Floating your baby in the pool
To ensure that the 30 minutes in the pool is fun, happy and playful for your baby, we use a minimum amount of chlorine in the water. Because we use a smaller amount of chlorine than usual, we ask the parents to wash themselves and their baby carefully before getting into the water.
Parents will float the babies on their back, side and stomach, bounce them, play with them and even duck them underwater for a moment. We practise the diving reflex, which is an innate skill – and if it does not disappear, it will help children to cope if they should fall into the water. You do not need to practise floating in the bath before floating the baby in the pool.
Water develops the muscles and these in turn improve the child’s posture. Children who are floated in water are generally more emotionally balanced, calmer and sleep better. They fall ill less often and recover faster.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the class, in order to dress and have a wash. The cleanliness of the water in the pool depends on you and your baby having a proper wash beforehand! The temperature of the water is 33 °C. The children must wear a swim diaper or trunks. After the session, you can feed your child in the recreation room.