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[quote=Anonymous]Perhaps counter intuitively, my 4.5 has done better learning to swim in the regular pool (4 feet depth where she can't stand) than our "intermediate pool" which is 2-3 feet in depth for little kids. In the shallower pool she would just stand up anytime she needed to come up for a breath and then keep going. One thing that helped was having her stand at the pool steps and then "launch" herself toward us and she would get a little momentum propelling herself and could float/start to paddle/breast stroke/breathe and we've just moved back further and further from the stairs to encourage her to take more breaths and put it all together. Good luck! I find my child is basically not listening to what I say but rather teaching herself by watching others :-)[/quote]
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