Once again summertime is on the way! Little ones in tow just means all the more fun, right? Hopefully you’re not worried yet about all the more stress of keeping your baby safe and happy in all the summer activities. One of the best things we can help you with here is a trip to the swimming pool.
Diapers to Swim In
Sanitary standards, as well as our personal ones, are tight on babies in the pool. For all other swimmers and kids playing around, this is a strict no-pee zone. Enter swim diapers into the happy summer mom scene. Swim diapers are great for children who would outside the pool need a diaper. It is made with the best layers to keep the water out, preventing a bulging and saggy bum, and also keeps the baby’s potential extras in the diaper, not spreading through the pool water.
This is one more thing to be grateful for and relive the planning stress. Swim diapers are most commonly disposable, and come in pull on styles and adhesive tab styles, in many different color designs for summer fun. Some cute girls swim diapers are paired with a swimming top, so it looks like a regular swim suit! Huggies Little Swimmers are available at most stores where you would normally buy diapers, so if you get caught on vacation any regular grocery store should carry them. The nature of keeping things in and things out of the diaper, expect them to fit a little snug.
Even though most of the waste will be protected from the pool water, health professionals recommend that if the child has diarrhea, keep him or her out of the pool altogether. Some safe poolside precautions include keeping sick children on the side instead of in the water, and teach your children swimming practices like using the bathroom when they are potty training and older, and not to swallow pool water. Most of you moms will be going to the pool with more than one child, and supervising varying swimming skill levels. Neighborhood pools usually have specific areas set aside for the different levels. There is a baby pool for the really little ones, a shallow section for young children and beginning swimmers, and a deep end for advanced swimming and diving, and the mid space for the mid levels. If possible, pair your children up with each other or their friends at the pool according to skill levels, so that they can use the buddy system and stick together in the appropriate areas.
When the older kids have some of these guidelines to follow, and a few swim diapers on hand for the baby, you can start a safe, fun summer at the pool. Happy swimming.
