Parent & Me · Ages 0–3
- Babies from 3 weeks old
- A parent in the water throughout
- Sea Cubs, Tiger Sharks, Blue Whales
- Free make-up with 24-hour notice
A child spends the first nine months of their development in water, and babies take to it naturally. These classes are the gentle version of coming back to it — with a parent holding them the whole time.
Babies from three weeks · a parent in the water throughout · $132 a month for four lessons.
The class is designed to be gentle and reassuring for a child who is only starting to explore the world on this side of the womb. A parent is in the water for all of it — the coach teaches the two of you together, which is what makes the water feel safe rather than new.
It runs in three steps as the child grows: first contact and full support, then comfortable submersion and assisted floating, then the beginnings of independent movement with a parent still an arm away.
One price covers the parent and the child. Four lessons a month, at the same time each week.
Most schools open at six months. A newborn who is held in warm water at three weeks grows up treating it as ordinary — which is the easiest way for water to stay easy.
Babies lose heat far faster than adults. Ours is held at 90°F all year — warm enough that a six-month-old stays relaxed for a whole lesson.
The whole pool passes UV lamps every few hours. A fraction of the chemistry of a community pool, and no sting in the eyes on the way home.
Sea Cubs, Tiger Sharks and Blue Whales are the first three of 11 levels, so a child moves into their own class already knowing the pool and the coaches.
Part of the same 11-level progression the whole school runs on, so nobody starts again when they move.
Bring a swim diaper and thirty minutes. The first lesson tells us — and you — which of the three levels fits.