"Dave Liquorice" wrote in
ill.network:


On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:01:18 -0000, H wrote:

It comes as smallish plastic grids which are fixed just below the
water level.

Remember that a baby or toddler can drown in half an inch of water.
The grid may stop the child getting a full dunking(*) but if the child
feel onto the grid face down, maybe knocking itself out... This is
pretty rigid grid if it'll take the weight of an adult.

(*) A full dunking would probably imprint quite strongly and make a
child pretty wary of water in the future, a good thing IMHO.

I am not sure about that. My sister as a toddler went through a phase when
she just could not stop falling/leaping into water and was constantly
having to be fished out of ponds, the sea, streams etc. We aren't sure if
she enjoyed the swim or the consequent attention!

Luckily she floated like a cork (honestly, even if you swam underneath and
pulled on the feet she did not sink - as an elder sister I can vouch for
this...)

But I presume not all small children have this amazing floatation ability.

Victoria