Capt. Rob wrote:

Thomas will learn to swim before he's two, which is next September.
Calm yourself.


RB
35s5
NY


The Y has a nice infant swim program. Its not really swimming, but it
does go a long way towards reducing any fear of the water. I'd like
to say that it helps in "drown-proofing" but there's no evidence that
it actually does that, and toddlers aren't ready to really learn how
to swim until about age 4. On the other hand, when the time comes,
you want to make sure Thomas has no fear of swimming. Amelia took her
first lessons at 6 months, and was "sort of" swimming early on, but
wasn't really "safe" until about 4 or 5 years old. By the end of our
trip, however, she was 6 years old and swimming over 100 yards with ease.