Where can someone find guidelines for how to teach an infant swimming strokes?”
Sorry, but you can’t really teach an infant actual swimming strokes. It’s best to teach “water adjustment” to infants, so they get used to being in it. Most babies will do some instinctive motions that can help them move in the water, but you are not going to be able to teach them the butterfly or the backstroke or the freestyle, sorry! They don’t have the coordination and strength as an infant to even walk, let alone swim. There are books on having babies in the water, and your local community pool or school pool might offer parent/baby swim classes there that will give you a more realistic idea of what your baby can do in the water. It’s scary to think of a baby swimming–it could give the adult care giver the idea that the child is safe near the water, and could result in a terrible accident. Never leave a child unattended near the water!
