babies and swimming

thewatcher | 18:52 Tue 06th Jan 2009 | ChatterBank

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whats the youngest age that a newborn can start swimming underwater? as i can recall newborns can hold their breaths and swim,but only to a certain age,can anyone help?

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mrs_overall

This article explains it
http://www.birthlight.com/public/com/product.a spx?id=efe9cddc-ab28-4f46-bcbe-bd4989f349ee

mrs_overall

Blast, I pasted the wrong article.

Google "newborn babies swimming" and you'll find loads of info.

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sqad617

They can swim underwater at birth.

weeal

Squad - its called the mammalian dive reflex, but only works until theyre about 1yr old

sqad617

Thanks weeal

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