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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swimming is the only thing I would spend money on before kids are old enough to have an opinion on classes, or benefit from learning the skill. I think swimming is beneficial because it’s important to teach water comfort and water safety starting at a very young age. I do not think that very very young children will benefit from swimming lessons as a stroke skill building class though.[/quote]

Agree.  The AAP recommends swim lessons starting at age 1.  Formal lessons decrease the risk of drowning by 88 percent.[/quote]

Also agree.  We were a bit lax with DS and didn’t start until 3 and had to overcome some hurdles. Having a partial pool membership this past summer helped him get more comfortable too.  Now he actively looks forward to his weekly swimming lessons.  Planning to be more consistent with exposing our infant to water and will probably start lessons earlier.

Otherwise the only organized activity we’ve done is one of those Coach Doug classes, which is pretty informal and a fun way to get exposed to multiple sports. [/quote]

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