I researched tons before Martha was born and when she was little on swimming. Found a great school, Chicago Swim School, that was only 40 min away to take her for classes. It had the 90 degree pool recommended for little babies and swim class and I could go during the day...so we did for about 6 mos. It was great but the road construction killed my trip and I really didn't need a swim class just a warm pool. So we started going to the Gurnee Park Districts Family Open Swim at Laremont School as supplement and eventually for our full swim time during the school year. They have an awesome warm water therapy pool! Their swim classes didn't ghive with our lives so we just did the open swim even though it challenged our family. We have to get up and go to "early" 9 am service to make pool time worth it because it's from 11:30 for 1 pm and a 20 min dip in the pool is just not enough for Martha.
I love Imse Vimse Swim diapers! The Med size fit my first from 6 mos to potty trained at 28 mos...granted shes a tiny one! She wore it under a Splash about Happy Nappy (for her 2nd layer protection required by public pools) and then their baby wrap(wet suit) on top to keep my skinny mini from turning blue!Size by age/ height on the IV's not just weight because if you don't have enough rise and need to use it's poo catching abilities. Thank you Happy Nappy for catching the stray breastfeed poo IV missed because the diaper needed more rise! As long as the waist is tight it's all good! The legs are tight no mater what!
This same IV diaper worked on my 2nd at 2 mos but is going to need to be uped in size before too long.When I knew I was having another baby I knew I wanted the Baby Sung to keep the little one warm in the pool...you supposedly can use it w/out an additional swim diaper but I have always used the IV under it and in the beginning used a Small Happy Nappy too...I so don't want to be the mom to have the pool emptied!
How did you order the Splash abouts? They say to call them.
ReplyDeleteMy mom actually placed the order so I'm not sure how she did it. I could find out if you want to know. Splash About is in France so prices are a bit high! There are now US companies including http://www.kiefer.com/ in Zion, IL that have similar stuff for wet suits. As for the diaper I donno.
ReplyDeleteI'm Colleen's Mom and I did actually order thru the internet from Splash About. Colleen has me shopping internationally!! I'm such a "world traveler"
ReplyDeleteHi Colleen, congratulations!! You won the swim diaper giveaway from the Tink-Tinks blog. Please send your email address to info[at]tinktinks[dot]com and we'll be in touch about your win. Thanks! And congratulations again.
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