Amanda Stanton - BIP - Season 3 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

Linds911 wrote:Did anyone see her other snaps from this week? One of them showed her girls playing in the pool without floaties, and showed a time stamp of it being almost 11pm and they were still awake or at least tired but trying to stay awake. Idk some of those things made me shake my head. And yes hopefully they aren't @ that concert with her!.

Beach Lover wrote:

Linds911 wrote:Did anyone see her other snaps from this week? One of them showed her girls playing in the pool without floaties, and showed a time stamp of it being almost 11pm and they were still awake or at least tired but trying to stay awake. Idk some of those things made me shake my head. And yes hopefully they aren't @ that concert with her!.

Sorry for my soapbox here. I just feel like every little aspect of Amanda's parenting is being highly scrutinized lately and I just don't agree with a lot of the criticism.  I saw all of Amanda's snaps this week too and nothing raised my eyebrows in the least with the girls.  But I'm also a mother of two and I know how kids can get over tired and then hyper, especially after an active day in the sun and pool, and they fight sleep.  I'm sure that's all it was that night.  Structure is very important for kids, but there are times  when their schedule gets thrown off, especially with summer activities, a recent move, family and friends visits etc. I just don't see it as cause for alarm. It happens.  

As far as jumping in the pool without floaties, my kids did the same at a pretty young age.  Some might question my parenting for that but my kids were ready and their water wings began to restrict their ability to swim around the way they wanted to (both ended up competitive swimmers and lifeguards btw).  It's probably not the norm but what I have found (and in our case) when families spend a lot of time and have grown up around pools or lakes the kids often grow out of their floaties much sooner and learn to get comfortable going under water and floating on their own. The key is, and I stress this, someone must be near them at all times!!  Amanda & her kids seem to spend a lot of time at the pool & beach (they live in their swimsuits) so I feel fairly certain that those girls are getting pretty comfortable in the water and Amanda (or someone else) is always right there with them for safety.

Good to hear, Bachismyguiltypleasure, that you had a similar experience with your kids and swimming.

Kashathediva wrote:Depending on where you live, there are also restrictions at public pools. 
Most public pools will not allow a child into the "adult" pool whether the child can or can not swim if they are not toilet trained. No swim diapers allowed. They have a "baby" pool for that. The reasons are health codes. It's a lot easier to drain,sanitize and fill a baby pool than the adult pool. No one wants to swim with accidental feces. 
So if you do not have your own private pool, swimming lessons under the age of 3 is not often realistic or cost effective.

jen689 wrote:There are some snaps of Amanda at a concert with Becca, her bestie Robert, Emily, Hailey, Ashley I on Instagram at @beccatilleysnapchats

Beach Lover wrote:

Kashathediva wrote:Depending on where you live, there are also restrictions at public pools. 
Most public pools will not allow a child into the "adult" pool whether the child can or can not swim if they are not toilet trained. No swim diapers allowed. They have a "baby" pool for that. The reasons are health codes. It's a lot easier to drain,sanitize and fill a baby pool than the adult pool. No one wants to swim with accidental feces. 
So if you do not have your own private pool, swimming lessons under the age of 3 is not often realistic or cost effective.

Actually we have several toddler swim lesson programs in my community.  They're extremely popular too.  The little ones just have to wear special swim diapers.