Ju had his first swimming experience 2 weeks ago, right when he turned 4 months old. It didn't go too badly. We had a giant float shaped like a frog that he could sit in, the kind where your legs dangle in the water but your upper half remains pretty much dry. He seemed to like it even more the second time, when he looked less worried about how his bath-tub had turned into a small lake. We held on to his arms and led him about with his head above water. He took to it a lot better, kicking his legs enthusiastically and didn't even complain much when I accidentally got water in his mouth. Just coughed and spat out the stuff.
We used Huggies' swim pants, which worked well, didn't blow up at all like your normal diaper. The second time I put the training trunks over his regular diaper (cos that's what they're supposed to go over). They've got an adjustable waistband for when your baby expands and cost around $24 at Mothercare. I didn't like these so much because his regular Pampers looked like a hot air balloon after the 10-minute dip. They're only useful if you don't happen to have any swim diapers around.
Well, there's always toilet training to simplify things.
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