It is important getting babies accustomed to water young so they can be familiar and at home with water from the get go. Otherwise you will spend lots of wasted hours coaxing and encouraging a young child into water once external factors of fear sets in. A good age to start would be 4-6 months of age.

T2 started at 8 months only because we were lazy ass parents. T1 started a lot earlier at 4 months.

Having said that, we still hardly take T2 swimming and really should do it a lot more. The poor baby has only ever been in the pool all of five times?

If it is your baby’s first time in a pool, make sure you go at a time when the water’s not too cold. Ease her into the water, no big splashing! Wet her body and tap the water gently. It would be great if you could bring some toys (cups!) to let her have some pouring fun.

Once baby is used to the water, you could take her for a walk. Hold her underarms and walk backwards so baby gets to feel motion going forward. Encourage her to kick behind. Play games with her whilst you move backward, for example, when you are moving backwards, say, “Swim-swim-swim-swim-swim……..STOP!!!” and stop. Repeat.

That will be Mamapumpkin’s First Swiming Class for the month. Go practise.

By the way, finally at 22 months old, T2 SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!! For a whole 10 hours. OMG! This is a cause for CELEBRATION!!!!

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.

She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

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Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.

Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.