What's the youngest you guys have used a boat with an infant?
Walking.
What's the youngest you guys have used a boat with an infant?
Yeah... that's about what we did with Phil. We'll probably scope it out in the pool. The local YMCA has a "theraputic pool". 3-4 feet deep, and warm. We're teaching Phil to swim there, and have brought Elise in when she was about 2 months. Holding her, obviously. She has no problem with it. I might try letting her float with a lifejacket. See how it goes.
I've heard that babies have an instinct not to inhale if their face is in water but... is that true?
What's the youngest you guys have used a boat with an infant?
I've heard that babies have an instinct not to inhale if their face is in water but... is that true?
I've heard that babies have an instinct not to inhale if their face is in water but... is that true?
Not just babies. My stepdaughter fell in the pool at 18 months (before she could swim) and she held her breath as she sank. It took me a couple of seconds to get her, and she was shaken, but otherwise completely fine. I darn near had a heart attack.
A canoe? Your much better than I am, I have yet to meet one I havent tipped!
I wish there was some kinda infant life-raft. Like a floating pod you could put them in that would make sure they don't end up face first in the water. I don't know how good Lifejackets really work at turning them over.
On the contrary, there is a life jacket with such function...