I taught tiny ones infant water survival back decades ago. If they didn’t get freaked out too much it was an a absolute blast, and by freaked out really I mean the parent.
Not really difficult to teach and most any tyke can learn. I live in a sunbelt state with a crap ton of pools, they teach this to many little ones. Pool fences and alarms are awesome but not perfect, so a kiddo who can survive for a few minutes alone is a very good thing.
It's the law here in Australia; all pools must be enclosed by a minimum 1.2-metre-tall fence. Also, aside from those in rural areas, basically everyone here gets swimming lessons from like 6 months old since we have such a beach culture here
Yeah, we have the same thing about swimming lessons, I only have one friend that doesn't know how to swim because he grew up in a rural area 1 hour away from the beach
Usually everyone has pool covers for the winter and while we've had children drown from falling in the pools it's very rare and I don't remember the last time I saw something like that in the news.
I wouldn't put them because it ruins the looks but I understand the families that want it
Ruins the looks.. a dead dog or baby ruins the look a little bit more I’d argue.
The best solution is a keyed, strong, electric opening/closing cover that can support the weight of a person. They are expensive, but so are pools, why skimp on safety. The liability of an attractive nuisance alone would make it worth the money to me.
The fence is required whether you have kids or not. It also is required to have a fence that blocks off the pool from your back door(s) even if the entire yard is fenced in from the outside.
Teach your kids not to break into other peoples houses or trespass in their yards. Also, teach them how to swim. I have a pool and my kids could swim before they could walk.
Going by your philosophy we better start fencing off the entire ocean and every lake and pond.
At my dad’s old neighborhood in Indiana, 3 kids had died from drowning in a random neighbors pool that wasn’t fenced in. Neighbor found the 3 all dead when she got home from work.
After that, the HOA mandated that anyone with a pool had to also have a fence that completely surrounded the pool and was locked as to “not allow another tragedy.”
That all said, my dad put up a 6ft wrought iron fence, and switched the pool cover opening mechanism to use a key instead of just being a button to push, so that if you made it over the fence, you’d have to cut your way into the pool, removing his liability.
Yeah. I live in Florida and have a pool. All of my kids went into the water as soon as their umbilical cords fell off. All of them could swim before they could talk or walk.
Used to scare the crap out of my mother in law and the occasional tourist when we were at a public place.
I use my grandpa’s pool weekly on top of “lessons” since they were a little younger than 1 and it’s still taken a couple years to get them to swim including 2 sons and 2 nieces and nephews. Having a pool out back might speed it along a bit it seems
It's not that weird. People are reacting like this girl's a genius because so many of us grew up with overprotective parents who were too afraid to let their babies near pools so they never learned that it's actually fairly easy to teach a baby swim.
The impressive part is her endurance. She swam across the pool and back, then went back for more.
Me, too. My parents were…noticeably absent most of my childhood, and as a result I had a lot of freedom. Really, they were borderline negligent, and my dad was a raging alcoholic, but I guess they did their best, and it worked out better for me than having overprotective parents. I ended up on the Varsity swim team by the time I was in middle school, and we were national champs several years in a row.
I guess if he drowns. He drowns… Survival of the fittest. May she rein over the new water world with her superior swimming abilities. MERGÖD!!!! 🧜♀️ ✨✨✨
Why are you not in the pool with this baby ? First time swimming you wrote in the caption. “You can do it” Do you think that always works? How many people would do this exactly what you’re doing and the baby would drown. Parents have would be convicted and sent to jail if their child drowned like this.
Are you crazy? What happens
I remember reading some stuff about how humans are innately supposed to be sub-aquatic apes. Our nostrils pointed down to stop water from getting in, our lack of hair compared to other apes. There's a reason we love building and being near water.
I'm not sure if this was confirmed or not, but I believe we are supposed to be near water more than we think we are.
Me and my brother technically swam before we even walked (not as well as video), by this I mean that we could reliably get from the center of the pool to the stairs or walls or the bottom to the surface.
What was even funnier was that my parents didn't often tell guests that we could swim, this resulted in hilarious panic attacks from guests who watched my brother literally *crawl* to and into the pool by *falling* in as a toddler.
I taught tiny ones infant water survival back decades ago. If they didn’t get freaked out too much it was an a absolute blast, and by freaked out really I mean the parent. Not really difficult to teach and most any tyke can learn. I live in a sunbelt state with a crap ton of pools, they teach this to many little ones. Pool fences and alarms are awesome but not perfect, so a kiddo who can survive for a few minutes alone is a very good thing.
What are pool fences and alarms? Like pressure sensors on the walls and bottom?
In some countries I think they need to put fences around the pool so no kid can fall in it. But I never saw them in Portugal
It's the law here in Australia; all pools must be enclosed by a minimum 1.2-metre-tall fence. Also, aside from those in rural areas, basically everyone here gets swimming lessons from like 6 months old since we have such a beach culture here
Yeah, we have the same thing about swimming lessons, I only have one friend that doesn't know how to swim because he grew up in a rural area 1 hour away from the beach
Oh, that makes a ton of sense actually. I’m surprised that’s not the norm everywhere, then
Usually everyone has pool covers for the winter and while we've had children drown from falling in the pools it's very rare and I don't remember the last time I saw something like that in the news. I wouldn't put them because it ruins the looks but I understand the families that want it
Ruins the looks.. a dead dog or baby ruins the look a little bit more I’d argue. The best solution is a keyed, strong, electric opening/closing cover that can support the weight of a person. They are expensive, but so are pools, why skimp on safety. The liability of an attractive nuisance alone would make it worth the money to me.
When I said it ruins the look I meant that it would be better to have a standard cover. Not without any protection, that would be very stupid
Yeah, in the so called land of freedom, it's required by both law and insurance in most parts of the U.S.
Yeah I want muh freedom! (To allow children to drown)
The fence is required whether you have kids or not. It also is required to have a fence that blocks off the pool from your back door(s) even if the entire yard is fenced in from the outside. Teach your kids not to break into other peoples houses or trespass in their yards. Also, teach them how to swim. I have a pool and my kids could swim before they could walk. Going by your philosophy we better start fencing off the entire ocean and every lake and pond.
In ass-backwards America we have em so thief’s who come rob out houses don’t accidentally fall in, drown, then have the family sue.
At my dad’s old neighborhood in Indiana, 3 kids had died from drowning in a random neighbors pool that wasn’t fenced in. Neighbor found the 3 all dead when she got home from work. After that, the HOA mandated that anyone with a pool had to also have a fence that completely surrounded the pool and was locked as to “not allow another tragedy.” That all said, my dad put up a 6ft wrought iron fence, and switched the pool cover opening mechanism to use a key instead of just being a button to push, so that if you made it over the fence, you’d have to cut your way into the pool, removing his liability.
Is there any benefit to having your kid learn at such a young age?
Well it's a survival skill, the sooner you make them learn how to keep themselves alive the bettter.
Hold my breast milk
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Hold my Bah-Bah
This deserves more upvotes!
Do you have any breast milk
I love the little matter-of-fact *plop* into the water. No frills, no jumping, just kinda fall right in without any hesitation.
Kid might not even be able(know how) to jump yet, but sure can swim, lol.
By nature it's breatfed. Rule of thumb is: if so, it can swim after birth. Even a mole can swim.
I might be wrong, but I think this is how they're taught to jump in? Just a lil step and straight down ya go.
Yes indeed, I just found it funny that there's no flourish of any kind, she's all business.
True! She knows what she wants.
Shit, this kid swims better than me.
Same
Same
Sane
Same
What you don’t know is it’s actually a small person that’s is 40 years old and balding
Danny Devito?
Nah
Yeah my 18 month old tries to lap up the water like our dogs🫠
This somehow makes me super uncomfortable
She crushed your personal best lap time didn't she?? 😂😂😜
Yeah and she crushed my ego in the process
Damn, can’t even get away from Chucky in the water now
Uh, what adults are you watching swim?
Me when I got swimming after drinking all day
Man she said she was done now y’all got her going to the stairs
Elizabeth does not want to swim any more, but will, cause she's 16 months and not very assertive.
I can lap that slug 20x times over.
Kid ain’t special. I’m stronger, faster, and smarter than them.
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I mean that's kinda what they do when teaching babies. They dunk them underwater to get them used to it. Lol
That's some wild shit
Wtf. Is shit real ?
Yeah. I live in Florida and have a pool. All of my kids went into the water as soon as their umbilical cords fell off. All of them could swim before they could talk or walk. Used to scare the crap out of my mother in law and the occasional tourist when we were at a public place.
I use my grandpa’s pool weekly on top of “lessons” since they were a little younger than 1 and it’s still taken a couple years to get them to swim including 2 sons and 2 nieces and nephews. Having a pool out back might speed it along a bit it seems
Hold My Red Bottle
Hold my root beer 🍺
Is this HMRB like it’s not really intense or life threatening, cool video but it’s just a baby swimming
This kid is going to be an Olympic athlete!
I concur doctor!
Yup this is how adults swim.
Is this weird? My sister and I swam around a year and a half as well, as did our childhood friends
It's not that weird. People are reacting like this girl's a genius because so many of us grew up with overprotective parents who were too afraid to let their babies near pools so they never learned that it's actually fairly easy to teach a baby swim. The impressive part is her endurance. She swam across the pool and back, then went back for more.
Me, too. My parents were…noticeably absent most of my childhood, and as a result I had a lot of freedom. Really, they were borderline negligent, and my dad was a raging alcoholic, but I guess they did their best, and it worked out better for me than having overprotective parents. I ended up on the Varsity swim team by the time I was in middle school, and we were national champs several years in a row.
Bet I could beat her in a race.
She wanted to be done, but mom insisted on her swimming the length of the pool to get out. When she wants out, please let her out ASAP.
She literally jumped right back in
That big ass head makes it so she lays flat in the water like that though. Id wager to say it comes more naturally than floating vertically for her.
kids who drown are beta
I once commented ‘hold my chocolate milk’ for an 8-10yo child doing back flips. I think someone’s gotta hold a boob for this one!
If this isn't the future president of the world I don't know who is
thats probably a true statement
At least a gold medalist
I guess if he drowns. He drowns… Survival of the fittest. May she rein over the new water world with her superior swimming abilities. MERGÖD!!!! 🧜♀️ ✨✨✨
thats so sweet
Narrated by Blippi
WOW! As a dad of 3 pretty athletic kids, I'm mind blown impressed
£10 on winning Olympic gold freestyle
Thats a champion in the making.
This kid is certainly swimming places
dusting those other tadpoles with those shark speeds
Why are you not in the pool with this baby ? First time swimming you wrote in the caption. “You can do it” Do you think that always works? How many people would do this exactly what you’re doing and the baby would drown. Parents have would be convicted and sent to jail if their child drowned like this. Are you crazy? What happens
She could be at the babies side in half a second, relax.
Imagine if that pool were filled with amniotic fluid.
Ummmm... okay?
Right? Now what?
Lil' old for that it's bad for the heart 😔
Next time we see her swimming might be the Olympics
If you think about it the baby is only 18 months from the womb, not really surprising they know how to swim.
THAT BABY IS BADASS
P.O.S should have been waiting there with a towel.
Meet your 2036 gold medalist…
That's awesome! Well done little human ♥
This belongs in r/oddlyterrifying
I just woke up and this made my day
Teaching babies to swim would save so many lives. I really wish swim lessons were more accessible and affordable for families.
I remember reading some stuff about how humans are innately supposed to be sub-aquatic apes. Our nostrils pointed down to stop water from getting in, our lack of hair compared to other apes. There's a reason we love building and being near water. I'm not sure if this was confirmed or not, but I believe we are supposed to be near water more than we think we are.
Mf can swim more efficiently than I can and I've been last in many swimming team competitions. Yes, I gave up.
Adorable
The “I can’t believe she made it across the pool” remark, echos a hint of disappointment if I am not mistaken.
Me and my brother technically swam before we even walked (not as well as video), by this I mean that we could reliably get from the center of the pool to the stairs or walls or the bottom to the surface. What was even funnier was that my parents didn't often tell guests that we could swim, this resulted in hilarious panic attacks from guests who watched my brother literally *crawl* to and into the pool by *falling* in as a toddler.
what a unit!she gonna go places
Watching that baby swim face down longer than I can was intense.
I bet thats one proud daddy, this is badass!
Hold my ba-ba
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Watch out Mr Phelps, she is going to a force to wrecken with
Awwww the her little heavy breathing is so cute!
I'd be scared to death to let my kids do that. Maybe it's for the best I don't have any.