How old is the baby best for swimming?

Swimming is beneficial to people's physical and mental health, and it is one of the most common fitness exercises. Babies have very strong learning abilities, so we can cultivate their abilities when they are young. Swimming can help children develop strong bones and respiratory systems, so babies should be taught to swim when they are young. It takes a period of time for babies to learn to swim. The effect will be very good if they learn to swim at the right age. So at what age is it best for babies to swim?

Strengthening the scientific nature of training is an important principle for early infant swimming. The steps of infant swimming training can be divided into four stages:

In the first stage, babies can learn to swim in a bathtub two or three weeks after birth, so that they can continue to lose their natural conditioning through swimming practice; in the second stage, babies of two or three months old can do induced gliding exercises in the water; in the third stage, babies of 3-6 months old can initially learn a specific swimming posture; in the fourth stage, babies of 6 months to 1 year old begin comprehensive swimming training based on the fact that they have learned to hold their breath in water in the previous stage. In addition, it is important to note that babies must be accompanied by their mothers or relatives when swimming, and the water temperature is ideally between 29 and 32 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the baby's diet should be nutritious. In addition to an adequate supply of protein, fat, and sugar, it should also be supplemented with foods rich in vitamins.

Swimming is good for the development of the baby's musculoskeletal system. It can make the baby's muscles, joints, and ligaments that have been curled up for a long time in the womb to stretch easily. Baby swimming can effectively stimulate the development of the baby's bones, joints, ligaments and muscles, promote the baby's height growth, and make the baby physically strong. The benefits of baby swimming to the baby's circulatory system. Baby swimming increases the oxygen consumption of muscles throughout the body. Due to the compression of water on peripheral veins, it effectively promotes blood circulation and improves the baby's heart function.

Baby swimming is good for the baby's respiratory system. Baby swimming provides a natural and safe exercise for the baby. After a period of persistence, the baby's chest development and lung capacity will be significantly better than those of babies of the same age.

The benefits of baby swimming to the baby's digestive system are that it can promote early excretion of meconium, early disappearance of physiological jaundice, early absorption of nutrients, and early recovery of physiological weight loss. When babies swim, they exercise a lot, expend a lot of physical energy, increase their nutrient intake, and their gastrointestinal motility, so their weight gain is better than that of babies of the same age. The benefits of baby swimming to the baby's nervous system. Baby swimming can effectively promote the development of the baby's brain and nervous system, stimulate the baby's potential, and lay a good foundation for improving children's IQ and EQ.