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Tuesday 2 July 2013

She’s a real water babe: Incredible video shows a baby swimming the width of a pool in one breath

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Via - Daily Mail
Just 16 months old, this baby is unlikely to have been walking for long, let alone mastered any other physical activities.
But this incredible footage shows the tiny toddler swimming unaided and looking completely comfortable in the water.
The fearless baby swims face down, turning on her back to rest when she needs to breathe.

Natural: The footage shows the breathtaking moment the tiny toddler swims away from the side of the pool, face down and unaided
Natural: The footage shows the breathtaking moment the tiny toddler swims away from the side of the pool, face down and unaided
Breather: Flipping herself over onto her back when she runs out of breathe, the little child has been taught a self-rescue swimming technique
Breather: Flipping herself over onto her back when she runs out of breath, the little child has been taught a self-rescue swimming technique

The infant even jumps in, without arm bands, and swims to the far side of the pool unaided, without even taking a breather.
The remarkable feat has received much criticism from viewers on youtube.com.
In particular people are concerned the baby is being forced to swim when she is tired and doesn't want to.
 
But notes from the parents explain the mother's remarks on the video, and the child's baby-talk.
Replying to the comments, Adam BC, who posted the video, points out that he is a registered nurse and his wife was a life guard for six years and taught swimming. 
He also highlights that they are both professionally trained in CPR and water safety he is certified in advanced pediatric life support. 
He writes that the child in the video, Elizabeth, has been trained properly by certified instructors who teach the infant swimming resource (ISR) technique of swimming and self rescue.
Face down: She then swims back to the pool side for a rest
Face down: She then swims back to the pool side for a rest
Safe: The parents of the swimming baby explain that their daughter is a determined little girl
Safe: The parents of the swimming baby explain that their daughter is a determined little girl

He clarifies: 'At no point do we force our child to do anything she is unwilling to try.
'We are able to recognize infant/toddler fatigue in the swimming pool.
'Elizabeth is a very determined little girl and sometimes she wants to roll over and breath as she was taught and sometimes she wants to hold her breath the whole way.
'I was 100 per cent prepared to jump in at first sign of distress. Please watch some of the other videos I've posted of her swimming and spread the word.'
Adam recommends that all parents should teach their children to swim 'because it only takes a moment for them to slip under and drown'. 
'Some times the difference between life and death can be six inches of water and their ability to flip over on their back and take a breath,' he warns.
Unstoppable: She then jumps into the pool unaided and begins to swim to the other side, much to the surprise of the mother
Unstoppable: She then jumps into the pool unaided and begins to swim to the other side, much to the surprise of the mother
Determined: The tiny tot keeps on swimming, face down, without stopping to rest, towards the far side of the pool
Determined: The tiny tot keeps on swimming, face down, without stopping to rest, towards the far side of the pool

At one point in the video , it sounds as though the parent is astonished at the toddler's achievement, that she actually swam to the other side of the pool.
Explaining what was so remarkable about that moment, the notes say: 'My astonishment is not in the fact that she could swim across the pool because I always knew she could do it. 
'My astonishment came from the fact that she didn't turn around and come back to me.This was her first time she didn't come back to me :).
Strong: The baby doesn't stop swimming until she reaches the last step, the only place in the pool where she can touch the bottom
Strong: The baby doesn't stop swimming until she reaches the last step, the only place in the pool where she can touch the bottom
Relaxed: Apparently unaware of her incredible feat, the little child climbs out of the pool, not even out of breathe
Relaxed: Apparently unaware of her incredible feat, the little child climbs out of the pool, not even out of breathe
She steps out of the pool like a pro as if nothing remarkable has happened
She steps out of the pool like a pro as if nothing remarkable has happened

The parents warn: 'Please! do not just throw your child in the water and expect them to swim. That is both dangerous and a quick way to traumatize your child and scare them from ever swimming. ISR uses specialized techniques in training infants and toddlers'
Since posting the explanation, the parents have received a flurry of applauding comments, claiming the baby will be a swimming Olympic star, she's learned a lifelong skill and congratulating the parents on their teaching her. 

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