Need Advice on Swimming and Fun Activities to Do with My 7 Month Old????

Music Together has baby classes. We have been doing MT since my first son was 9 months old and both kids love it. We go to classes with Miss Joan at www.naperfieldmusictogether.com but there is also classes in downtown Naperville. Once your daughter is 15 months Mini Gym through the park district is a fun class.

DuPage Swim Center is great for lessons. They my kids stopped taking lessons there about a year ago. They loved the teachers, especially Miss Mary Beth. The pool is heated-which is a must. It is a smaller facility, and not as many distractions for the little ones. It's right by Blueberry Hill, Jewel, and that volleyball complex off of Eola. They do have a website if you need their address.

I agree about the Bolingbrook Park District. In fact my sister teaches there (so maybe I'm a little biased). I have taken my infant son there and he has so much fun!

My son and I recently did a mommy-n-me swimming class at the YMCA (he was 6 mos. at the time). We did it with a friend of mine and her son and ended up to be the only ones in the class so it was like a private lesson. It was fun and the boys really enjoyed it. I would recommend it.

Hi M. K! I did the swim class at the Y with my daughter when she was 6 months old and she LOVED it! It also made bathtime a lot easier too. My daughter is 2-1/2 now and still can't wait to go to swim class on Sat. mornings. It is a half hour class and they do lots of songs to get them acquainted with the water. They don't put pressure on you to "dunk" your kids and it is a very nurturing environment. Honestly, it's more like mommy-and-me bathtime fun (and many daddies are there too, especially on Sat. mornings!) - and the water is very warm! We belong to the Y in Glen Ellyn off of Roosevelt Rd. Best of luck!

The dupage swim center is a nice facility. We had a short membership there, but didn't take classes. You use to be able to get monthly passes fairly cheap, not sure what it's like now.

Hi there,

Also consider the Fox Valley park district. They have a wonderful facility on Indian Trail road called the VAC. I have took my daughter there for swimming classes since she was 9 months old. She is now 2 and like a fish. She just loves water. The pool is immaculate always nice and warm. its not crowded and they have really nice changing rooms which is a small separate room with a shower, basin and toilet as well as baby changing facility. As your little one start to walk it is nice that you can close the door and have total privacy.
Their website is: http://www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org/. You can look up all the classes and register online too. Hope this helps.

I ditto the Dupage Aquatic Center. My son took swimmnig lessons there and loved it.

I know families that have done infant swimming at the Y and have been extremely happy. The Y on Washington had an infant pool that was warmer, not sure about the other branches. It may be worth asking about though as the lap pools are kept colder than most young children prefer.

N.

We go to Dupage Swim and really like it. The water is so warm and it is not as crowded as the YMCA. I did mommy swim w/my son as an infant at the Naperville Y on 95th and it was so crowded in the locker room that it was difficult to get him ready.

Hi M. K,

Depending on where you live in Naperville, you may want to consider the Bolingbrook Park Distrtict, www.bolingbrookparks.org. They have a phenomenal baby swim program and have lessons on Tu/Th mornings, Tu/Th nights and Saturday mornings. Most of the Tu/Th morning classes are taught by moms like you!

Best of luck!

M.

I started mom & me at the YMCA in Glen Ellyn when my daughter was 6 months old and she just turned 4 and LOVES to swim - my son who is now 3 HATES the water and I never took swim lessons with him - I am now doing a class with him. I recommend getting into those swim classses as young as possible I really believe that is why my daughter always loved swimming and my son hates it. Good Luck.

Try the Naperville YMCA - they have a separate, warmer kids pool at the Washington Street location. All three of my kids loved this facility. They used to offer a gym and swim class. I do not recall what age you needed to be to start it. It is a parent and child class.

C.
mom of 3

The Bolingbrook Park District has great classes for little ones. Their swim lessons are aquatic center itself are top of the line (they have won many awards). It's a little pricey if you are not a resident but may be well worth your while.
Good luck and have fun.

I am looking into this too for me and my daughter in naperville! I've heard good things about the YMCA as well as a class offered through Edwards Hospital/education center called diaper dippers. Maybe i'll see you at one of the classes!