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[AMBBA08]

I am looking for a dry suit for my 7 year old son,He scolded his upper legs on Thursday night and we fly on our hol's Friday 22nd August.The only way he can go in the sea is with a dry suit and i can't find one that will fit.Any advice will be great as i will have to cancel the holiday if not as i can't sit and see him watching my other children go in the sea while he can't.I'm not sure if you can get just the bottom's in a dry suit but that would be better if you can.Thanks Amber:(

[Andy (treerat)]

I am looking for a dry suit for my 7 year old son,He scolded his upper legs on Thursday night and we fly on our hol's Friday 22nd August.The only way he can go in the sea is with a dry suit and i can't find one that will fit.Any advice will be great as i will have to cancel the holiday if not as i can't sit and see him watching my other children go in the sea while he can't.I'm not sure if you can get just the bottom's in a dry suit but that would be better if you can.Thanks Amber:(

Ring Dave Coburn on 01566 773654. Explain the issue and I'm sure they will get it done if it's possible. They have made childrens suits in the past.

By the way it's the number for Polar Bears in Launceston.

Andy

[Adrian Kelland]

If he has scalded legs, would your son want anything putting pressure on the burns?

[Janos]

I am looking for a dry suit for my 7 year old son,He scolded his upper legs on Thursday night and we fly on our hol's Friday 22nd August.The only way he can go in the sea is with a dry suit and i can't find one that will fit.Any advice will be great as i will have to cancel the holiday if not as i can't sit and see him watching my other children go in the sea while he can't.I'm not sure if you can get just the bottom's in a dry suit but that would be better if you can.Thanks Amber:(

I agree with Adrian. Take no chances, especially with a seven year old.

Janos

[AMBBA08]

I agree with Adrian. Take no chances, especially with a seven year old.

Janos
Thanks for your reply thought dry suits were not fitted on the legs?good point if they r fitted.:o

[AMBBA08]

Ring Dave Coburn on 01566 773654. Explain the issue and I'm sure they will get it done if it's possible. They have made childrens suits in the past.

By the way it's the number for Polar Bears in Launceston.

Andy
Thanks Andy for your post just don't know if one can be got hold of by Friday he so badly want's to go i think it's gonna be best to just stay at home but said i will try so thank's.

[PeteM]

Thanks for your reply thought dry suits were not fitted on the legs?good point if they r fitted.:o

They are not fitted when you put them on, but the pressure of the water will press them hard against the legs even just wading

[Fiona]

If he has scalded legs, would your son want anything putting pressure on the burns?

That would be my reaction :ouch:

They are not fitted when you put them on, but the pressure of the water will press them hard against the legs even just wading

Not the same thing but I dived for the first time post knee operation on Saturday and as soon as I entered the water and the suit compressed around the knees I knew I was in for an uncomfortable dive.


Would you have a case for canceling the holiday on medical grounds ?

[Mike Halligan]

Thanks for your reply thought dry suits were not fitted on the legs?good point if they r fitted.:o

Ouch! I scalded my ankle quite badly as a child and the thought brings tears to my eyes 40 years later. :o

To illustrate, take a piece of skinned meat from the fridge, place into a plastic bag, blow in a little air and seal. Now take a similar piece of meat, place into a plastic bag, suck out every last drop of air and seal. The latter is the effect of immersion in water, whether in wetsuit or drysuit. :eek:

The illustration might persuade your unfortunate child that discretion is the better part of valour.

[Nick Argue]

Hammond Dry Suits do childrens sizes + the following may be of some help?

http://www.hammond-drysuits.co.uk/Broken-Arm-or-Leg_c_56-1-0.html

[ChristianG]

Am I missing something here?

A seven (!!!) year old child with a (presumably) severely scalded leg is now going to go on a diving holiday and learn the finer points of dry suit technique at the same time? Hello? What kind of "stupid" are we talking here?

I'll leave alone my thoughts about children and diving but "task loading" also springs to mind. As well, I'll assume that the original poster is not a diver because the idea of a "bottoms only" dry suit is simply mind boggling.

I'll also point out that there are water resistant skin dressings out there which would be far better in such a circumstance but only if it were a "life and death", "absolutely had to happen" kind of circumstance as in wounded men escaping from a drowning submarine as one extreme example.

Edit/: Perhaps I was a bit hasty, perhaps the idea of the dry suit was only to allow the child to get in the water rather than SCUBA dive. If so, water resistant dressings might indeed be a solution - ask your Doctor. :\Edit

[Fiona]

Am I missing something here?

A seven (!!!) year old child with a (presumably) severely scalded leg is now going to go on a diving holiday and learn the finer points of dry suit technique at the same time? Hello? What kind of "stupid" are we talking here?

Yes you are missing something :)


Edit/: Perhaps I was a bit hasty, perhaps the idea of the dry suit was only to allow the child to get in the water rather than SCUBA dive. If so, water resistant dressings might indeed be a solution - ask your Doctor. :\Edit

Now you got it :D

Sorry but I have to say that the little lad must be feeling very uncomfortable and probably has problems sleeping, to take him on a plane and then I assuming a warm climate where you haven't got your home creature comforts around you and then probably keep him out of the water for most of the time, doesn't sound like much of a holiday to me.

[Adam Hunt]

Dear Amber

I am not sure if you are a dry suit diver. But there are risks associated with using drysuits for any ages and ability. Buoyancy is very different with a drysuit as the pressure of water (at any depth) creates a bubble of air that will move around the inside of the suit this may lend the user to struggle keeping vertical when on the surface in the water. Another danger is inversion, this is when the users feet are the highest point in the dive attitude. This results in air migrating to the legs with the possibility of the shoe/boot popping off. This leads to loss of propulsion and loss of attitude control in the water. Drysuit Trainees of any age spend a couple of weeks minimum practicing drills in the pool before being let loose in the water.

I am very sorry about the accident but I think it could be too painful to go in the sea. :(

Adam

[Fiona]

Drysuit Trainees of any age spend a couple of weeks minimum practicing drills in the pool before being let loose in the water.

Adam

Maybe I am wrong but again I don't think they are going diving or are even divers, Amber is looking for a way to enable a 7 year old to enjoy splashing around the in sea.

[Tony Dwyer]

Amber

Don't let your child go into the sea with an unhealed burn injury. Apart from the potential for a great deal of pan, there is also a very real risk of infection.

Previous posts are assuming that you child is not a diving candidate. I really hope they are correct. A 7 year old is nowhere near mature enough to cope with swmiing in a dry suit, let alone dive in one. Even paddling in shallow water is potentially very dangerous indeed.

If your childs burn is unhealed, the pressure of a dry suit against his skin would cause horrific pain. I would think there would be a very strong risk of further injury getting the suit on and off.

If your proposed holiday is to somewhere hot, you should seek medical advice. Apart from the discomfort your child will feel, his hydration management is likely to be compromised. Burn victims often have severe issues with hydration.

I feel great sympathy for you and your child and hope he recovers well, it may be better to bite the bullet and cancel the holiday, rather than cause the child further distress.

[ChristianG]

Yes you are missing something :)

Now you got it :D
I realise that you said what you said with the best of intentions, however I did produce what is perhaps then only feasible solution, given that we aren't totally aware of the circumstances, which is, or rather may be, a water resistant bandage.

Any other solution, particularly a SCUBA one (ignoring age of the child for purpose of this exercise) has no such solution.

[ozone1]

I am looking for a dry suit for my 7 year old son,He scolded his upper legs on Thursday night and we fly on our hol's Friday 22nd August.The only way he can go in the sea is with a dry suit and i can't find one that will fit.Any advice will be great as i will have to cancel the holiday if not as i can't sit and see him watching my other children go in the sea while he can't.I'm not sure if you can get just the bottom's in a dry suit but that would be better if you can.Thanks Amber:(


You will better off looking for childrens sailing suits.

http://www.trident-uk.com/Trident_Products/Drysuits/juniordrysuit.htm

http://www.hammond-drysuits.co.uk/infopage.asp?page=17&extra=1

http://www.hammond-drysuits.co.uk/view_category.asp?cat=58

http://www.sailgb.com/c/childrens_drysuits/

http://www.rubberman.co.uk/site/page/Children'sDrySuits/33

http://www.outdoorgb.com/c/childrens_drysuits/


Try these for starters.

ozone


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[ozone1]

Am I missing something here?

A seven (!!!) year old child with a (presumably) severely scalded leg is now going to go on a diving holiday and learn the finer points of dry suit technique at the same time? Hello? What kind of "stupid" are we talking here?

I'll leave alone my thoughts about children and diving but "task loading" also springs to mind. As well, I'll assume that the original poster is not a diver because the idea of a "bottoms only" dry suit is simply mind boggling.

I'll also point out that there are water resistant skin dressings out there which would be far better in such a circumstance but only if it were a "life and death", "absolutely had to happen" kind of circumstance as in wounded men escaping from a drowning submarine as one extreme example.

Edit/: Perhaps I was a bit hasty, perhaps the idea of the dry suit was only to allow the child to get in the water rather than SCUBA dive. If so, water resistant dressings might indeed be a solution - ask your Doctor. :\Edit


Why do you presume to know what the parents of this child are
intending to do. The guy asks for a dry suit supplier so his son can
go in the sea with his other children. He does not mention anything
about diving.

Why do people always take the moral high ground and judge other
people on the grounds of a statement or question.


ozone


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[ChristianG]

Why do you presume to know what the parents of this child are
intending to do. The guy asks for a dry suit supplier so his son can
go in the sea with his other children. He does not mention anything
about diving.

Why do people always take the moral high ground and judge other
people on the grounds of a statement or question.
Excuse me? Would you care to go back and re-read what I wrote?

As for "moral high ground and judging others on the grounds of a statement or question", to paraphrase you, isn't that what a forum such as this is all about?