How to Help your Child with Autism Learn to Swim
There are two main techniques that can be used to help keep your child’s anxiety down and increase their ability to thrive and survive in the water. [...]
The 3 Big Reasons Why You Should NOT Use Floaties On Your Child
You may have bought your child ‘floaties’ for their arms and back to make them feel more comfortable in the water and to put your mind at rest knowing that [...]
Dry Drowning – What Every Parent Needs to Know
Most parents retire from lifeguard duty when their little ones hop out of the pool or make their way from the surf. Once they’re all dried off, it’s time for [...]
Easily Teach Your Child How to Hold Their Breath in the Water
With the use of the verbal cue, you can successfully help your baby have the best chance possible to survive in the water! As mentioned in my previous post, infants are [...]
How to Familiarise Your Baby with Water in the Bath and Prepare Them for Swimming Lessons
As mentioned in a previous post, infants are born with the ability to hold their breath for a short period of time and are very comfortable in a watery environment. [...]
Watch Me Not Your Phone
Mobile phones are well and truly integrated into most modern families lives. We often wake up and roll over to check our phones first thing in the morning and they [...]
Should My Child be Wearing Arm and Back Floats?
#DeanosSwimTips You may have bought your children floaties for their arms to make them feel more comfortable in the water. However, this is often not the best way to help [...]
Infants Natural Reflex – The Essential Skill that You can Teach Them Yourself!
From when your child is born up until around six months of age, they have a natural reflex to hold their breath while underwater. This fantastic skill will slowly fade [...]
Learn to Swim – Mandatory part of the new Victorian School Curriculum
While watching The Project on channel ten this afternoon, I saw a very interesting segment about the recent approval by the Andrews Government. Swimming lessons will be a MANDATORY part [...]
Do You Dread Social Events because You Know Your Children will be Playing in or near the Pool?
26 Children have Drowned in Australia in Less than a Year! There were 26 children between the ages of 0 and 4 years who drowned in Australia between 1 July [...]