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Top 8 Baby Swim Wear and other Pool & Beach Gear

By Teresa Plowright, About.com

It's a paradox: babies are so small, yet they need so much stuff! At least these items are small and easily portable. Click below for baby swim wear that keeps babies and toddlers afloat; swim diapers; water wings; and more.

1. Pool Baby Seat with Shade

Babies love these floating seats --kind of like a lifesaver, with a seat in the middle-- and this one has an umbrella that attaches, for shade. (See also Inflatable Baby Float, below.) Note: if no image is available on the Compare Prices page, just click through to the seller's site.
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2. Baby Swim Wear: Swim diapers

Indispensible for the resort pool!
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3. Baby Swim Wear: Aqua Learn Swimsuit

Terrific invention: these swimsuits have "polyfloats" inside that keep your child afloat in the water.
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4. Water Gear Water Wings

These heavy-gauge vinyl waterwings come in three sizes: small, for ages 1-3; medium, for ages 3 to 7; and there's even a large size, for ages 7-11.
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5. Beach Tents

Bring along your own shade, to protect that tender skin.
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6. Sun Stop'r Kwik Cabana

A cute cabana, like a little tent just for baby.

7. Baby Floats

Many different kinds of inflatable floats, so that baby can bob happily in the pool.
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8. Aqua Leisure Deluxe Tot Trainer Inflatable Rubber Tube Swimaid with Pants

Picture a bright yellow maillot-type suit, with an inner tube around it: a cute way to keep a tot afloat. For ages 2 to 7.
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