baby swimming

[leeandjoanne]

hi how old does a baby have to be before they can go swimming ?? were on holiday to haven park in sept and my friends baby will be 11 weeks old hes a big baby 9 pound 2 and a half born !! can he go swimming or no ??

[pinkbunny]

I am sure that they have to have had their fist set of jabs before you can take them into a public pool well that was the advice I was given by my health visitor. I hope this helps and he should have had them by then as my baby had her first jabs at 8 weeks so hopefully he should be able to enjoy swimming with you x x

[ethanryan]

i took my sons at 8 weeks after there jabs too

[tinglepie]

I dropped the kids off at the pool this morning


hope this helps

[4getmenot]

sometimes you crack me up tinglepie :-)

[redcrx]

ive read that its after the first sets of jabs (ie at 16 weeks or so)

Ask your Health Visitor for more information.

[Lil O'lady]

You need to make a personal judgement about the hygiene level in the pool and the immunity level of you babe. Bear in mind that council-run pools will be more hygienic than pools in hotels etc and bear in mind than babies raised in mud huts often thrive - as long as you know what you are handling you will know how you want to manage the risks.
I took mine from tiny nappy days in the local council-run wave-pool and they swim like seals.