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## Video: A 16 Month Old Baby Swims Across the Pool

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_Published 2013-07-01. Adam Christensen explains the video of his 16 month old daughter swimming by herself._


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## Transcript

When I first watched her in there every time she went face- down I was like oh my goodness she can't breathe. I was just worried to death. But the instructor assured us that she was just fine. The instruction is not actually teaching them how to swim but rather engaging their reflexes. There are a lot of [ NOISE ] aspects of the video that I understand where people are very worried. Like, for example, there's nobody in the pool with her. Go, go, go. Well, if you, if you watch lifeguards [ NOISE ] you'll notice that they're not in the pool because it's actually easier to jump in. And save somebody when you're on the side of the pool rather than wading through the water.

They downright tell you do not use flotation devices. The whole point of the program is to get the student to lay down flat on their back or on their stomach. Floatation devices teach him to stay upright. And if you're upright, just sink down to the bottom. We didn't teacher her ourselves. We wanted a professional, somebody that was certified to do that. But we still are, are able to recognize warning signs when they're fatigued, Go, go, go. As you can see in the video, she's not coughing or choking. She's gasping, but that's normal. She's trained and she knows that all she has to do is flip over.

I love my little girl, and, and I would never do anything that would hurt her. [ INAUDIBLE ] And I certainly wouldn't force her to do anything that she does not wanna do.

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