Sprinkled or dunked?

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

1. Modes of baptism

A very early Christian document, the Didache, said

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living water. But if you have no living water, baptize into other water; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head into the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

I suspect that when infant baptism came in, sprinkling was found to be easier on the infant. Can you see a baby being dunked, swallowing a lungful of water, and then dying? I certainly can.