature. When (what age) were you hoping they would fit BS?

busymum wrote: You need to be careful that the baby is old enough to regulate their body temperature.

Its lucky our pools here are heated. I wouldn't take him swimming until he was older if it wasn't. I am too much of a wimp and ofcause not good for baby.

FYI, you can reuse the huggies swim naps, as well...

Kellz wrote: I cant remember the name of the shop, but down Ti Irirangi drive, in the shops near the Pickles Cafe is a baby shop which sells small (5-7kg)reusuable swim nappies- Bambinomio brand, for $17.50, which I have found great!

ah house of bebe...cool and something a reasonable price from there too...that is the same place that has the $900 highchair!

i come from water baby household, mum was a swim teacher who threw me in at 6 weeks, Dh is a mega boatie so the earlier the better for our little water bubba to go in!

Yep thats the shop! Lol! Yeah we were surpised they had anything we could afford! Its mega posh! Lol!
We took Isla swimming at the Swimstation pool off Harris Rd. Its chlorine free. I dunno if u can go there without having lessons tho, cos my firned works there so we went when they were closed.
I can show u the nappy on Sat if u like?

Bombshell wrote: oh yes please - that would be great, i dont think i will get down there before then anyways.... forgot about swimstation - are they still there now or did they move to mt wellington? like the sound of chlorine free - i learnt in tepid baths and wondered about going into there actually, although would need to remorgage to pay city parking etc LMAO

You could always bring her over to Mt Albert - the gremlins are starting their lessons with Swimsation there next week, and Maya has been going for a couple of years, the instructors rock.

I'm with you on the water baby thing - Mum was a NZ rep swimmer and had me in the elephant pool at Waiwera at 6 weeks too (it helped that I was born in Dec so it was warm). I was a competitive swimmer as a teenager, and my sister teaches swimming so we're all pretty water saavy, and Maya must have been about 8 weeks old when I first threw her in. The gremlins have had one dip in the ocean and a couple in Mum and Dad's pool, but it's harder with them coz I need someone else to help me cope with two of them in the water.