To convince someone that swimming brings a baby a benefit is unnecessary. It is known that this is almost the most democratic and affordable kind of sport. Swimming is useful for health, to enhance immunity, temper the body and promote the emotional development of children.
Almost every healthy child can start swimming from the age of ten to fifteen days (of course, in the absence of contraindications). At home, classes are held in a normal bath.
The main rules for the lessons of entering with the baby
Before you begin to perform the first exercises, remember a few simple but very important rules.
- Classes are carried out for thirty minutes before or after the feeding. The duration of classes should be from 5 to 20 minutes.
- The main principles of water procedures are gradual and systematic. If for some reason you interrupted your studies, then after the break you need to start all over again.
- During classes, try not to be nervous. Your anxiety will be felt by the kid, and studies can frighten him.
- In order for the child to enjoy the lessons, the water should be pleasant and at first have a temperature of 37-37.5 degrees. By the end of the first month of training, it can be reduced to 34 degrees, and at the end of the third, to 32 degrees. So gradually it is hardening the baby. If the classes are interrupted, then they need to be renewed in warm water.
During the first classes, the mother or father may be in the bathtub, in addition to the baby. Joint bathing is a great pleasure. But an adult can also be on land.
At the very beginning of the baby is kept on the stomach, since the other positions are still unfamiliar and frightening him. The left hand is put on the back of the head, the right hand supports the head under the chin. If you are not sure of yourself, intercept the baby's left hand with your tummy under your tummy or hold it between the legs. If the baby accidentally drowned, put it in a column - the water will come out alone along with a belch. You can also press the child back to him, pressing his hands on the area of the animal.
During the training, the child's body must always be in the water in a horizontal position. If you feel that the child is not afraid of water and is experiencing pleasure, start exercising in the position on the back. Keep the head first with both hands. Gradually go to support the fashionable hand.
If you decide to teach your baby to swim, begin to perform the first simple, but effective exercises.
Forward-Back Posting
The body of the baby is completely in the water, the head on the surface. You sail to the bath, like a ship across vast spaces.
The Eight
With the help of such an exercise, you will be able to describe the child's circles with the child. Try to make the trajectory of your movement resemble the figure eight.
Repulsion from the rim
Move the baby up close to the side. Reflexively, he will try to straighten his half-bent legs and push away from the foreign object.
Turning the exercise will help to ensure that the repulsion of the child will be produced independently, without wiring "back and forth" to the side and from it.
Coups
Coups are performed from the back to the abdomen and back.
Support the baby in this case, you carry out two hands: one hand you support the back of the head, the other - the chin and chest. So the weight of the baby's body is transferred from one hand to the other.
We move with the baby forward on the bath, then turn it on the back, we swim in the opposite direction, then again turn over on the stomach. Do not forget this time to vigorously sentence "float-sail," thereby encouraging the baby's active movements and fixing in his mind the connection between your words and his actions.
Delayed breathing
If the kid is engaged in the water with pleasure, you can begin to teach him the holding of breathing.
Saying the word "dive", pour water on the baby's head with a palm. The child must master the "team": he closes his eyes, actively pushes the knuckles. Then you can proceed to a short "diving" - immersion in water for 2-3 seconds. Thus, a delay in breathing is produced, and the baby stops eating.
The main thing in the initial stage of the exercise is breathing. Only then is the development of technology. For independent swimming, you can step in when the child is trained in breathing delay and is quite active in the skill to row with his hands. However, the actual swimming is not the goal of the classes. The main thing is that the baby loves water and keeps a good mood in class.
Grow healthy!