With enough practice you will find your baby will hear the words 1,2,3 under and will shut their eyes on cue and that is when they are ready to submerge. To teach your baby to use this reflex on cue we add the words 1,2,3 under and engage the baby’s reflex. The reflex we use to condition the babies is a falling reflex, when your baby shuts their eyes their epiglottis (throat) will close over as well. Up until the age of three years old your baby has a reflex that we use for submerging. Most babies under the age of one will not complain if they are being submerged incorrectly which make this age group extremely dangerous.Īt Aquatots we fully condition our babies to submerge and below are our tips and tricks so you can also have a happy and safe time in the water with your baby. Without waiting until your baby is conditioned to submerge by placing them underwater their air way will be open and the water that enters the mouth will go straight into the stomach and lungs. Not only will you end up having a child that will have a fear of swimming or the water but your are also running the risk of secondary drowning (and or Hyponatremia/water intoxication (m.) It is extremely important that parents are fully aware of the dangers of submerging babies that have not been conditioned to submerge correctly. With the weather warming up and more and more parents venturing to the pool to cool off and have a bit of fun with their little ones we thought it would be a good time to go over the technical side of submerging children under the age of three.
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