David Anderson, a leading expert in motor development and professor at San Francisco State University, is using the Otteroo in a study to explore its effects on babies' growth. 1 That also happens to be within the perfect age window for using the Otteroo with your baby.ĭr. Scientists studied this by measuring the cortisol levels (the hormone we release in response to stress) of babies ages 6 months to 13 months before and after their pool sessions. You may think going to the pool with your child is super stressful but in fact, even for infants that have never experienced any sort of “swim class”, being in the pool with mom actually has a positive and calming effect. Show them early on that water is a fun place to play and you'll find they're already comfortable with it when it's time to start them in swim lessons … because no one likes to be that parent trying to coax her screaming child into the pool at lesson time. Introduce your baby to the water before they develop a fear of it. But, did you know there's so much more to our cute neck float? Ĭheck out all the benefits your baby can experience with our infant neck float and early water play:
Or because you could just imagine your baby having a blast in it. If you're like most people, you bought the Otteroo because you thought it was cute.
