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Toddlers and Pools: Keeping Them Safe

In anticipation of the warm summer weather and summer holidays many people dream of spending their days by the pool. Whether you have a large in-ground or above ground pool, or simply a small inflatable swimming pool, floating in the cooling water is a relief on those hot summer days. But there are some precautions you should take to ensure that the time you and your family spend in and around the swimming pool are safe as well as fun.

Do you have a swimming pool in your backyard? Then you need to know about swimming pool safety, especially if you have a toddler . There are many ways that something bad can happen in and around a pool if you don’t know pool safety. So, you will want to make sure that you learn all you can about being safe around a pool to make sure nothing happens to anyone at your home.

Here are some swimming pool safety tips that will help you to start learning about pool safety.

  1. You always need to make sure that if there are toddlers around the pool, that there is an adult around who knows how to swim to watch them. Don’t ever leave a toddler around pools unsupervised. If you do run into trouble knowing CPR could help save someone’s life. Contact your local American Red Cross or American Heart Association for CPR classes. Also Mothers Helping Hands can refer you to a private in-home instructor.
  2. When you have an in ground pool you want to have a fence around it with a gate that will lock. This will help keep toddlers out if an adult can’t be there to supervise.
  3. It is always a good idea even when you have a fence around your pool to add an alarm. This will tell you when someone has gone through the gate when they are not supposed to. So, if you have a toddler and the alarm sounds you can be there in a hurry to stop anything from happening.
  4. Don’t allow alcohol around your swimming pool. This is one of the swimming pool safety rules that a lot of adults don’t think about, especially if there are no toddlers around. Alcohol can alter a person’s perception, which can be dangerous for the person who has consumed the alcohol but especially if there are toddlers around. You just need to remember that alcohol and swimming just doesn’t mix, so don’t do it.
  5. When you have an above ground swimming pool you want to remove the steps or ladder when the pool is not in use. This swimming pool safety tip is very important because toddlers are very curious and will always climb stairs or a ladder when they see one. So, you have to remember to remove them each time after you use your pool.

Out of the water, a toddler should always have sunblock on to protect them from the sun. Be smart enough to know when a child has had enough sun for one day. Skin cancer can show up years later and sometimes it is deadly. Be a responsible parent when it comes to the fun your toddler has outdoors, especially when they are playing in the water. These are all very important swimming pool safety tips that you need to know but they are not the only ones.

You need to take time to learn as much as you can about pool safety. This is the only way to make sure you know how to keep toddlers and adults safe when they are around your pool.

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