Parents taking their young children swimming this summer would be well advised to put the kiddos in swimsuits with built-in flotation devices. These are hybrids between a life jacket and a bathing suit, with foam panels sewn inside the chest and sometimes the back. My Pool Pal carries the ultimate in children’s flotation wear: the Aqua Force children’s swimsuit. These suits are heavily padded on the front and back with foam inserts; they look like life vests with shoulder straps and a swim bottom attached. The Coast Guard has approved them as personal flotation devices (PFDs); the suits are available in lime green for boys and hot pink for girls in sizes for children from 30 through 90 pounds ($55). The Waterpals boys flotation suit from Pooltoy is a combined vest and swim short, with foam inserts on the chest to keep your toddler afloat; it comes in small, medium and large for ages 2 to 5 ($30). For girls, the similarly designed My Pool Pal flotation suit ($40) comes in a variety of colors. UV Sungear sells children’s floatsuits with a built-in sun protection factor of UPF 50+. Parents still have to sunscreen their children’s faces, necks, arms and legs, but it’s quicker than having to apply lotion on the kid’s chest and back too ($60). Swim Outlet carries a boy’s two-piece floatsuit ($29). The advantage of choosing this suit is that it’s simpler to use the bathroom; your toddler only has to pull the shorts down, instead of having one of his parents unzip the whole outfit from the back. The Learn to Swim Tube Trainer (pictured) works for both boys and girls. With a small inner tube sewn into a one-piece aqua-colored swimsuit, kids will be bumping into things more often than if they were wearing the more streamlined floaty suits, but it’s adorable ($34) . Although flotation suits are not a substitute for parental supervision, they make your family’s outings to the pool, beach, lake or water park much safer.