Any little thing that is out of the normal with your new baby – especially if it is your first – can be quite unsettling. The baby’s first heat rash is one of those things! It comes seemingly out of nowhere. Suddenly your precious little one is covered in angry little bumps. “What is it?”…
The warmer days are fast approaching, many look forward to sandy beaches and neighborhood pools to beat the heat. We know that our parents are excited to see all of the new skills their students have learned while swimming with us. However, it is common that your little swimmers may have a different experience in the neighborhood…
Research confirms that baby loggerhead turtles are little swimmers, not simply little drifters as they move into ocean currents. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists compared the daily movement of 40 junior loggerhead turtles with data obtained on ocean currents. The turtles had actually been tracked via satellite. The study (published in the journal PLOS…
What do you do in an Emergency? Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children ages 1 to 4 and the second-leading cause of death in children 14 and under. Young kids are especially at risk for drowning because they’re curious, fast, and attracted to water but are not yet able to understand…
If your child falls into a body of water without a flotation device and goggles can they properly support their own body and see underwater to find their way out to survive? This is the question we wish every parent would ask themselves before purchasing “water wings” and goggles. At Little Otter, our mission is to…
Since April is Autism Month, there was a key celebration on April 2. This was Shine a Light on Autism Day. A day when blue lights signified support for those suffering from this disease and for the research that continues to seek out more medical advances in treating this disease. It also shines a light…
As far back as April 1, 1700, pranksters in England were popularizing the tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other. But this day, which is also called All Fools’ Day, wasn’t just celebrated over several centuries by the English. There were many cultures celebrating this tradition for many years. Mysterious…
Have you ever wondered about the types of activities that Colonial Americans could participate in? Do you think they swam? From the earliest times, people have escaped hot weather by swimming. Even without structures pools, people swam in rivers, streams, ponds, or the ocean. Swimming surfaces in literature as early as the Bible and in…
Did you know that asthma affects 1 in 11 children in the United States (according to the CDC – Center for Disease Control). [https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/impacts_nation/asthmafactsheet.pdf] Exactly what is asthma? Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the airways or bronchial tubes inside the lungs. How does exercise impact asthmas? Exercise can be problematic for children with asthma…
Isn’t it entertaining to see our tiniest students have their first experiences in the pool and become amazed at how naturally they respond to the water and pick up skills. Even if they are only in a baby and me class, traits emerge that identify each child as one type of sports participant or another….
