omg omg omg omg omg omg

omg!

* commercial?

by "teach," i think she means "let the baby float as they are naturally disposed to do."

if yer little chunker is being a pill in his/her blanket-sleeper and goes into the pool, hope that he/she is ISR certified. another idea is to keep track of your kids.

OMG I can hardly do that if I fall in water.

I throw baby's into pools just to observe natural selection in real time.

smibbo posted this version a while back
http://www.videosift.com/video/swimming-baby-promo-scary-and-disturbing
The baby is in the water for more than 5 minutes apparently.

Remember we humans consists for a large part of water and as a fetus we developed in a wet environment. So we can (learn to) deal with water from a young age.

The baby is asking the dad to get him near the end of it

My parents did that to me, but in an empty pool.

No, seriously, my parents put me through a similar program that basically entailed tossing a baby into a pool and letting them naturally turn on their backs.

You people are soft. I got taught swimming this way but I was 10 at the time. Doing it when it's a baby is even better, the baby still has its nostrils locked I believe from floating in the womb, so it's easier for it to learn how to swim.

The reason most older people drown is because of sheer fear, our primitive instincts will always save you if you let them but if a person is terrified then yes they will drown.

Infants swimming??? What a shocker! It's not like they have a born reflex not to breath while under water.

How can anyone over the age of 6 not know how to swim? Needless to say, I've always lived near the sea.

I learned how to swim by this method, it's the flying I never took on to. Countless adults would just throw me into the air, I suspect because they wanted me to learn how to fly. Alas, I failed and continually they had to catch me.

Humans, as with most mammals, are able to swim instinctively at a very young age. They're covered with fat, so they float easily, and they also instinctively hold their breath when submersed. It's not until you become older that you develop a fear of the water and begin to over think what would be an otherwise natural process.

I've long wished my parents had tossed me into a pool as a baby. I can barely swim; with great effort I can keep myself afloat for a few minutes; and it took me years to accomplish just that. Had I "learned" to swim before I learned to be afraid, maybe I'd be a great swimmer now.

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This is Bullshit! I don't doubt that the course helps an infants natural swimming instincts, but if their mission really was to "get to the next child before that child gets to the water," then they would distribute instructional videos, not advertisements. Sure, going to the course would be way better, but not everyone can afford the $75/week "registration" fee.
What, only the rich kids are worth saving?

I've got one question... WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOG!!!

... time to clean out the pool-trap and bury little Scruffy.

If these babies were so smart they wouldn't fall into the pool in the first place. They also wouldn't shit their pants.

This video is better with some disco music playing in the background.

how is this not *cute? i love the little baby, kickin his little legs to stay afloat!

Invocations (cute) cannot be called by Dignant_Pink because Dignant_Pink is not privileged - sorry.

that's right tasty baby, you just lay there all relaxed, floating in the water while I slowly raise it to a boil. We're eating good tonight!

midget in a wetsuit

Uninmpressive. None of these babies could win a UFC Title.

^you can't prove that...

>> ^rottenseed:
I learned how to swim by this method, it's the flying I never took on to. Countless adults would just throw me into the air, I suspect because they wanted me to learn how to fly. Alas, I failed and continually they had to catch me.


Rottenseed, they were throwing you up into the air, not down off a high ledge? That must be your problem with this flying business.

^I went through the same ritual, only I missed the sheet. Landing on my head brought my IQ down to a meager 163.

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*water

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