BABY SWIMMING AND ITS PROS AND CONS

Children, whose mothers have allergy or asthma, are at higher risk of having the same problems. It’s totally up to the parents to 

Decide whether their baby should participate in swimming lessons or not, as studies show that babies who do swimming from age 

0-6 months tend to suffer from tightness in chest and wheezing Most of the kids who nice have done baby swimming

Babies have some reflexes that can portray them as good swimmers, one is the swimming reflex and the other is the dive reflex.

THE BRADYCARDIC RESPONSE

Most commonly known as the dive reflex make babies open their eyes while holding their breath, when submurged .Babies does the same when air is blown in their face. With age this response gets weakened, but even the adults have it to some extent.

THE SWIMMING REFLEX

Till the age of about six months if a baby is laid down in water on his stomach he moves both his arms and legs in a swimming like movement, and so they just seem to be natural swimmers

BABY SWIMMING AND ASTHMA.

There was a study conducted in Norway in which 30,000 participants took part. Almost 25 percent of the children took part in zwemschool amsterdam baby swimming from age 0-6 months. Many kids who participated in baby swimming did not show a noticeable change in their health, such as occurrence of lower respiratory tract infections or ear inflammation, tightness in the chest or wheezing. In the kids from ages 6-18 months the incidence of ear infection is 30 percent and that of lower respiratory tract infection is 13 percent, while the children who experienced tightness of chest and wheezing were 40 percent. The offspring’s of mothers who were allergic or asthma patients more than 43 percent of children who did not go swimming had tightness in the chest or wheezing. This was studied by comparing these children with those who swam and had same problems, there were 47 percent, and the moms of these children had asthma. The difference is nominal but can point out to a tendency of higher risk of respiratory problems in children whose moms are asthma patient.

The studies done before this proved that there was connection between airways infection in children and baby swimming. The over use of chlorine that is used in keeping the indoor pool water clean can harm the epithelium of lungs, resulting in respiratory problems such as wheezing, chest tightness and eventually asthma among children of young age.

This connection between baby swimming and respiratory problems was once pointed out by a pediatrician who wanted to confirm whether the children with a high risk of asthma who participated in baby swimming are more likely to develop respiratory problems or not. As all these studies were not decisive, a lot more research has to be done in order to establish the findings.