Monday, September 18, 2006
Tenerife Achieves Another Guinness Record
Tenerife made a splash into the Guinness Book of Records on Saturday, when the beach of Las Teresitas beat the record for the largest number of babies in the sea.
The "concentration" was the initiative of physiotherapist, Raúl Más Julián, who has spent three years developing a method which improves the health of the little ones and communication between parents and children, via sea water activities.
Until recently here, very few parents dared put young babies in the sea, but for the end of the free summer course of activities for parents and babies from 0 to 3 years, Más had the idea to attempt the record. In the end, the proud parents of 128 babies registered and participated, with which they were able to beat the record.
In 2005, the beach of El Médano, in the south of Tenerife, also achieved a record for babies under the sea. On that occasion, 60 babies participated and the record that was achieved was that of a baby who stayed under the water - en apneas (Temporary absence or cessation of breathing) - for 12 seconds.
We often hear of the benefits of sea water, of which Más is completely convinced. The methods he uses are practiced in England, Argentina, Spain and which they are trying to patent in the US, strengthens the babies' immune systems. Parents claim that they "eat better, sleep better and are more relaxed."
Las Teresitas se convirtió en la playa con mayor número de bebés en el mar
