Bathing is one of the favorite activities of every baby. It not only provides hygiene, but also strengthens the children's body, helps the child grow and develop harmoniously. Water procedures become doubly pleasant when, in attempts to explore the world, it is supported by the reliable hands of the mother. Children's pools for babies are an ideal combination of benefit and pleasure. They are a great opportunity to give your baby a happy and healthy childhood.
There are many such pools in Russia. Therefore, a reasonable question arises as to which is better to choose. Let's try to understand the requirements of parents and their children and designate the most popular and “approved” children's pools for babies.
Main criteria
If the theater begins with a hanger, then the pool - with the direction of the pediatrician from the clinic. However, not always the center, which is located closer to home, meets the standards and ideas of parents and their babies. Therefore, you have to choose yourself. Someone does this by trial and error, someone trusts reviews on the forums. In any case, it is better not to go with experiments with the child, but, choosing a children's pool for babies with mothers, immediately specify the key points with the administrator. These include:
- Water temperature.
- Water purification system.
- Pool parameters (width, length, depth).
- Convenient class schedule.
- Polite, highly qualified staff.
- Clean, comfortable changing rooms with changing tables and equipped showers.
- Compliance with hygiene standards, etc.
We will talk about some points in more detail.
Ideal temperature
The water temperature in the pool is largely a determining criterion for selection. After all, a child (in particular, an infant) should not only feel comfortable in the water, not afraid of temperature changes, but also enjoy water procedures. According to experts, the optimum temperature for infants is 32-34 ° C. If the indicators are several degrees lower, then the complex should definitely include a soft sauna, where the baby and mother can warm up and be saved from hypothermia.
Cleaning system
Sanitary standards in Russia require the mandatory presence of chlorine in pool water. Therefore, even if the administration insists on the content of only sea salt, there is no doubt that a little chlorine will also be present in the water. However, this element has a specific smell and can harm children's skin. Therefore, children's pools for babies have found an alternative option - cleaning with active oxygen. It is odorless and completely safe. There are also methods of ozonation and ultraviolet treatment. More recently, an innovative method of purification using a unique polymer (BIOPAG) has been developed, but it has not yet received wide distribution.
Classes
You can start your baby’s lessons in the pool from a month and a half. Pushing and diving, the active work of the arms and legs, and in the long term holding your breath for a while - excellent physical education for a growing body. Such aerobics is also useful for young mothers during the recovery period after childbirth.
Such classes are usually held with one of the parents and under the supervision of an experienced instructor. The schedule is from 4 to 10 visits per month. To determine how the baby will behave during the water procedure, you can arrange a one-time (trial) lesson.
What you need to take with you
After choosing a suitable pool, you can proceed to the fees. To swim with your baby you need to bring:
- special diaper for swimming ;
- swimsuit and slates for yourself;
- two towels (baby and adult);
- favorite toy (it is especially useful at the first visits until the baby is comfortable);
- certificate of recommendation from a pediatrician and test results (I / worm, enterobiosis), as well as a certificate from a general practitioner for an adult;
- a bottle for feeding (if the baby is "torn" from the chest for any reason).
This is a standard set. However, each pool has an individual list, which can be supplemented by other medical certificates and test results.
Moscow
Children's pools for babies in Moscow have long been a rarity. Their number today is more than a dozen items. They can be part of sports complexes, sanatoriums or independent institutions.
In popularity, one of the leading places is BrightFamily. The water temperature in the pool is 32 degrees. The depth of the pool is 136 cm. Experienced instructors conduct classes for children from one and a half months to a year + parents. Kids are divided into age groups and receive different development programs.
The quality of service is not inferior to SOC "Second Birth". It offers recreational swimming for babies from one and a half months to one and a half years. The children's pool is located in a separate building and provides separate, specially equipped locker rooms. The depth of the pool is inclined, from 60 to 90 cm. The water temperature corresponds to 32 degrees. The purification method is chlorine (in moderate concentrations) + continuous filtration. The list of references is supplemented by a referral from a pediatric neurologist. Classes take place according to the standard scheme (baby + mother) under the supervision of a specialist.
Development Center "Dolphin" includes a children's pool for babies. However, classes of 40 minutes at a water temperature of 30 ° C do not always allow a baby and mother to be in the pool for a long time. In this case, a sauna with a mild temperature for children (75 ° C) is provided. The cleaning system here is chlorine-free, with ultraviolet radiation and sand filters.
Among the popular Moscow centers, including a children's pool for babies with mothers, Kimberly Land, Duckling, Aquatorium of Childhood and others were also positively noted.
St. Petersburg
Wellness centers and sanatoriums with useful water procedures for babies also work in the Northern capital today. Their peculiarity lies in programs designed for different ages of the child. So, in the sports complex "Neptune" offers special classes for kids from year to year. The water temperature in the children's pool is maintained at an ideal level of 32 degrees. Water purification occurs without chlorine. After bathing, the baby and mother can visit the soft Finnish sauna.
Interesting development programs can boast a children's corporation in St. Petersburg "Limpik". Water activities are complemented by massage and exercise therapy.
An innovative system of water purification using polymers is used in the Matrix fitness center. They also offer comfortable conditions and a class schedule.
For children with certain physical limitations and pathologies, special programs have been developed that are actively used in the children's rehabilitation center "Biocommunication".
Some children's pools for babies in St. Petersburg ("Waterville", Sportlife) offer an additional service "Children's room". If the baby is afraid to swim or is naughty, it can be given under the supervision of professional staff. Age entry from 2 to 12 years. The service involves a lot of children's entertainment while mom swims in the pool. In contrast to these centers, in the Dynamite sports complex in St. Petersburg, visits to the children's room from 18.00 to 22.00 are free of charge.
Voronezh
You can find children's pools for kids in Voronezh. Family club "Island of childhood" daily opens the door for young visitors (from one and a half months to three years) and their parents. The temperature regime of water is maintained in the norm - 31-33 degrees. Ozonation and ultraviolet treatment are used to purify water. The pool is as safe as possible for children: it does not have sharp corners, slippery surfaces. The family club today offers several developmental swimming programs, each corresponding to a specific age and characteristics of the child.
Another popular center is Kapitosha. The children's pool has the shape of a bowl, therefore it is as safe as possible. Water is purified using ultraviolet installations and sand filters. The temperature is maintained at 32 degrees. Changing rooms are equipped with changing tables. Classes are held taking into account the increase in the baby's time in the water (from 15 to 50 minutes). In addition to the pool, it offers babies and their parents therapeutic massage and exercise therapy.
One of the first places is also occupied by the Malysh swimming pool in Voronezh (the Solnyshko children's center). It has high sanitary and service indicators. Admission by age from three weeks to a year. Water temperature is maintained at an optimal level, a water purification system without chlorine, classes are conducted by experienced instructors.
In the children's pool "Starfish" in Voronezh, there are two bowls. In one, classes are held for babies and their mothers, in the other for children from three to seven years. The temperature corresponds to 32 degrees. Water purification takes place in three stages. The administration offers an additional massage service and 4 swimming training programs.
Simferopol
Despite the popularity that children's pools for babies have recently acquired, Simferopol cannot boast as much diversity as its predecessor cities. There are few developing centers here. The most popular is the Infinity SPA club. Wellness classes are held under the supervision of experienced trainers. The age threshold for children is from one to five years. The depth of the pool reaches a maximum of 150 cm.
Children can be engaged in the pool of a kindergarten or school. Such complexes exist in Simferopol and imply the experienced guidance of instructors.
Home pool
If conditions and means allow, the pool for the baby can be built at home. Many online stores offer high-quality inflatable products of any size and for any age. Children's pools for kids with a slide are noteworthy. They are not only an element of hardening and healing the body of a child, but also its entertainment. Of course, such designs serve to fill children's leisure, and not its correct training in swimming.
Reviews
Parents have long noted the importance and benefits that are children's pools for babies. Photos of happy children and parents on official websites and thematic forums are a direct confirmation of this. The opinion of experts and reviews of parents emphasize that water procedures at an early age have a positive effect on all systems of the child's body, especially on cardiovascular and nervous activity. In the process of training, the child not only acquires useful diving skills and learns to swim, but also increases endurance, strengthens muscles and immunity. Water procedures have a beneficial effect not only on the well-being of the kids, but also on their mood.