I love swimming. One of the very first things I want to teach my son is how to swim.
When the pool's open, I swim at least three times a week. Before my son was born, I was in our local pool for half an hour every day.
I am convinced my birth was made easier by all the swimming I did over the whole nine months.
I am very keen that my little boy, Tom, learn to swim at the earliest age possible. I am hoping he'll share my passion for water and water sports. But even if he doesn't, it's of the utmost importance that he is safe in the water, and that means being able to swim. Drowning is a very real parental fear. It can happen very quickly indeed.
I consult Jayne Wright, the director of swimming at Harry Wright International, a swimming club for babies and children in Hong Kong. She says four months old is a good age to start babies in the water.
I took Tom swimming for the first time when he was four months old. We swooshed around in the pool together. Both of us had a look of delight on our faces - him because he loved it and me because I loved him loving it.