“The videos themselves are good quality but I wish it was shared up front before purchasing that you need a heated pool for this program. By the time I realized I didn’t know anyone in the area with a heated pool, it was too late to ask for a refund. I also wish the training started with teaching your baby or toddler to safely turn onto their back and float, instead of so much focus on getting to the side of the pool. I think getting that survival skill asap would be a better use of time.”
Hi Lovely! Thanks for sharing your feedback!
We start with allowing parents a few lessons to familiarise themselves with submerging their child and the holding positions. This creates an ease of transition, allowing a child's (and parent's!) comfort zone to grow gently. Remember, this first Milestone is only an introduction and you can set your own pace for when you are ready to move on. Not much time is needed here for most parents and then we get straight into learning the first half of Survival Swimming, the Self-Rescue, including floating independently and rolling into a float.
A warm pool allows for a child to relax and therefore learn. If your child is older, and the water is tepid from the warm weather, you may still be able to use a non-heated pool.
I hope this encourages you to keep going with giving your little one these life-saving skills!
All the best!
Keryn van Kempen
The Waterbaby Family
“I have loved completing this program with my 14 month old. We have access to my parents pool but nowhere locally teaches survival swimming. It has so far been probably the best investment for our little girl — with swim safety being of upmost importance. We are still in the program but gaining peace of mind after each lesson that she’ll know what to do.”
“Love love love this program! It is so much fun to see my 1,5 year old improve every week! We are just past step 3 now and he really loves to swim underwater and practise to float. I got a lot of people in the pool looking at us and when I explain what we do and how old he is they are all very proud. I am sure that my little one being able to float if he falls in water is gonna give me a lot of peace of mind this summer. Thanks for making this program so fun and easy to follow :)”
“Bought the bundle. Haven't started the survival guide yet but everything makes a ton of sense and is easy to digest. This gives me much more confidence and is way more affordable than the Parents & Tots classes in Ontario for someone with a pool at home.”
“I feel like it’s geared more towards older kids. I bought this for my 6M old but I feel like it’s missing how to teach them to go
under water. I have a pool so I was hoping to get a lot of the program but now I feel stuck because I’ve done back float and water on his head. & I’m still waiting for a reply from them about the above & still no answer.”
Hi Jacqueline!
So glad you reached out again!! Our domain wouldn't allow me to reply to your email address. It blocked it and after lots of back and forth with my domain provider, I was still unable to get you unblocked. 😭
I was also unable to find you on Instagram but couldn't locate you so had no other way to contact you.
If you would like to email me from a different email address, repost your question in our comment section within the program, or reach out to me via instagram DM's, I will forward you my response!
In regard to your comment, yes, our program is designed for 12mths through to 6 years so is geared to this older age group.
Submersions are taught within the first Milestone over a couple of Activities.
That's great you have introduced assisted floating and water on his head. Well done! 🙌
This will give him a great head start when he's ready to begin our Survival Swim program.
Look forward to hearing from you!
Kindest Regards,
Keryn van Kempen
The Waterbaby Family
Hi Samantha!
Thankyou for sharing your feedback! You purchased our Bundle program and are able to print your Welcome to Water Baby Bathtime Program as it is a downloadable ebook.
You also received access to our online program How to Teach Your Baby to Survival Swim program. This is an online video course so unfortunately it is not downloadable. You have complete lifetime access to this program but I noticed you haven't started it at all. Do you need help with your login?
Please feel free to reach out to us at hello@thewaterbabyfamily.com if you need help with accessing your program and I will get this sorted for you!
Kindest Regards,
Keryn van Kempen
The Waterbaby Family
“This program is absolutely amazing! It’s so simple and well organized! My daughter loves all of the activities and I cherish being able to teach her survival skills while also protecting her love for the water! Thank you!!!!!!”
“Very good course! I use it for my 3 month old and she is already not afraid of water falling in her face and is very comfortable in the water. I want to start the course for my 3 year old but anticipate he will be harder since he had already developed some water fears.”
“The program is easy to follow and uses clear, effective videos to demonstrate techniques. The program requires access to a pool and is not designed for open water.”
“Very helpful if you want to teach survival swimming in your home pool or simply on your on schedule! I love that I can do swim lessons in a less chlorinated pool during a less sunny time of day to protect baby’s skin!”
“I've purchased the How To Teach Your Baby To Survival Swim Package from the Waterbaby Family and I abolsutely love it. The outline of how each skill should be taught, and when to introduce new skills is so well laid out adn easy to follow. The online platform and app make it increidbly easy to toggle between computer and phone, so you can complete the lessons wherever. There's checklists and quizes to make sure you and your little one have mastered all of the information before moving onto the next skill or lesson plan. It's really the most well organized and well thought out lesson plan I've seen.”
“I’ve been on the fence about doing ISR classes for my little one who is now 6 months. The handout from the water baby family have given me the confidence to start doing some things at home at my own pace to see how my baby does. I want her to learn to self rescue swim but I don’t want her to be traumatized by classes so I appreciate this resource that allows me to start teaching breath holds and things at our own pace and then I can decide if I want to teach her all of it at home or sign her up when she has some of the basics so it’s less scary.”
“So far, this course has been easy to watch and follow and I'm excited to try it out. I haven't started all of the lessons, but I'm hopeful they will teach my toddler the safety skills needed in water!”
