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Konfidence Kid’s Swimming Gear review and £50 Giveaway!

31st March 2017

As many of you will know, Amelie is an ambassador for children’s swimwear brand Konfidence. In her role as an official Konfidence Swimologist, we have been charting the ups and downs of her swimming adventure. It’s been a great experience. Watching her go from being a frightened and ferocious Koala (http://pottyadventures.com/mini-adventures/family-fun/amelies-swimming-lessons-tears-tantrums-ferocious-koala-bears/ ), to being confident around…

Amelie’s Swimming lessons: Tears, tantrums and ferocious koala bears

1st February 2017

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With a week off due to a break in her lessons, now seems like the perfect time to reflect on how Amelie has taken to swimming as a Konfidence Swimologist. Has she taken to it like a duck to water? Or have we plunged her into a metaphorical horror film where she provides the screams? …

Amelie begins her swimming adventure as an official Konfidence Swimologist

8th January 2017

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Learning to swim is a rite of passage; it’s also an essential life skill that could save your life. What many of us underestimate, however, is that being able to swim is so much more than this vital ability to sustain yourself and survive in water. Swimming opens up so many other adventurous doors. It…

Baby Swimming Lessons

27th March 2016

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The year is 1987. My skinny, gangling 7 year old self is sat on the toilet. In fact I seemed to sit on the toilet at precisely the same time of every week. And not just once either. I would pretty much park myself there from the moment I anxiously arrived home from school until…