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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What worked for us was daily visits to the pool and one of those swim things where you remove one foam thing at a time. I can’t explain well but it’s on amazon. So basically there are like 5 foam layers and you can remove one at a time. We did it so my son had all of the for a couple days, swimming around, then slowly took them away over the course of a week or two. By the end he was swimming independently. Not strong yet but enough where I knew he could get to the side of the pool. That was huge. [/quote]

It's this. They use them at Big Blue swim school, as well, which is how we first learned of them. They are great for kids in that tricky phase where they are *this* close to swimming on their own but still need to practice specific skills (kicking, back float, swim strokes). It doesn't prevent the kid's head from going in the water so it's not a safety device, but putting your face/head in the water is an essential part of learning to swim so that's good. It just helps with teaching skills, so your kid can practice stuff like kicks and back stroke until they have the coordination down, and then you can remove the belt and just offer maybe a little help with your hand, and then you can remove that.

https://www.amazon.com/Children-Adjustable-Comfortable-Waterproof-Floaties/dp/B07VCHVFT8/ref=sr_1_3_sspa

I also recommend using a swim bar for them to practice getting their body in a level position with strong kicking and their face in the water. It gets their arms out in front of them and offers them some security while getting comfortable with swimming with their face in the water. It's better for positioning than a kick board, which is what a lot of coaches used to use (and some still do). That was really helpful for making the idea of swimming with your head in the water "click" for my DD, who started out not wanting her face anywhere near the water.

Also getting a pair of good fitting, comfortable goggles. Check out Frogglez -- they have a comfort strap that really stays in place on little kid heads so that kids don't constantly feel like they have to adjust it.[/quote]

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