Swimming lessons- hot vs cold pool & sickness

[LoveKnowsNoBounds]

Hi!
For a toddler would the cold temp be off putting? We did a few lessons and she was shaking from the cold. But she used to pick up a lot of bugs with the warm water from our previous place? What is your swimming centre like?

[Jaycee]

Are you indoor or outdoor? What's the weather like where you are?

When you say warm, how warm exactly?

We do swimming at an indoor, heated swimming pool. It's the same temp in there all year round. I'd definitely prefer that to a colder unheated pool.

If your DD is too cold it will definitely be off-putting for her and you may not get as much out of the lessons as you'd like as it's too cold for her to enjoy.

[nothing2lose]

My DD (who is 11) picked up molluscum contagiosm from a heated public pool earlier this year. It has totally put me off using them.

[LoveKnowsNoBounds]

Hi Jaycee,
Both are indoor pools. I'm in Sydney. One the water is warm and the air inside is stifling hot. The other is comfortable air temp but pool temp like an Olympic pool.

[Phteven]

For my own sanity I avoid the stiflingly hot swim schools.

[Hunter Mum]

I love outdoor but I don't think kids learn well when they are cold. We have just recommended in a new indoor pool hoping that year round will mean she retains more of her lessons and will improve quickly.

[little_O]

DD has ended up with Tonsillitis, Bronchitis and Slap Face all after a swimming lesson/s at our local heated centre. The doctor suggested I stop taking her.

[MummyNaomi]

My DD (who is 11) picked up molluscum contagiosm from a heated public pool earlier this year. It has totally put me off using them.

What the hell is that? sounds scary!

[~clover~]

Molluscum contagiosum is a viral rash. It looks like tiny warts grouped together & can last anywhere between 6 & 18 months. Dd1 had it at 6.

It is spread through water (not sure about cold, but spreads easier in warm. Couldn't bath the kids together & she could only shower to prevent it spreading further on her body.)

Dd had it on one side of her torso & some on her inner upper arm. Not a huge affect on life if they leave them alone, but not pretty.

[RainbowRiver]

My 3 eldest all use indoor heated pool. At our old swim school (heated indoor) the water was cold despite it being heated ITMS and my son hated it and wouldn't get in, he'd often get sick too.

We now use a new school, indoor heated and they love it, learn so much more and better environment. Never been sick.

[nothing2lose]

What the hell is that? sounds scary!

It's vile. She's had blisters since February. The look like little pus blisters/warts. She originally had them all over her left eyelid. Very yuck. She then got them over her torso, her legs, hands

They can take up to five years to go away. She has none on her face anymore but still some on her body. Adults predominantly transmit it sexually. Children mostly get it through heated pools.

http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Molluscum/