Splash About Children's Float Suit with Adjustable Buoyancy

These are the best suits for learning to swim! give them just the right amount of added bouyancy. NOT a lifesaving device. They need to move around with their arms or legs to keep their head out of the water. They do not hold up well if you leave them sitting outside. Must bring in to dry or they will start to rip apart.

This brought out a new confidence in my daughter! She swims all by herself with it. She is learning to swim and this gives her the ability to swim without me holding her. I only wrote it was smaller because I bought a size up so my daughter will still be able to wear it in the summer. My daughter is petite for a 2yo and the 3T size fits her perfectly. The quality of the suit is amazing for the price.

I have a 17 mo old girl 20lbs probably 23lbs now and I am happy I made this purchase. Though keep in mind the child will fall forward or backwards if he/she does not know how to swim yet. It does not make your child magically float upright. Which for me is not a problem she will not be swimming alone at this age yet anyway. My daughter swam all by herself for the first time today and she did not tip forward she stayed upright so the more the child learns to swim the more they can control the float. If you are going to want a floatation that your child can stay up right and swim freely at a young age I believe the puddle jumper is a good option but it says the child should be at least 30lbs. I just ordered one today but I do like this bathing suit and enjoyed teaching my daughter to swim in it. Once she gets the hang of it you can take out the styrofoam the less they need the floaty. I purchase size 1-2 years old in pink blossom btw.

I really like this swim suit. It fit my 2 year old good and is the average sized 2 year old. It may be a little small for a 3 year old. There are foam pieces that surround the suit to help the toddler float. In each section there are two small pieces of foam and they are removable. Not easy enough for the toddler to do by themselves though. We removed one out of each to try and help kiddo learn to swim. With just one in each, it does not keep head out of the water but does prevent out toddler from sinking completely. Do not depend on this to keep your child afloat on its own. I do recommend this to parents that are teaching their baby to swim and is directly hands on the child. I do not recommend this to parents that want to keep their child's head above water without supervision and who are more than arms length away.

Works very well with small child. It does take a little practice for them to get use to balancing in the water without going face first.so don’t expect them to be able to do it at first. My 15 month old granddaughter is getting all over the pool without holding on to anyone and jumping in all by herself. It took her a couple of weeks to be able to stay afloat. We started using it at 13 months. She is very small for her age and the 1 to 2 size works very well. We have even taken 4 pads out already and she can still stay afloat. We did buy another brand recently for a back up because her size was not available and she does not do as well.

It’s not safe!!! It did not keep my 14-month old baby’s head above water! She would easily roll over and her face would be under water. Dangerous!

i love how its a swimsuit and not just a vest or something the kid has to take on or off. our friends who have floatation vests tell us that their kids just yanks it off or cries when in it because they think its cumbersome or once in the water the water displaces the vest and doesn't make it comfortable for the kids at all. this swimsuit doesn't do that at all. baby girl is completely comfortable in it and actually, when she sees it in her dresser, she grabs it and tells us to put it on her as she tries to bolt out the door towards the pool. some of the reviews say because of the way the floaters are laid out, its hard for their kid to swim because they either have to be flat on their back or on their belly, but our 21 month old can actually wade in the pool on her own vertically. it actually helps her learn to float and determine where her center of balance is in order to stay afloat. also, our girl is only 23 pounds and this was one of the few suits that she can actually wear since most require kids to be 30 pounds

When we first got this float suit it fit perfect and we were thrilled with how well it worked. However, after about a month of using it 2-3 time a week it stretched to about 2 sizes larger. We now have to tie the shoulder straps together at the back to fit properly. The bottom of the suit is also larger but it seems to be working ok although I'm a little uneasy with the fit. We bring it inside to hang dry so it's not left out in the sun. That being said, we are still going to try another one in a different color and are hoping the size holds up longer. I really wanted to give this a 5 star review and will update my review after we receive and try the second one. I wondering if anyone else had this issue.