Want this question answered?
You can keep him in the basket and hid him beside the river like moses
The Egyptians had decreed to kill all the newborn Israelite boys. Moses' mother hid him for three months (Exodus ch.2) in the house, but later found herself unable to do so (ibid). She then placed him in a waterproofed basket in the river bullrushes (ibid), in the hope that God would provide some form of rescue for him, and that is what happened.
You don't -nestle the puppies in a laundry basket lined with bath towels and take the mother with them. If she can fit in the laundry basket with the puppies, that is ideal. If she won't fit, keep her close to the puppies the whole time.
When worn properly a life jacket can keep you from sinking even if you are unconscious.
Moses' mother had to hide him because Pharaoh had ordered all Hebrew baby boys to be killed. By hiding Moses, she hoped to protect him and keep him safe from the decree.
To keep from sinking and capture more light.
Walk on hard ground. There is no way to keep them from sinking in soft or grass areas. You have to watch where you step.
Which conceived, and bare a son; and seeing that it was beautiful, she hid him three months. But no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child in it and put it in the flags by the river's edge. And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Exodus 2: 2-4
Make sure there are no holes
It means to keep from sinking a fluid such as water. To keep afloat.
The swim bladder
To keep from sinking and to capture more light