Puddle jumper for 25lb 3-year-old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a grip people. My 3 y/o can swim and still has a puddle jumper for playing for longer stretches in the deep end with her cousins— she doesn’t have the stamina yet and doesn’t want to be left out. Calm down.

The body-glove brand has shoulder straps which made for a better fit on my skinny kid.

Thanks! I’ll give this brand a try. Technically for 33lbs+ so we’ll see how it fits.

[Anonymous]

I agree with comments about no puddle jumper. There is much evidence against it, I realize it makes the pool more fun for a 3 year old (and easier job for parents) but it’s not smart or safe. You absolutely have to be in the water with a 3 year old, and if you’re at a lake or ocean where a flotation device is necessary a life jacket is the only way to go.

[Anonymous]

The speedo splash jammer has shoulder straps and worked well for my very tiny 3 y/o. The regular puddle jumper did not stay secure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with comments about no puddle jumper. There is much evidence against it, I realize it makes the pool more fun for a 3 year old (and easier job for parents) but it’s not smart or safe. You absolutely have to be in the water with a 3 year old, and if you’re at a lake or ocean where a flotation device is necessary a life jacket is the only way to go.

I will be in the water with him but presumably this way he can do a little more play in the water with me.

[Anonymous]

Stearns is the best. We used it on my daughter when she was 28 lbs and she was fine.

I don't get all the parents knocking them - they are great! Not a single parent in here is plopping their kid in a puddle jumper, throwing them in the deep end and walking away to go lounge on a chair. Come on people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a grip people. My 3 y/o can swim and still has a puddle jumper for playing for longer stretches in the deep end with her cousins— she doesn’t have the stamina yet and doesn’t want to be left out. Calm down.

The body-glove brand has shoulder straps which made for a better fit on my skinny kid.

Get your butt in the pool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is always with me or my husband and has been in swim lessons for months, although there is only so much a 2-year-old can really learn and do. I thought some sort of floaties that gave him a little more independence (while next to one of us) might make the pool more fun for him. We have lots of access now that it’s summer and I want him to be able to do something more than just hold on to us. I’m not sure noodles or mini kickboards are allowed at the pool.

Are you sure puddle jumpers are allowed if these items are not? Our pool allows no flotation devices whatsoever, meaning parents have to...get in the water w/ their kid/hold onto their non swimming kids or stay in the baby wading pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh please. We used a puddle jumper until my child was 5 and then we switched to making her using a kick board.

Lazy

+1. Kids can be taught to swim well before age 5. Our kids were swimming by age 4 and they were on the later end compared to many of our friends/neighbors/their cousins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stearns is the best. We used it on my daughter when she was 28 lbs and she was fine.

I don't get all the parents knocking them - they are great! Not a single parent in here is plopping their kid in a puddle jumper, throwing them in the deep end and walking away to go lounge on a chair. Come on people.

Oh yes they do. I see this all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stearns is the best. We used it on my daughter when she was 28 lbs and she was fine.

I don't get all the parents knocking them - they are great! Not a single parent in here is plopping their kid in a puddle jumper, throwing them in the deep end and walking away to go lounge on a chair. Come on people.

Oh yes they do. I see this all the time.

For the record, no kid has ever drowned in a puddle jumper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stearns is the best. We used it on my daughter when she was 28 lbs and she was fine.

I don't get all the parents knocking them - they are great! Not a single parent in here is plopping their kid in a puddle jumper, throwing them in the deep end and walking away to go lounge on a chair. Come on people.

Oh yes they do. I see this all the time.

For the record, no kid has ever drowned in a puddle jumper.

You may be right, I didn’t look up the statistics like you did. But the data I do have shows it’s worse than that. It’s drowning when they aren’t using it because you’ve trained them to swim in a drowning position. You’ve taught them how to drown, not how to swim, though a kid doesn’t know the difference.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/toddler-drowned-warning-puddle-jumpers-71688831

https://www.parentspreventingchildhooddrowning.com/post/puddle-jumpers-more-harm-than-good-how-floatation-devices-can-be-dangerous-for-your-child

https://herviewfromhome.com/puddle-jumpers-drowning/

https://www.parentspreventingchildhooddrowning.com/post/ditch-the-floaties-the-dangers-of-the-popular-puddle-jumper

https://memphismoms.com/why-puddle-jumpers-are-the-worst-and-other-things-your-swim-instructor-wants-you-to-know/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stearns is the best. We used it on my daughter when she was 28 lbs and she was fine.

I don't get all the parents knocking them - they are great! Not a single parent in here is plopping their kid in a puddle jumper, throwing them in the deep end and walking away to go lounge on a chair. Come on people.

Oh yes they do. I see this all the time.

For the record, no kid has ever drowned in a puddle jumper.

You may be right, I didn’t look up the statistics like you did. But the data I do have shows it’s worse than that. It’s drowning when they aren’t using it because you’ve trained them to swim in a drowning position. You’ve taught them how to drown, not how to swim, though a kid doesn’t know the difference.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/toddler-drowned-warning-puddle-jumpers-71688831

https://www.parentspreventingchildhooddrowning.com/post/puddle-jumpers-more-harm-than-good-how-floatation-devices-can-be-dangerous-for-your-child

https://herviewfromhome.com/puddle-jumpers-drowning/

https://www.parentspreventingchildhooddrowning.com/post/ditch-the-floaties-the-dangers-of-the-popular-puddle-jumper

https://memphismoms.com/why-puddle-jumpers-are-the-worst-and-other-things-your-swim-instructor-wants-you-to-know/

+1, the fact that it’s 2024, drowning deaths are increasing - not decreasing - and people don’t understand this is truly astonishing. Do people use the same logic with car seats? “I’m a safe driver so he’s fine!” Insanity. My kids have never used one, love the water but have a very healthy level of fear and respect for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stearns is the best. We used it on my daughter when she was 28 lbs and she was fine.

I don't get all the parents knocking them - they are great! Not a single parent in here is plopping their kid in a puddle jumper, throwing them in the deep end and walking away to go lounge on a chair. Come on people.

Oh yes they do. I see this all the time.

seriously-- what are these comments about getting in the pool- isn't that the default? my kid is in a lifejacket but still wouldn't dare leave her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh please. We used a puddle jumper until my child was 5 and then we switched to making her using a kick board.

Lazy

WTF is wrong you, you wretched nasty little wench???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh please. We used a puddle jumper until my child was 5 and then we switched to making her using a kick board.

Lazy

+1. Kids can be taught to swim well before age 5. Our kids were swimming by age 4 and they were on the later end compared to many of our friends/neighbors/their cousins.

Let me guess you have FIVE? And you have a tie Tok that shows them off? Your'e always wearing that teeny tiny white bikini in them with bright red lipstick at the pool? I know you, sugar butt! And yes, I know that's what your husband calls you, LOL