Water Babies
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Do like the lessons don’t like the business
First of all the swimming lessons we have had both with my baby and my toddler were all amazing and we loved the teachers and both kids had fun and enjoyed themselves. However the concept of water babies is absolutely unrealistic for families who don’t have childcare at hand or families who have jobs that require them to be away. The rules at water babies stand they are absolutely not flexible or budging on it. Considering that these lessons are only 30 minutes but cost you over 20£ it’s ridiculous that they want you to sign up for two months and then the cancellation notice is another 4 weeks. There is no pausing your classes. My husband sometimes has to be away for a couple weeks time for work and we have no family or childcare around to look after the kid that is not swimming so you are made to pay for lessons you won’t be able to attend even if you would know this way in advance and classes could be offered as catch up lessons. Which brings me to next point. 2 catch up lessons every 6 months. Have you guys ever had children and know how often they get ill! Absolutely unrealistic and a rip off. My next point is over the span we have been with water babies we have been to different locations and figured we are paying the same for different facilities. One location had changing units, individual changing cubicles for adults, showers, a cafe, a play area and then the other I had to change my baby on the floor in a girls changing room that had space for two adults but we were in it with 5 women and 5 babies trying to make it work. No cafe no decent waiting or viewing area. And the prices paid were the same. Do I recommend the lessons yes. Do I recommend the water babies concept no, absolutely not. Ridiculous rules to prices that well are too high for what you are getting. Swimming is a life skill it should be accessible to everyone.