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[quote=Anonymous]I would never do this but I don’t get the floatie hate on these boards. My kid is in swim lessons but not yet swimming on her own. She can float on her back but is afraid to do it without someone right next to her. She can paddle with her arms and get in good position to swim, but can’t yet keep herself above water on her own. She’s very close but not quite there.

We use a puddle jumper or life vest all the time at the pool (we go almost daily). We do swim practice without them where she practices skills with me or DH, and then we will put a vest on so we can just have fun. It allows DH and I to relax, not so we can leave her alone in the pool but do we can play with her without needing to be checking her every single second. And it gives her a chance to have fun too, which is motivating for her. Putting her in the vest also allows ME to swim, float on my back, etc., which I think benefits her as well because she can see what that looks like.

I don’t worry about her jumping in the pool without a vest because she thinks she can swim, as she would never, ever do this (she won’t even jump in the water with a vest— the closest she’ll come is sitting on the edge and then sliding into the water, and only if one of us is there with her).

If we tried to go without the vest, we’d wind up spending a lot less time in the pool.[/quote]

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