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20/10/2026

Lying back in the water is a big ask for a little one.

Her ears go under and everything sounds different. She can't see the edge. She's looking up at the ceiling, and the only thing she knows for sure is your hands underneath her.

That's where it starts. Not trust in the water. Trust in you.

Then, if you stay calm and give it time, something changes. Her shoulders drop. Her legs go soft. She stops holding herself up and lets the water do it.

That's floating. And it's the thing everything else is built on. Kicking, paddling, swimming, all of it works better from a body that knows how to let go.

It's also why I'll always choose your hands over floaties. A float holds her up above the water. Your hands help her find out the water will hold her too. 🐬

Kids who grow up by the water don't really think of it as going somewhere.It's just where life happens. Lunch on a towel...
19/10/2026

Kids who grow up by the water don't really think of it as going somewhere.

It's just where life happens. Lunch on a towel under the umbrella. A sandwich with a bit of sand in it that nobody minds. Then back in, back out, and back in again until someone's lips go blue.

I love watching it. They're not doing anything special. They're just growing up a little bit salty and a little bit sandy, with the sea always somewhere in the background.

That's the childhood Waterlings was made for. Not the big days out. The ordinary ones, on repeat, all summer long. 💦

I grew up at Bronte in the 80s, so I could add to this list all day.Mine would have the walk home with my sister, up the...
15/10/2026

I grew up at Bronte in the 80s, so I could add to this list all day.

Mine would have the walk home with my sister, up the gully behind the beach, where the nasturtiums grew wild over everything. Salty, sandy, in no hurry at all.

None of it felt special at the time. It was just an ordinary afternoon. It's only now that I realise how lucky we were to have so many of them.

Those nasturtiums ended up on our Beach Peach print. A little piece of those afternoons, for a whole new lot of kids. 🍑

15/10/2026

Waterlings started with one thing. A swim nappy.

That's what my pool needed most. I'd watched too many disposables fail over the years, and I wanted something that worked properly and was beautiful enough that families actually wanted to put it on.

So that's where we began. A few prints, a market stall, and a lot of conversations with parents at the water's edge.

The rashies came next. Same prints, same care, made to go with the nappy or to be worn on their own.

Funny how it's grown. It's still the same idea I started with. Swimwear first. A nappy second.

And honestly? I'm already dreaming about what comes next.

Sasha, Waterlings 🩵

Little ones are always watching. And in the water, that's one of the best things they've got going for them.They watch t...
14/10/2026

Little ones are always watching. And in the water, that's one of the best things they've got going for them.

They watch the other kids. The one who jumps in and comes up laughing. The one who blows bubbles like it's the easiest thing in the world. Kids learn from other kids in a way they never quite learn from us.

They watch the teacher. How calm they are, how gently they hold each baby, how they turn everything into a game.

And most of all, they watch you. Your face when you get in. Whether your shoulders are up around your ears, or whether you're smiling and splashing back.

That's the part I love. Before she's tried a single thing, you get to show her how wonderful the water is.

Not tell her. Show her. 🩵

13/10/2026

"Again" might be my favourite word to hear in the pool.

A child doesn't ask for something again unless it felt good the first time. She jumped, she splashed, she came up smiling, and some little part of her decided that was worth doing twice.

That's what we're really working toward. Not a perfect jump. A child who wants another one.

Every "again" brings her back to the edge, and every time she comes back, she learns a little more. Nobody had to push her there. She asked.

So when you hear it, celebrate it. It's a bigger moment than it sounds. 🐳

Most of the water babies I know have a uniform.It's the thing they want on before you've even said where you're going. I...
09/10/2026

Most of the water babies I know have a uniform.

It's the thing they want on before you've even said where you're going. It goes on in the hallway, it stays on at the beach, and somehow it's still on at dinner. A bit sandy, a bit damp, completely non-negotiable.

I love that. A child who reaches for her cossie has already decided the water is a good place to be.

So I wanted ours to be worth reaching for. Rock The Pool, top and bottom, the same crabs and urchins and starfish from the rashie right down to the nappy.

Beautiful enough that she wants it on. Made to actually be swum in. ⭐️

Nobody tells you that being a swim parent quietly takes over your week.There's a towel that lives on the car seat now. S...
09/10/2026

Nobody tells you that being a swim parent quietly takes over your week.

There's a towel that lives on the car seat now. Somebody's hair never quite dries before bed. You catch yourself humming the lesson songs in the shower. And you learn that "one more jump" is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one.

None of it is glamorous. But all of it adds up to a child who wants to be in the water, week after week.

That's the bit worth keeping. 💦

08/10/2026

When Waterlings started, it was just the swim nappies. Then you started asking for a top to match.

Fair enough, I thought. So we made the rashies in the same prints, with the same care. Nat Carroll's drawings, from the shoulders right down to the nappy.

And I'll be honest, seeing them together still makes me smile. Bouncing on the trampoline, running through the garden, down to the beach and straight into the pool. Nobody stops to change, and nobody needs to.

Same print, all day, from the first bounce to the last swim. 🐬

06/10/2026

Some little ones go straight in. Others sit on your hip and watch everyone else for a while first.

Both are fine.

The watching isn't nothing. She's taking in the noise, the splashing, the way the other babies go under and come back up smiling. She's working out whether this place is safe before she puts herself in it. That's a very sensible thing to do.

If we hurry her past that, she doesn't learn to be brave. She learns that the water is the place she gets pushed.

So we wait. We let her look, then touch, then try, in her own order. It takes a little longer at the start. But a child who gets there on her own terms stays there.

Slow gets us there faster.

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