My daughter has been swimming in St Michael’s Belcamp since she was 7 months old and I cant recommend them enough! Her swim teachers Hannah and Sandra are incredible with the kids. My daughter is so c... See more
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About Water Babies
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Our vision is a world where the physical and emotional development of every child is fully supported and nurtured from birth.
Our premium baby swimming classes are taught by the highest trained baby swimming teachers in the world.
Water Babies takes little ones on a journey of aquatic discovery, teaching core aquatic skills, water safety, and swimming strokes, igniting their imagination as they learn.
With lessons available across Ireland, Water Babies welcomes babies from birth to five years old to learn a skill for life.
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Well-organised and well-resourced…
Well-organised and well-resourced swimming and water safety course for babies. Very enjoyable swimming lessons and lots of learning that helped our daughter outside the pool too. The teachers and support staff are so helpful and make the experience as smooth as possible. We are doing our second course with Water Babies now and our daughter is making great progress.

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Fantastic
Fantastic, Sandra is a great teacher they all are ! Super flexible as well now if you need to change class times, love it here !

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Started my Daughter with Water babies…
Started my Daughter with Water babies when she was 3 or 4 months old. She loves the class so much. It's great to see her improvement each week. Elaine is so great with the kids.

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After 2 years we are still enjoying it…
After 2 years we are still enjoying it as much as day 1. Seeing older children too who have completed also motivates to keep it up. Teachers are really good at picking up when to give extra encouragement and when to let the children just do things are their own pace. Sometimes it feels like the 30 minutes goes so fast but is perfect amount of time for babies and multiple activities means toddlers don't get bored.

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5 stars
My child has been going to waterbabies since he was 10 months old he absolutely loves the classes every week, and the staff is very helpful and always there to chat if you need to talk about anything.

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Highly recommended
My daughter loves the class. Has attended since a baby. It has made very confident in water and enjoys the bonding time and making friends.
The only down side is the time of the class hasn't changed which conflicts with naps , making it a bit awkward. I had asked to change the time for a few of us in the class , so maybe to move smaller babies to our time but was only offered to change my day to times that were still around the same time we already had and would require to repeat the term or jump forward a term.
Other than the inflexility of the classes , its a great class to attend .

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Excellent programme
Great teacher. Steady progression. We are attending for nearly 4 years and can highly recommend. A fantastic life skill. It even gave me the gee up to learn myself! Thank you to Sandra in Kilkenny.

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Such a rewarding activity with my babies
Have been doing waterbabies for nearly 2 years now and recently started quth 2nd baby. Definitely one of the most enjoyable baby classes to do and so great to see the progression with our toddler now. Efficiently ran and great instructors.

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The classes are amazing, changing rooms not so amazing
The classes are amazing, we particularly love Cath, my little one's instructor in Butterfield. She's so patient and kind, the babies love her. The pool is georgous and warm and Helen at the front desk is totally organised and knows all the babies names, which is so lovely when you're checking in. The babies come on so quick too in the water, I'm so glad we're doing it. My only reservation are the changing rooms, they can be cold and very cramped, and if there is a Dad in the second changing room it's bedlam!

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Amazing class for my baby
Amazing class for my baby. All the teachers are well trained and always very professional. You will have help from the front door to the swimming pool. We have always great time.

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Waterbabies is my favourite activity I…
Waterbabies is my favourite activity I do with my kids! Since they were 4 months old we have religiously gone to waterbabies classes. My 4 and a half year old can now swim unaided which is amazing to see and both my children love water now, and most importantly know how to be safe around water ❤️

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We love water babies
We love water babies. I started bringing my little girl when she turned 10 months old. I can see her improving week after week. It's a great investment for her future

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Highly recommend for little ones
As someone who is coming to the end of their 7 year Waterbabies journey as a mammy, I highly recommend these classes with your little one. Both of my girls 4&7 have had a great experience and love the water as a result. They are very confident in the water and they are continuing to progress with their swimming. We have been lucky with our teachers over the years with Sandra, Elaine and George.

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Highly recommend water babies!
I cannot recommend water babies, Galway, enough. We have been going since Seamie was 14 weeks and love it. He is now 18months and we are looking forward to going into our 5th term. He has gone through the wobbles with it a few times but Jamie and other instructors were all so supportive and gave great advice on how to navigate through this. Any instructor we have had has always ensured every baby in the class get equal attention, ensuring their safety at all times. For babies off days through teething etc our instructors have always guided parents in how to keep the your baby happy and they never push anyone to do anything they may be u comfortable with. Seamie always gets excited now when we talk about swimming. I think this has also really helped with bath time also as we do different prompts we picked up in class for washing his hair etc. cannot recommend Jamie and his team in the Galway area enough

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Our 3 months little one had enjoy the…
Our 3 months little one had enjoy the water, every lesson inna term always a new drill, I would highly recommend to our friends ...🫶

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Best baby swim my son enjoyed it so much
Best baby swim my son enjoyed it so much

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Highly recommend it
I started Waterbabies with my Baby at 9 months. We have done swimming lessons before and I can say for sure that this class was really good. They have a big focus on safety skills (like holding to the sides) with a clear methodology. I really appreciate how kind the teacher was and the infrastructure was excellent

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Expensive but good
Teacher is very good. No question about that however very expensive for 30 minutes. U get your first swim nappy with first 10 sessions then your expected to buy there swim nappy every time after that. They wont allow u in pool unless it's their brand. I think u should get one free at start of every 10 sessions. As u play same price for sessions u just dont get nappy.
Also not enough weekend sessions to accommodate families who return to work.

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Highly recommend
The waterbabies classes are amazing. It is wonderful to see the babies progress from week to week and how much they learn in such a short period. Lisa is a fantastic teacher, who is so good with the babies and makes the classes fun for everyone.

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A great team and fantastic instructors
A great team and fantastic instructors. My daughter loves swimming lessons with them. I would recommend Water Babies to anyone.

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