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When we go to my in-laws lake house and we’re down by the boat dock we make our 2 year old wear a life jacket the entire time. 

 
shuke said:
The bigger problem in these types of situations is during broad daylight when everyone is out by the pool.  That is a lot of young kids.  I'm assuming there will be plenty of day drinking on this vacation.  What happens is that everyone assumes some other responsible adult is watching all the kids in the pool.  
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We used to do family vacations years ago with my side of the family - frequently the other Dad's wouldn't make the trip because they had to work.  I can't tell you the number of times I was stuck out at the pool with like 10 kids of varying ages.  All the Mom's are sunbathing, chatting, drinking and I'm half lifeguard/half entertainment.  Annoyed the #### out of me until I refused to do it any more.

 
parasaurolophus said:
I think when you are worried about kids sleepwalking into the pool that crosses a level into paranoia. I mean how do you keep kids from sleepwalking into the road? 
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I think Otis has a perfect level of paranoia - it used the scare the #### out of me when we'd stay at a house with a pool when my kids were young.  It only takes one time for a tragedy to happen.

 
ConnSKINS26 said:
He didn't say sleepwalking, right? Said going outside at night, which can happen.
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Well, actually....

"Everyone is concerned about one of the kids making a break for the pool when no adults are around, or sleep walking out to the pool, or some other awful tragedy. "

 
belljr said:
The only real answer is to be vigilant.

Your little gadgets are a waste.
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This is the only real answer. There is no magical device. 

Do not assume other parents are watching the kids. Also do not let the older kids access the pool without adults. They are far more likely to leave doors unlocked and gates open. 

Make the pool a big centerpiece of the trip. This way there are always adults around. Make sure whenever kids are by the pool there is at least one person that does not have their phone. Get child safe locks for any doors going out to the pool area. 

 
other than the night time wanderings :crazy: , vigilance is the only answer.  hoping for some gadget to take the place of the watchful eye of a parent won't bring any true piece of mind.   i've been on many trips with my kid and many others, we always watch them. :shrug:   

 
Buy a 30 cent plastic thing to go around the door handles so your kid can't open the door.  If a kid is old enough to open the door with one of those on, they should be old enough to not immediately drown in the pool when left unsupervised for 3-4 minutes. 

Or buy a few play yards (bout 60-70 bucks a piece) to make an outside fence where the little ones can play, and they can't get out.  These might be nice whether there was a pool or not.

 
buy a bunch of 2x4s at home depot, lay them across the pool when not in use.  

Return 2x4s to home depot on the last day.  

 
Actually though I can see where this is a concern.  Bode Miller's kid just dies by drowning in a neighbors pool when they were all over the neighbor's house.  If you're not used to having a pool and being vigilant about it with no way of locking access to it.

For real though, the floating pool alarm is what you need.

 
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I think your main worry would be at night when sleeping so barricade all doors to outside before going to bed.  Also for around $200 & 10 minutes you can install a "simply safe" security alarm system for any outside door.   Door opens & LOUD alarm goes off.  You can deactivate in the morning.   The sensors are ones that "stick" on so you can take the whole thing home with you.   having a kid drown on your watch would be a life crasher.  You are very wise to be thinking of this.

 
I have a pool and little kids, I set up a nest camera and it is aimed at the pool area, any motion in camera view and I get an alert on my phone.  Seems like this might help you, nest cam just plugs into the wall and setup takes maybe 5 mins.

I'm not positive the alert will wake you from a deep sleep but it gives me peace of mind.

 
Put these on the doors leading to the pool. https://www.amazon.com/GE-Protection-Installation-Apartment-45115/dp/B00178HMCI/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1529513861&sr=1-3&keywords=door+alarm

We've used this in our pool but it would require you to drill a hole so it probably won't go.  We had one and it works well, but tends to also go off when it storms.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007P2CAE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not sure how the floating ones work.

 
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