Baby Graciela learning to swim at 9 weeks old

I've been given Graciela swim lessons every other day for a month. She is now starting to do the back float. When she first started swim classes with me in our roman tub (LOL), she didn't know how to kick her legs under the water. She would just stand still trying to get used to the new sensation of being in the water. However, this week she started kicking her legs and moving her hands under the water. Her legs and arms have become a lot stronger since I've been giving her a work out in the water. Graciela has also been sleeping 7 to 9 hours a night since since her lesssons.

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[gracialita]

mamaof520121- Agreed! I'm a social worker in miami, FL and I have had to deal with many downing cases that have come in during my on-call shift. It's really sad the death rates (due to drowing) among young babies.

[gracialita]

This I would like to add: The only downfall in teaching kids to learn to swim at such a young age is they don't learn to be fearful of water. This is the con of it all.

[gracialita]

Kathara14-I know people are too much. There is this thing called "A 3rd Degree Sex Offender" Their are people who get off looking a naked infants! Thats why she is in a bathing suit.

[gracialita]

Manfi111-She can stay afloat for a very short period of time but a kid can't really swing until they are about 3 years of age. They don't have the strength. I did it for prevention measures. If you look at any video's of a kid swiming under the age a 3, they are only floating on thier backs. Some call it swiming but I call that prevention measures.

[gracialita]

Wow, so many of you have a lot to say to me. My daughter is almost three years old now (In March). We live in Miami FL. The death rates for drowning are off the charts here. She did not die of hypothhermia because I only did it in bath water. She never went into pool or ocean water until she was 6 months.

To Everest2021-I guess you never seen a pool because that looks like a bath tub she is in...DUDE

[Straightbangin1979]

great vid! great to get babies swimming so young. i know that a great parent like you will teach them water safety as they get older so they know not go into rushing water or swim alone and all that.

[koleemom08]

I think it's a great idea to teach children at a young age.

[TheMrsvampirecullen]

fucking sTUPID ASS PARENT

[TheBordomGirl]

Let me rephrase that, she wont let me go at all so she never really gets a since of floating on her own, she gets really scared if she is not directly in my arms.

[TheBordomGirl]

I don't see any problem with teaching a baby to swim, its healthy and as long as the parent is watching their child there should be no issue. your child is really pretty by the way! My daughter is one and a half and I want to teacher her to swim, she is to big to do much in the tub, she doesn't like to let me go tho in the pool, do you know a good way i can get her to relax and be comfortable in deeper water?

[YelimRay]

@gracialita No that's not true. There are babies around a year of age on youtube ISR classes who get put on there back by the instructor and have to flip over and swim to the edge. If they are far away from the edge they flip, swim, turn back on there back (to breathe), flip, swim again. ITs amazing infact i was just watching a video of a baby who looked 8 or 9 months doing it.

[xinkedandtwistedx]

She is beautiful. And that's fantastic, I really wish I'd done this with my kids.

[MoldytoasterMedia]

sexy

[lanalumiere]

that is soooooooooo sweeeeeeeeeet <3

[madgirl132]

Wow. Big 9 week old.