Various benefits of teaching babies to swimming

Teach baby to swim since the first year has many benefits. Not only beneficial for babies, swimming can also improve the bonding between parent-child.

Unfortunately, there are still many parents who see eye swimming activities for infants. Or maybe, they are too worried and thought too soon. In fact, taught to swim as early as possible to children, provide more benefits.

Water Babies surveys conducted showed 40 percent of parents in England claimed to have never predicted the existence of the positive benefits of teaching babies to swim on. Though third-highest accident in children in the UK due to child drowning. Teach children to swim early on, it was able to increase the confidence of children in the water, and make it able to protect themselves.

Bonding
Swimming with your baby becomes a fun moment for children and parents. In addition to thrilling, swim with the baby also improve parent-child bonding.

Physical and mental development
Activity swim practice physical and mental development of children. Children not only grow fitter and stronger, but also helps children to better appetite and sleep more soundly.

Learn life-skills
In fact, swimming is not just a physical sport. Through the pool, the baby can also learn life-skills, including ability to survive and maintain themselves.

According to the survey, 90 percent of fathers and mothers agree that becomes their responsibility to ensure their children have life-skills. That is, is the duty of parents to educate and guide children untukmemiliki life-skills like the ability to swim, bike, understand ethics at the dinner table. However, more than a third claimed a commitment to foster a life-skill is unbeatable because of busy work.

Paul Thompson, co-founder of Water Babies says, "Teaching children about basic safety in the water level and confidence in the water can save him. Through progressive training, the baby can learn self defense skills from an early age, such as swimming approaching solid objects while in water, and so forth. "

What age start swimming?
Most parents, the survey respondents Water Babies, said children should start learning beranang ranging in age from three. But in fact, children can learn to swim sooner.

Infants in the first year experienced a high development of the brain, every movement will stimulate the development of the brain, strengthens the nerves and make the brain work more efficiently.

"Two-day old baby never learned to swim with us. The first year of life is crucial, especially in its development. Regular exercise also had a big hand in supporting the growth and development. The water allows muscles to move freely babies. Exercise in the water, suitable for children," Thompson said