AGE FROM 9 MONTHS


Between nine and ten months infants are starting to pull themselves up on furniture and walking around. Most are crawling at this stage and no longer are they content to stay in one place, but like to be where the action is or in the midst of what is going on.

For swimming the righting reflex is strong and they wont like being on their backs however we still need to practice this for water safety reasons. Infants enjoy being on their tummies and will mimic the crawling motion and will swim further.

They have become very good at reading parents thoughts and feelings these should be positive and encouraging as this will help build self confidence.

At ten months Quinn is crawling, pulling himself up on furniture. In the water he is swimming between instructor and Dad with a crawling motion. He is happy on his back when doing rotations and rolling over through the tunnel.