Wow, that is amazing. I didn't think it was real at first.

My cousin did exactly that but just sank to the bottom of the pool, ran in after I heard the splash and he was sitting on the bottom looking up a me.
Certainly didn't float on his back like that.

you can clearly see when the baby falls in that there is some kind of flotation in that suit .

^^^ my thoughts exactly.

kiteboy dave said..
As a parent I find that video highly disturbing. So much potential to go wrong. Kid thrown in pool head first (sure didn't dive in by itself) Kid left floating, screaming, apparently for 10 minutes. Dunno, it might be for a good cause, but I can't say I like it.

Being a non parent....it's now 2 minutes after watching that and my hands are still clammy and my heart is still racing...
and it's given me a headache

Why are people stressed? You know it's a movie. You know the kid is not going to come to any harm (because they would not have posted the video). It's not uncommon for infants to be comfortable in water



The question is, how did they do it? We don't see anything helpful. The kid just apparently floats face up.

the child is about 13-15 months old tho, and if they are anything like my boys they float very well especially when they are even younger

The truth is that thousand of kids drown in swimming pools just like that every year.

One thing is fun in the water when baby could have supervised swimming lessons and fun, quite another " self rescue" which not even in this case - just a matter of time, and this kid could drown at any minute.
Rescue means that could crawl of the water, which is not a case.

Video send wrong message to parents.

Next fake, IMO baby and all other animals do swim usually on their belly not the back, here possibly the floating device is used which even more obscure the truth.

smicko said...

Both of my two youngest boys could float like that by age two, well and truly. Just as you would expect a six year old to be able to after two years of lessons.

see this is where i fail to see the link between your kids being able to float in a pool with no doubt a pair of swimmers on and this baby who has a full body suit on . The weight of that suit fully wet would be enough to drag the kid underwater . My 2 year old can hold her breath under water and has been swimming since she was 6 months old but would still sink to the bottom of the pool .

After having two boys start swimming lessons at 12 months, I think the child has flotation, babies just don't float like that. I also find the video disturbing, I don't remember doing any training like that.

should have tied a brick to its foot

No, they are trained to float in a grow suit, that's the whole point of the exercise. And the self rescue term is just wanky swim instructor talk for a kid keeping itself afloat long enough for you to fish it out of the water, at this age at any rate.

There's a very big difference between starting swimming lessons at six or twelve months and starting at birth. Six to twelve months is a lifetime when you're a newborn.

Think of how a child develops physically in its first twelve months, it goes from being a squirming rug dweller to running around the place (Well ours did at least because we didn't phuck them over by carrying them everywhere and sticking them in walkers and jolly jumpers, it's more labour intensive than raising a couch potato with a gaming remote in each hand but the results speak for themselves) Why is it so hard to fathom a child developing on a similar level in the water.

In fact the two mediums work in unison and lead to faster development of gross motor skills than is possible to achieve singularly.

But what would I know, I'm only speaking from experience. And just quietly I had no idea either until Manhands edumacated me in the art of child development.

As that old advert says 'It is an art worth your learning.'

You're wrong, they can float, I've seen it. Not on film.

And YES, they should be up and about by twelve months. If they're not it's our responsibility for not giving them the opportunity to learn these essential skills. Just the same as if they are unable to read by the time they reach primary school.

The human race has been evolving physically, mentally and spiritually for millennia. It's only in the last couple of generations we've been using technology for a crutch and de-evolving.

slammin said..

I think the idea that any kid can float is a joke, Some body types like mine and my kids just can't float on our backs.

The more "well padded" you are, the better you float.

Younger babies float better, but as they get older 1.5 to 3 years some kids just can't float due to their body shape.

I'm not saying the kids that can't float are too skinny, but maybe I am saying they are witches / warlocks.

tmurray said..

It takes seconds for a kid to drown and it's normally silent.
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That is very true. Every little kid ive seen nearly drown goes straight under. There is no splashing or noise, it is just in the pool and to the bottom. It is pretty scary