| Posted By |
Message |
dm24angel
Happiness
Member since 5/05 34581 total posts
Name:
Donna
|
Float devices ( for pools)
Which is best? Im so confused at all the options?
the ones that go over the head? Simple arm floaties?
TIA!
|
Posted 7/1/09 5:44 PM  |
| |
|
Long Island Weddings
Long Island's Largest Bridal Resource |
KateDevine
*
Member since 6/06 24950 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
We have arm floaties, he just wanted to swim on his own with them.
When we go away later this month, I am going to invest in a vest type flotation device
|
| Posted 7/1/09 5:48 PM |
| |
|
nferrandi
too excited for words
Member since 10/05 18538 total posts
Name:
Nicole
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
I'm not a big fan of the whole body suit ones, I feellike they just look uncomfortable. I just have are swimmies for DS. And then he has a regular lifejacket for boating.
|
| Posted 7/1/09 5:52 PM |
| |
|
|
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
Posted by nferrandi
I'm not a big fan of the whole body suit ones, I feellike they just look uncomfortable. I just have are swimmies for DS. And then he has a regular lifejacket for boating.
Same here, I feel like they ride up on the kids  They usually wear their swimmies or vests around the pool.
|
| Posted 7/1/09 5:59 PM |
| |
|
EmmaNick
*
Member since 12/06 16001 total posts
Name:
*
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
We used the arm floaties at the hotel pools we were in this past week and they just didn't hold her up enough to make her confident to let go for a long time.
I have the tube suit but haven't used it yet, and the puddle jumper vest for the public pools (since you can't use swimmies or anything else there). I know the tube suit will work great, since I used one with Nicholas. I would get one of those or the puddle jumper if you are going to public pools.
|
| Posted 7/1/09 8:23 PM |
| |
|
Bops
My 3 wishes
Member since 12/07 13625 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
My DS likes the fabric arm floaties
|
| Posted 7/1/09 8:26 PM |
| |
|
GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
Name:
Shawn
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
For our DC, we use the vest when they can't swim at all. DS is taking swimming lessons, so we use the inflatable arm floaties to make it more "natural", and to help him swim and not just rely on the vest.
The floaties won't keep their head out of the water, it just helps them keep their chest/shoulders up a bit.
|
| Posted 7/2/09 7:28 AM |
| |
|
MrsR
My love.
Member since 5/05 6247 total posts
Name:
Jennifer
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
I never used floaties with my DD. I have heard from many swm instructors that it gives them a false sense of security in the water. Even in the camp she is in now they don't use anything like noodles or kickboards.
the downside is you have to be in the pool holding them every second, which I can understand gets tiring, but I just thought I would offer another perspective.
|
| Posted 7/2/09 7:32 AM |
| |
|
rose825
Best Friends
Member since 6/05 10228 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
we used the full bathing suit with the floats in it until he could kind of swim,then the arm floaties. DS loved both at their own time
|
| Posted 7/2/09 7:44 AM |
| |
|
GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
Name:
Shawn
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
Posted by MrsR
I never used floaties with my DD. I have heard from many swm instructors that it gives them a false sense of security in the water. Even in the camp she is in now they don't use anything like noodles or kickboards.
the downside is you have to be in the pool holding them every second, which I can understand gets tiring, but I just thought I would offer another perspective.
That's what I always thought, but at Saf-T-Swim they use them, so we use the ones that they use.... 
|
| Posted 7/2/09 9:08 AM |
| |
|
gottaluvmusik
Just the 4 of us
Member since 12/06 3554 total posts
Name:
Andrea
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
Our swim instructors have always told us not to use the floaties at all because the kids start to depend on them instead of learning to swim. They say its just better to hold them ourselves when in the pool.
|
| Posted 7/2/09 9:25 AM |
| |
|
dm24angel
Happiness
Member since 5/05 34581 total posts
Name:
Donna
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
Posted by EmmaNick
We used the arm floaties at the hotel pools we were in this past week and they just didn't hold her up enough to make her confident to let go for a long time.
I have the tube suit but haven't used it yet, and the puddle jumper vest for the public pools (since you can't use swimmies or anything else there). I know the tube suit will work great, since I used one with Nicholas. I would get one of those or the puddle jumper if you are going to public pools.
WHAT is a tube Suit and WHAT is a puddle Jumper??
Im clueless?!?!
We have a pool in the backyard, one of those Intex ones, its about 4 feet deep...and I havent put him in it yet, but we also plan to do the public pool as well.
|
| Posted 7/2/09 10:25 AM |
| |
|
dm24angel
Happiness
Member since 5/05 34581 total posts
Name:
Donna
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
Posted by gottaluvmusik
Our swim instructors have always told us not to use the floaties at all because the kids start to depend on them instead of learning to swim. They say its just better to hold them ourselves when in the pool.
Makes sense, Im just afirad I will drop him...I have a big belly now and he is squirmy.
|
| Posted 7/2/09 10:26 AM |
| |
|
Stacey1403
Where it all began....
Member since 5/05 24065 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Float devices ( for pools)
We use these with both of our kids..
Damien now swims on his own.
I also bought a really small tube at Rite aid for Jaidy and she fits in it perfectly. She loves it. One of us is just always close by in case she decides to get out of it. So far she hasn't 
|
| Posted 7/2/09 10:39 AM |
| |
|
