Go ahead, let your children swim/play in a hot tub. But after reading Liza's article -- ewww!!! We too had a hot tub and got rid of it shortly after DD was born. I KNOW how nasty those things can get from the water stagnanting and trying to alleviate it by shocking it, throwing massive amounts of bromine in there. Forgetting to change the filter, pulling it out to find it had gotten green and slimy. A number of times because of our "home cooking" the chemical levels got too high and not only bleached our swimsuits, but DS and I developed coughs from breathing in the fumes. We had to drain it on occasion after people would come to visit and their kids would pee in it or people who didn't practice good hygeine left a big oil slick. So after owning one ourselves and realizing how complicated it is to keep it clean -- just imagine what ones are like at hotels, etc. Eww!
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Outdoor swimming pools...safe?
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Go ahead, let your children swim/play in a hot tub. But after reading Liza's article -- ewww!!! We too had a hot tub and got rid of it shortly after DD was born. I KNOW how nasty those things can get from the water stagnanting and trying to alleviate it by shocking it, throwing massive amounts of bromine in there. Forgetting to change the filter, pulling it out to find it had gotten green and slimy. A number of times because of our "home cooking" the chemical levels got too high and not only bleached our swimsuits, but DS and I developed coughs from breathing in the fumes. We had to drain it on occasion after people would come to visit and their kids would pee in it or people who didn't practice good hygeine left a big oil slick. So after owning one ourselves and realizing how complicated it is to keep it clean -- just imagine what ones are like at hotels, etc. Eww!
DS still goes to swimming pools. He was enrolled in swimming lessons last fall. Our doctor told us swimming pools were fine because they were kept at a lower temp than hot tubs. Hot tubs are a different matter altogether because of the higher temps and more of a chance for bacteria to grow -- staph, fecal....
Liza
Liza
DS still goes to swimming pools. He was enrolled in swimming lessons last fall. Our doctor told us swimming pools were fine because they were kept at a lower temp than hot tubs. Hot tubs are a different matter altogether because of the higher temps and more of a chance for bacteria to grow -- staph, fecal....
Liza
Liza
littledebbie
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We had a pool when I was kid and it was the best excercise! All that holding your breath for long periods and running and jumping in etc. it was really great for me, I think it helped keep me out of the hospital on more than one occasion. It's fun and way more productive the chest pt. Risk..minimal......reward...priceless (cheesy I know) <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
littledebbie
New member
We had a pool when I was kid and it was the best excercise! All that holding your breath for long periods and running and jumping in etc. it was really great for me, I think it helped keep me out of the hospital on more than one occasion. It's fun and way more productive the chest pt. Risk..minimal......reward...priceless (cheesy I know) <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">