Mommy or Daddy & Me Lessons
Having Mommy or Daddy participate provides comfort to new learners. Actively guiding and assisting your child in water will help promote their movement, overall development and safety — PLUS, it’s a fun time for babies and the parent.
(starting at 6 months - A parent must accompany the child in water)
These bonding lessons will help you simultaneously develop mutual trust, security and self-confidence. Lessons involve playtime with specific toys (provided by the instructor) as well as songs that allow babies to move rhythmically in the calm water, where positive new impressions and experiences are created. Water safety is very important to SWIM HAVEN and a key element in our Mommy or Daddy & Me lessons. We will teach our mini students fundamental safety and self-rescue exercises.
Parents will also learn how to safely handle and hold their child in water and benefit from the intimate physical contact, that can strengthen the parent-child connection. We will teach you to utilize controlled push-and-pull movements, so you can safely maneuver your baby smoothly through the pool, to perform resistance exercises. Not only will your baby experience a soft and pleasant massage but these aquatic exercises enable a wider range of motion while also enhancing their motor skills.
This class is not a classic Infant Self Rescue (ISR) class but rather an interactive Mommy or Daddy & Me lesson with important SAFETY elements. *See FAQ
Let us help you and your baby or toddler become a safe swimmer in the future.