Last week before Dylan lost his fear of “big pools” (as he calls them), he refused to get into the infant floats we had. So, like good parents, we layered our kid in protection. Poor thing … besides the standard swim diaper & trunks, he had on swim shoes, a rash guard, a swim vest (hand me down from friends that was a bit too large), water wings and a hat:
Then he shocked us on Wednesday by not only jumping into the pool, but jumping in at the deep end. Bye bye, fear. Overall our makeshift flotation assistance (along with our being there to catch him) worked well in spite of the fact that the vest was a bit too big and a valve in one of the water wings kept popping & letting air out. Very frustrating.
That’s when realization set in that perhaps a Puddle Jumper was in order. (ETA: Basically it’s a flotation device that’s a combo of water wings & a front vest. It snaps in the back & has foam so no blowing up required. Much easier for us to put on him too!) Two of his best buddies have them as well so they can all swim in style. 😉 Dylan’s arrived yesterday and we took him to the pool last night to try it out. He loved it!
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