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Originally Posted by Italianprincess
Is she trying to breath through her nose? Little ones are nose breathers and it may be a little tough talking them through mouth breathing, but practice at her pace and she should get it eventually.
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Ditto, that may be the issue. Principessa and I both do "kids". Nothing wrong with her pinching her nose when she first puts her face down to get used to breathing through the snorkel. May take some of the fear away.
The younger the child, the less fear there will be. We were swimming at 9 months of age, snorkeling as toddlers. It took a few inhales of ocean water before we figured out how to hold our noses.
Nice that you are working on this with her. Otherwise she could grow up not loving the water.