Baby Swimming – Gentle Beginnings in Water
Baby swimming is a beautiful, gentle way to introduce your baby to water and begin building confidence, trust, and a lifelong love of swimming. My approach is calm, nurturing, and connection-led — because for babies, safety always starts with closeness.
In person baby swimming classes
I recommend starting baby swimming classes from 12 weeks of age. At this stage, babies are ready to explore the water in a relaxed and supportive way, always alongside their parent. These classes are not about rushing skills or performance. They are about helping your baby feel safe, happy, and confident in the water while strengthening the bond between you.
Location:
Coast Hotel, Lahinch
Days:
Friday, Sunday & Monday
Book in - 0857089134
What will your baby learn
Through close physical connection, your baby learns to trust both the water and the parent holding them. Parent and baby learn to cooperate together, communicate without words, and build a deep sense of safety and understanding.
Gentle breath awareness and breath hold
Submerging in a calm, supported way
Back floating with full support
Kicking and natural water movement
Most importantly: a love for water from an early age
Online Baby Swimming Course – Newborn Love
Baby swimming starts at home 🤍 In warm water, in a familiar place, held close by the parent. These first gentle exercises are about safety, trust, and connection — not swimming laps. This is where water confidence begins. Part of my Newborn Love – Baby Swimming Online Course 💧
Why start at home? The first water experiences should happen in warm water , familiar surroundings, very close contact with a parent when a baby feels held, calm, and secure, they naturally relax and enjoy the water.
This early connection creates the foundation for confident swimming later on. What the course includes handling and supporting your newborn safely in water, bathing together with your baby, gentle water exercises for newborns , progression to swimming skills for older babies. How to introduce swimming in a pool environment.
This course is ideal for parents who want to start baby swimming from birth, prefer to learn at their own pace, don’t have time to attend regular swimming lessons , want to build water confidence at home first
A Connection‑First Approach
Whether you join me in the pool at Coast Hotel Lahinch or start at home with Newborn Love, my philosophy is the same: Connection comes before technique.
When babies feel safe, supported, and understood, learning happens naturally — and swimming becomes something they truly love. If you would like to learn more about classes or the online course, please get in touch.
