Take your baby to swim in the summer, it's comfortable and cool, you can learn one more skill, and many parents also think it's good to let their children learn to swim early, is this really the case?
Indeed, children learning to swim can not only exercise the body, enhance the coordination of the body, but also have a certain help for growing tall. But it's not that the younger you are, the better you learn to swim.
Babies under 1 year of age may have water poisoning due to drinking too much water while learning to swim, or they may have rare but potentially life-threatening hypothermia because the baby's body cannot adapt to water temperature. Coupled with the snare swimming ring on the neck, it may cause damage to the cervical joints, even compress the trachea, causing difficulty breathing, and may also compress the carotid sinuses of the neck, causing blood pressure to drop and heart rate to slow down, leading to shock.
Therefore, for babies within 1 year of age, learning to swim will do more harm than good. However, you can play with the water under the supervision and supervision of parents, and parents should pay attention to the whole process of tracking, and cannot ignore the safety of their children.
Between 1-4 years old, it is possible to play more water, but it is not recommended to learn professional swimming lessons.
Because the real swimming posture, the strength and coordination of the body have great requirements, children under 4 years old, the body has not yet developed to this extent, and may not be able to understand the instructor's instructions, so you can play with the water, but learning professional swimming lessons is still a little early.
According to scientific research, children can only master swimming skills and standard postures after the age of 4. So the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children can start learning to swim after the age of 4, and the minimum age required for swimming training classes in our country is 5 years old.
Therefore, according to the situation of their own children, it is recommended that it is more appropriate to learn to swim at the age of 4-8.
First of all, children at this age, the development of cardiopulmonary function is relatively perfect, and the probability of danger will be reduced.
Secondly, the child's arms and legs are more powerful, and they are ready to learn to swim.
Finally, children's learning ability and interest in learning have made great progress.
And at this time, the child already has the basic expression ability, in the process of learning to swim if there are doubts can ask the coach in time, in danger can also shout for help.
Precautions for children learning to swim:
Whether it is playing in the water or learning to swim, the following points for parents to keep in mind:
When learning to swim or play in the pool, do not let your child run by the pool and do not play in the pool.
Choose a safe swimming spot and a qualified instructor. The child's skin is still very young, when choosing a swimming place, we must pay attention to whether the water quality of the pool is passed, whether the water is regularly changed, and whether the pool is disinfected regularly. When choosing a swimming coach, you must determine whether there is a professional swimming teaching certificate, and second, you must see whether the coach has a sense of responsibility and patience, and you can ask other parents about the evaluation of the swimming coach.
Before the child learns to swim, let the child have more contact with the water to eliminate the child's fear of water. When children learn to swim, they will inevitably choke on water, parents should pay attention to their children's feelings, do not loudly reprimand children, say that children are useless, etc., parental recognition is the biggest motivation for children.
Regardless of whether the child has learned to swim, when swimming in the pool, the parents' eyes should always be on the child, do not play games, brush videos, and even chat with others. Because of the negligence of parents, there are too many things for children to drown, don't let yourself regret it.
Do not go swimming when children are very hungry, swimming is a sport that requires physical fitness, just eat enough to do not go to exercise, generally two hours after meals swimming is appropriate.
Swimming is a sport that is conducive to the body and mind, learning to swim is a persistent thing, parents must not be too hasty, to allow children to learn slowly. When the child reaches the right age to go to school, I believe that the child will swim freely like a fish in the water.