Teach baby's first swim since it has many benefits. Not only beneficial for babies, swimming can also improve the bonding between parent-child relationship. Unfortunately, many parents are too worried and think it is too early to teach the baby to swim. In fact, taught to swim as early as possible to the children, provide more benefits.
Water Babies surveys show 40 percent of parents in the UK claimed to have never predicted the existence of the positive benefits of teaching baby to swim on. In fact the third highest accident in children in the UK caused by drowning child. Teach children to swim early on, it can increase the confidence of children in the water, and allowed him to protect themselves.
Benefits of Swimming for Babies:
1. Bonding
Swimming with baby be a moment of fun for children and parents. In addition to thrilling, swim with the baby also improve parent-child bonding.
2. Physical and mental development
Swimming activity trained physical and mental development of children. Children not only grow fitter and stronger, but also helps children to better appetite and sleep more soundly.
3. Learn life-skills
In fact, swimming is not just a physical sport. Through the pool, the baby can also learn life-skills, including ability to survive and maintain themselves. According to the survey, 90 percent of fathers and mothers agreed that the responsibility for ensuring their children have a life-skill. That is, is the duty of parents to educate and guide children untukmemiliki life-skills like the ability to swim, bike, understand ethics at the dinner table. However, more than a third claimed commitment to foster life-skill is unbeatable because of busy work.
Paul Thompson, co-founder of Water Babies said, "Teaching children about the basic level of security and confidence in the water in the water can save him. Through progressive training, babies can learn themselves defense skills from an early age, like swim approaching solid objects while in the water, and so forth. "
What age does begin swimming?
Most parents, the survey respondents Water Babies, said children should start learning beranang ranging in age from three. But in fact, children can learn to swim sooner. Baby's first year had higher brain development, any movement will stimulate brain development, strengthen the nerves and make the brain work more efficiently.
