Leah

Sep 7, 2022

No changing facilities Misinformed about the lessons

. The only negatives I have to take away from the lesson was that we were told that there were covid restrictions still in place so my partner could not help me get her ready before and after the lesson and could not enter the pool until we were about to get in and then would have to leave as the lesson ended (which was fine as those were the rules in place ) however during our lesson other parents from the next class started to arrive half way through our lesson and sat by the poolside so I don’t understand how it was ok for them to be able to do this but my husband couldn’t stay to help me change my baby at the beginning or end and with no appropriate baby changing facilities this proved to be extremely difficult. I understand that water babies uses a lot of different pools therefore there may not be baby facilities but I feel that this needs to be highlighted in an email or over the phone so that I would have brought my own changing mat which I will definitely know for next lesson as that was very unsafe for my child. One major confusion was over the phone I was told if I didn’t want my baby to go underwater that I wouldn’t have to partake in that aspect of the lesson as it was a small part of the lessons however in the lesson the teacher told me that water babies main focus/ majority of the lessons is about water safety and teaching your baby the skills to survive in a potential drowning situation so there would be lots of dunking within each lesson which overall is not what I thought the lessons were going to be about so I feel very misinformed regarding what waterbabies is all about. Lastly, there’s a quick change over from each lesson I really wish there was just a 5 minute break in between each lesson either before or after so that we would be able to talk to the teacher at the end if we had any questions or concerns. Overall My baby enjoyed her first swimming lessons today, she already loves baths so I’m pleased that she seemed to have a good swimming experience with water babies but I’m a bit unsure as to whether I would want to continue now that I know submerging them is a main focus of the lessons because even though I was ensured that it is safe my baby ended up with a explosive diarrhoea which is a result of babies drinking water.